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The Lovely Bastard
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So I got this little thing I am trying to get going over in GV and I figure it needs art and this place has, you know, artists. So I talked to some mods here and they gave this the go-ahead.
The skinny of things?
GV is making a fucking comic book
But, TLB, you ask, how vague can you get?
To this I say shut the fuck up and keep reading. But I also say, that together, as a community, we are gonna put together and anthology book around a central theme I came up with that gives us the most free-reign and least continuity errors should we want to do this semi-regularly.
So, now I know you wanna know what the hell the theme is, well buckle your safety belts, nancy boys and read this here before deciding to say fuck it and give the go ahead:
pretty dang rad, huh?
Now, as for how it will work, I will first need to gauge the amount of writers and artists who would participate. I need to get as many writers as possible to pitch ideas, and a stable of artists who can not only pitch story ideas, but be comfortable drawing other people's stories if the need be. My end-game plan is to get the dang thing published either on a website or a physical form but that will be far down the road and we ain't gotta worry about that yet.
I am not only gonna write some stories, but I am going to be editing all the writing. This is not to say I will change a single word you write, I am just gonna make sure it fits with the theme and what minuscule continuity, if any, we build up in this maintains intact. If all goes smoothly, I won't have to do a damn thing and will only call myself editor because I like titles.
Of course I left the biggest question for last: how does your story get picked for the anthology? Well, it's a dual layer quality assurance system. Everyone who has an idea for a story to write can PM me with a short, paragraph long pitch about the basics of their story. If I think it can work, it'll go in this thread or another thread and we'll all vote on the stories we want to see. The artists then, if they did not pitch any writing, can pick and choose and fight amongst themselves for which one they wanna draw real good.
And don't think that this is limited to solely GV posters. I wanna bring every and anyone into the fold who can do a bang-up job with either art or writing.
So that's the deal, any takers?
UPDATES:
Alright, little doggies. This thing, much like Paul Kersey's bloodlust, would not wither and die with age.
With a lot of help from the lovely Quoth, we are back with a vengeance.
Here is the website:
http://www.sentryduty.com/
Here is the scripts:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showp...&postcount=436
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showp...&postcount=481
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showp...&postcount=514
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showp...&postcount=539
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showp...&postcount=386
Here is the art:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=16282338&postcount=330
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=11322993&postcount=183
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=11440063&postcount=213
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=11206607&postcount=336
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=16281713&postcount=320
there are also some scripts and art on the site, but not all of the scripts because jerkfaces ain't givin' they real names
Right now, I ain't taking any new scripts unless you will draw them yourself and actually give me a script first and will actually draw the dang thing for real this time.
So let's get this thing rolling.
If you guys fail me again, me and Quoth will hunt you down like dogs
As of now the writer/artist teams are:
Me and Squidbunny
Manon drawing his own script
Spectre-X and Douglas Danger
Mully and Quoth
The skinny of things?
GV is making a fucking comic book
But, TLB, you ask, how vague can you get?
To this I say shut the fuck up and keep reading. But I also say, that together, as a community, we are gonna put together and anthology book around a central theme I came up with that gives us the most free-reign and least continuity errors should we want to do this semi-regularly.
So, now I know you wanna know what the hell the theme is, well buckle your safety belts, nancy boys and read this here before deciding to say fuck it and give the go ahead:
The Lovely Bastard wrote:I was reading O.M.A.C. by Jack Kirby and the idea hit me -- super hero draft. See, the whole gist of O.M.A.C. is that he is just some dude they picked and a satellite, Brother Eye just zaps the fucker and he has super powers, and whenever he has to do something rad as fuck, Brother Eye zaps him again and he becomes boss as hell.
So, instead of having someone willing to be this hero, why not make it anyone and everyone as a citizen of the United States of America over the age of 18 has to register to be zapped by a super hero beam whenever supervillain shenanigans break out and they are nearby?
It can be anyone. Some people will think it is the greatest thing ever to be a superhero and have a sentient satellite talking to you all the time. Sometimes it'll be an annoyance. Sometimes it won't be the first time this has happened to you. Hell, sometimes you might decide to be a villain yourself. Who knows what can happen!
This'll be a world where there are honest-to-goodness real superheroes and villains, but man they can't be everywhere. So, some unlucky Insurance Broker in Tuscaloosa has to go fight say Dr. Doom just because he is in the wrong place at the wrong time and all the while he's got this annoying satellite giving him instructions and just when he gets used to it and finds a way to defeat the villain, its right back to Insurance Brokering. How the hell do you explain that to you boss? Sorry, dude, I was gonna come to work but I had to go fight Galactus. My bad.
It can be a bunch of done-in-one stories or whatever and can have as much silver age wackiness as possible since the satellite can give them any power they want ever
pretty dang rad, huh?
Now, as for how it will work, I will first need to gauge the amount of writers and artists who would participate. I need to get as many writers as possible to pitch ideas, and a stable of artists who can not only pitch story ideas, but be comfortable drawing other people's stories if the need be. My end-game plan is to get the dang thing published either on a website or a physical form but that will be far down the road and we ain't gotta worry about that yet.
I am not only gonna write some stories, but I am going to be editing all the writing. This is not to say I will change a single word you write, I am just gonna make sure it fits with the theme and what minuscule continuity, if any, we build up in this maintains intact. If all goes smoothly, I won't have to do a damn thing and will only call myself editor because I like titles.
Of course I left the biggest question for last: how does your story get picked for the anthology? Well, it's a dual layer quality assurance system. Everyone who has an idea for a story to write can PM me with a short, paragraph long pitch about the basics of their story. If I think it can work, it'll go in this thread or another thread and we'll all vote on the stories we want to see. The artists then, if they did not pitch any writing, can pick and choose and fight amongst themselves for which one they wanna draw real good.
And don't think that this is limited to solely GV posters. I wanna bring every and anyone into the fold who can do a bang-up job with either art or writing.
So that's the deal, any takers?
UPDATES:
Alright, little doggies. This thing, much like Paul Kersey's bloodlust, would not wither and die with age.
With a lot of help from the lovely Quoth, we are back with a vengeance.
Here is the website:
http://www.sentryduty.com/
Here is the scripts:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showp...&postcount=436
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showp...&postcount=481
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showp...&postcount=514
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showp...&postcount=539
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showp...&postcount=386
Here is the art:
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=16282338&postcount=330
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=11322993&postcount=183
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=11440063&postcount=213
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=11206607&postcount=336
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=16281713&postcount=320
there are also some scripts and art on the site, but not all of the scripts because jerkfaces ain't givin' they real names
Right now, I ain't taking any new scripts unless you will draw them yourself and actually give me a script first and will actually draw the dang thing for real this time.
So let's get this thing rolling.
If you guys fail me again, me and Quoth will hunt you down like dogs
As of now the writer/artist teams are:
Me and Squidbunny
Manon drawing his own script
Spectre-X and Douglas Danger
Mully and Quoth
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also since you are underage if this ever makes money I can screw you over
I might try my hand at this
and for some of the dudes writing
that's as good as it's ever gonna get
there's also the look for the guys in charge of the program and the satellite that need to be worked on as well, so you can totally do some character designs for them.
tell them I'm in charge and they have to do whatever I say
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Yeah, I'm going to second this.
The idea sounds pretty neat. Don't know if I'll be able to contribute anything more than comments and half-assed suggestions, though.
not workin
remember that drawing I did of your evil twin
also Toji you better enter and work with me
OMAC, and TLB in addition to GV maybe?
but it is Jack Kirby's abbreviation and I ain't arguing with Jack Kirby
and TLB is totally The Lovely Bastard
thought it was kinda obvious
I am bad at speaking
I will fight you if you don't do this
That's a given.
you and me both lady
yesss
right now
and now I see you said to PM you for that. well, I'll try to think up a good'un and message you.
I don't really know what is in the limits here though. you seem to be suggesting we take pre-existing villains into our stories? so I'm guessing this isn't actually going to be sold. can we just make whatever up? are there some general traits of the world in mind that we could incorporate to give all of them some sort of continuity? also, is this serious or funny or just whatever fits the story.
In if you'll have me.
srsizzy:
for the writing part, go to the thread in graphic violence ( http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=96567 ) where many questions that anger and infuriate me (as well as some good ones) about the story, writing in general, and how everything works are answered.
as for the limits: there are very few! just go nuts with the idea. doesn't have to be serious. doesn't have to be funny. just has to be a good story that you think everyone else involved in the project will vote to have in!
INSTAGRAM
trust me I am being a dick with picking stories so there won't be anything not good to draw
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Comics, eh?