▁scenes . ▁N oc enti ▁described ▁to ▁Adams ▁the ▁concept ▁for ▁a ▁min is eries ▁she ▁was ▁writing , ▁Long shot , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁turned ▁down ▁by ▁every ▁other ▁artist ▁she ▁offered ▁it ▁to . ▁Adams , ▁now ▁a ▁couple ▁of ▁months ▁before ▁his ▁tw enti eth ▁birth day , ▁did ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁pre lim inary ▁design ▁draw ings , ▁bas ing ▁the ▁main ▁character ' s ▁appearance ▁and ▁ha irst yle ▁on ▁that ▁of ▁singer ▁Lim ahl , ▁and ▁the ▁female ▁lead , ▁Rico ch et ▁R ita , ▁on ▁N oc enti ▁herself . ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁fre el ance - ed ited ▁by ▁Louise ▁Sim ons on , ▁and ▁without ▁a ▁firm ▁schedule , ▁which ▁provided ▁Adams ▁the ▁time ▁he ▁needed ▁to ▁complete ▁it . ▁This ▁was ▁due ▁in ▁part ▁to ▁his ▁problems ▁with ▁perspective ▁and ▁other ▁things ▁he ▁was ▁not ▁acc ustom ed ▁to ▁drawing , ▁such ▁as ▁wind m ills , ▁b ab ies ▁and ▁people ▁sm iling , ▁and ▁in ▁part ▁because ▁he ▁had ▁to ▁red raw ▁the ▁first ▁half ▁of ▁it , ▁as ▁Ann ▁N oc enti ' s ▁story ▁was ▁so ▁dense ▁that ▁the ▁pages ▁featured ▁up ▁to ▁ 2 0 ▁pan els . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁Adams ▁took ▁eight ▁months ▁to ▁draw ▁the ▁first ▁issue . ▁This ▁problem ▁was ▁addressed ▁by ▁editor ▁Elli ot ▁Brown , ▁who ▁showed ▁Adams ▁how ▁to ▁compose ▁pan els ▁dep ict ing ▁multiple ▁actions . ▁Sim ons on ▁would ▁later ▁introduce ▁Adams ▁to ▁Marvel ▁editor -