To Cameo or not to Cameo...

[RemusShepherd]

I'm likely in the minority here, but I'm against cameos on the basis that most people can't execute them decently. They often are so full of winks and nudges that it becomes a desperate cry for attention and acceptance than being an allusion or an homage. It gets really bad when they make the gag hinge entirely upon knowledge of the person or their work.

This isn't a gag. One of the root concepts in my story is that ideas wage war with one another for control of humanity. I need fictional characters fighting to the death in the background while my main characters fight it out in the foreground. I'd use Mickey Mouse and Freddy Krueger and their ilk if I could.

This is a serious part of the story, so even if I could put humor content in this page I'd avoid doing so.

Um...if anyone didn't realize that your characters would be locked in combat with someone else, you're certainly welcome to back out now.

Kat North, your character page is broken -- gives me a 404. Just letting ya know.

Jessica, that deviantart image won't load for me. I tracked down Vyolette on your (well-hidden) cast page, though.

Shishio, how do you feel about wearing your Cthulhu rapist disguise?

Some of the rest of you...I dearly want to use everyone, but some people have characters that are just too darn human.

[Keffria]

Well, crowd-scenes can be innocent, but it really can jeopardize the comic universe if you're not careful. If you have a comic that takes place in a realistic world, including cartoon animals is a bad idea and changes the rules of that universe.

Well, yeah, that's a given -- that's why you use stuffed animals or posters or whatever. Destroying continuity like that is so incredibly stupid, it didn't even cross my mind that someone might do it.

[The Neko]

Well, crowd-scenes can be innocent, but it really can jeopardize the comic universe if you're not careful. If you have a comic that takes place in a realistic world, including cartoon animals is a bad idea and changes the rules of that universe.

Well, yeah, that's a given -- that's why you use stuffed animals or posters or whatever. Destroying continuity like that is so incredibly stupid, it didn't even cross my mind that someone might do it.

Never give people too much credit.

[RemusShepherd]

If I haven't already destroyed continuity with my current chapter, nothing is going to do that for me. I think I've established that in this chapter just about anything can happen.

And hey -- maybe my readers are hating it. I'll ask them when it's done.

[JessicaRaven]

Jessica, that deviantart image won't load for me. I tracked down Vyolette on your (well-hidden) cast page, though.

more like needs serious updating cast page, I'm guessing you found the old one that I had at hostultra (Drunkduck wouldnt let you have extra pages like cast pages or whatever) but yeah that should work (and no I dont mind her being in a battle, she's a fighter in my comic as well)

[K-Dawg]

ah cameos, something I know not of.

[The Mortician]

Hogan rolls around in his grave upon the mere mention of cameos.

Wait... Hogan isn't dead

[Garneta]

Kat North, your character page is broken -- gives me a 404. Just letting ya know.

Thanks, but the broken link is entirely my fault...I've been trying to get the whole site up and running by strip 100, and that's the only page I haven't gotten to yet.

Oh, and I'd let you use my avatar, but since she's already a copyrighted character from somewhere else, it's probably not my permission you'd need...

[Rock_dash]

If you want to throw a catgirl in there, Korina's at your disposal. I had some pretty gnarly non-human characters planned to appear much later, but we never even did character designs for them, unfortunatly.

[VinnieD]

Almost none of my characters are human. You're welcome to pick one or more of my bunnies for a cameo.

[Glarryg]

Are you going to be crediting the appropriate creators? If so, then go nuts if you can find a non-human enough characters of mine.

Glarryg

[Reinder]

Feel free to take your pick from the many non-humans in Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan's extensive cast.

[Shishio]

Shishio, how do you feel about wearing your Cthulhu rapist disguise?

You can draw me that way if you really want to, but it doesn't seem like a good idea to me. I mean, you say one of the concepts in your story is that fictional characters battle for control of the universe. Maybe I'm wrong, but I take that to mean that ideas exist as real people in some plane, and behave like real people. Therefore, it would not be a good idea to have anyone doing anything out of character.

I would not wear a Cthulhu costume (I don't even own any costumes.) in mortal combat. To do so would be highly impractical and stupid.

And just to be anal, (Hey, I am an asshole.) unless anyone else that has responded does an autobiographical comic as well, I'm the most human character. Obviously, I don't look the way I'm drawn in my comic in real life, and my real name isn't Shishio, but other than that, it's all me.

[Thereforeiam]

My favourite comic is so filled with BIG NAME copyright violations on a regular basis, I'm sure you'll be fine! I'd let any character I had copyright to appear in another comic, if only to feel all good about somebody knowing about them! I'm sure the owners of huge copyrighted characters aren't that desperate for love, but it never hurts.

[Rkolter]

You can use ABOL and TESS if you like from Reasoned Cognition - they aren't human, and have cool photon based powers like lasers, and bright sparkly lights. And for some reason ABOL can electrocute things.

Yuri the slug can read minds. Q-CPU can.. er... compute.

Go hog wild!

[RemusShepherd]

Are you going to be crediting the appropriate creators? If so, then go nuts if you can find a non-human enough characters of mine.

Of course! Links for everyone.

You can draw me that way if you really want to, but it doesn't seem like a good idea to me. I mean, you say one of the concepts in your story is that fictional characters battle for control of the universe. Maybe I'm wrong, but I take that to mean that ideas exist as real people in some plane, and behave like real people. Therefore, it would not be a good idea to have anyone doing anything out of character.

Control of humanity, and on our plane, but other than that you're right.

[Dracomax]

you could use my giant cockroach if you wanted.

Not like you can hurt him.
Actually, any charactor you want is fine. I don't really claim copyright on Ra, for instance, as he is an ancient egyptian god...

[McDuffies]

ah cameos, something I know not of.

Liar!

[Laemkral]

Sadly, my own comic is just way too grounded in reality to be suitable for this. The closest I have to a non-human character is a comic of me yelling at my alarm clock.

[Robin Pierce]

maybe the Doppies, or their pet

I give you my 50.1%* permission to use the Doppies (or the Thing) if you wanna, now you just need Robin's... sure she'd be cool with it though.

*What? I have a bigger ego...

Yep. I'm cool with it.