Just playing around with silent comics again. The way I see it it doesn't seem like there'd be much talking in a scene like this. And a happy Christmas Eve for all of you who're into that. I'm not much for it myself. Also it's a snow day, or rather a snow week where I'm at! It's been snowing for almost a week straight and it's really piled up, this is actually rather weird because in Portland it very rarely will snow more than a few inches if that. I'm really excited about it myself! ——————– replies: @usedbooks: To be fair you're right. I won't say at the moment what Mr. Prescott is and isn't at this point. Luckily Cricket runs faster than he does. The idea that was present to me was printing Cricket's Creature as a graphic novel, I guess the distinction is a physical book. At the size of your story it would be a really heavy read if it was printed as a single book! A bit of trivia is that the longest printed single volume graphic novel to date is roughly the size of your current archive. @Cross: Thanks! It's great to have new readers. Incidentally, whose outfit did you mean? @ulthor: Probably something like that, yeah. @Peipei: At the very least he's a scary guy that'll mess ya up. @amanda: Cricket's actually not much of a fighter and a little hesitant to rumble against some guy three times her size! Especially if he turns out to be an alien. @Steely Gaze: Ha! I'm glad that someone noticed! I like putting tiny details in like that to see if people notice them. Like the posters and graffiti that's sometimes on the walls throughout the city and weird titles on peoples' bookcases etc. And yes, he may be a robot too. @Trevor: Thanks for the encouragement, I really appreciate it. My main reason for being hesitant about it is the fact that I have a lot of mixed feelings about my comics and I'm rather unsure about the whole idea. @Zephyrion: Thanks! @Warped: I'd imagine when the story is finished it'll be about 150 pages. I've printed comics too, but they were minicomics and didn't have very big print runs that were all done on a photocopier. How did you do yours if you don't don't mind me asking?
Wow, that is a big fellow ^.^ The gate helped put that into proportion for me, heh. Yay for snow! I'm terribly jealous - my Christmas was a nice 70 degrees. *sigh*
While you're always going to receive criticism from people whenever you put your work out there, I don't think you have anything to worry about by producing a graphic novel of your story here. It's a natural progression. I recommend having some additional merch - because you can make money on cool t-shirt designs and posters / prints. I think a t-shirt with your characters on it could be a neat thing. If you ever want some feedback on anything, feel free to shoot me a PM.
Nice page! I really feel the speed and tension here.
I especially loved the panel with Creature clinging to Cricket's back as she vaults over the gate. Really intense. I was just a hair away from shouting at them to pick up the pace!
Interesting fact. I actually have 6 books at the moment. I love physical books. They have a charm to them. The biggest comic book I own is a coffee table "Ducktales" book.
About this page, it is a cool chase scene, but I have a hard time getting a good pace with silent pages – especially multi-panel ones. I like to read the racing thoughts, which help set the pacing and mood for me. For some reason it feels more "real" to have thought bubbles during the intense but otherwise silent scenes. (I know that my mind has been most active when I've been in some kind of trouble like that – well, not like that exactly, but you know what I mean. ;-) )
Aside from that bit o' critique, it's a cool page. Nimbleness vs. strength is always a cool match.
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Wow, that is a big fellow ^.^ The gate helped put that into proportion for me, heh. Yay for snow! I'm terribly jealous - my Christmas was a nice 70 degrees. *sigh*
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And he won't stop – ever – until…you..are…DEAD!!
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Pretty intense chase scene. :)
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While you're always going to receive criticism from people whenever you put your work out there, I don't think you have anything to worry about by producing a graphic novel of your story here. It's a natural progression. I recommend having some additional merch - because you can make money on cool t-shirt designs and posters / prints. I think a t-shirt with your characters on it could be a neat thing. If you ever want some feedback on anything, feel free to shoot me a PM.
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Nice page! I really feel the speed and tension here.
I especially loved the panel with Creature clinging to Cricket's back as she vaults over the gate. Really intense. I was just a hair away from shouting at them to pick up the pace!
Zephyrion at
To bad they didn't jump a wooden fence then the guy could'a pulled a kool aid man
Peipei at
You know you're in big trouble when your opponent can break down steel fences xD. I wonder what other kind of tricks this creep has up his sleeve o.o.
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Interesting fact. I actually have 6 books at the moment. I love physical books. They have a charm to them. The biggest comic book I own is a coffee table "Ducktales" book.
About this page, it is a cool chase scene, but I have a hard time getting a good pace with silent pages – especially multi-panel ones. I like to read the racing thoughts, which help set the pacing and mood for me. For some reason it feels more "real" to have thought bubbles during the intense but otherwise silent scenes. (I know that my mind has been most active when I've been in some kind of trouble like that – well, not like that exactly, but you know what I mean. ;-) )
Aside from that bit o' critique, it's a cool page. Nimbleness vs. strength is always a cool match.