In the works...

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 1:07 am

Here's a preview of the comic I'm working on, called 'Generation: Omega'. My keenspace site isn't up yet, but I figured I could get some comments on it until it is.

Feel free to make comments, but try not to be too harsh. This is my first time after all. ^_^;

-Edit

Oooh! I forgot, my friend Ratbat was nice enough to host this image for me. You should check out her art at http://side7.gundam.com/ratbat/. I guarantee you will NOT be dissapointed.

Platypus · Post by **Platypus** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 1:09 am

mmm the coporal looks delicious enough to eat yummm

TheGoobla · Post by **TheGoobla** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 1:18 am

I believe you have used Comic Sans. Do not use Comic Sans.

edit: I see. Different fonts for all the characters, eh?

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 1:20 am

Hmm... well, each character has a different font, but the Dr is using Comic Sans... I suppose I could find something else for her. I'll work on it before publishing the actual strip. Any suggestions?

Evil Jamie! · Post by **Evil Jamie!** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 2:22 am

TheGoobla wrote:I believe you have used Comic Sans. Do not use Comic Sans.

edit: I see. Different fonts for all the characters, eh?

Shut up! I use Comic Sans!

It's a good font damn you!

TheGoobla · Post by **TheGoobla** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 2:26 am

Well, it is an annoying font to do comics in, but it doesn't determine success I suppose. Just look through the old Penny Arcade strips.

PsykotiK · Post by **PsykotiK** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 4:17 am

Looks very good to me, i don't see a problem with using comic sans.

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 4:46 am

Yeah, Keep bitching about ComicSans, and I'll kick your ass!

Heffaloop · Post by **Heffaloop** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 5:26 am

I don't mind comic sans, but I don't particularly like changing fonts... if you have a lot of characters and a different font for each I can see that being really annoying for me... personally. IMHO IMHO IMHO. Should only be done to amplify a certain character's personality/emotions everynow and again

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 5:50 am

Yeah, I suppose I can see how that might be annoying. Well, that's why I posted it all. I'm going to keep the digital font for the captain though, but I might make the other characters all one font. I thought about it for a bit, and it might be more practical. I guess I was just thinking it'd be easier to tell who was who when they weren't in the panel... And yes, there will be more than one person per pannel, but I'm starting small right now. I just want to get used to what I'm doing first, as I'm actually not that good of an artist, so I don't want to end up getting myself into a position I can't handle. So yeah. It's going to stay rather simple until I get better. I'm going to avoid copy and pasting of poses though, cause that does get annoying too, but I don't think I'm ready to draw any matrix fight scenes... I think I'll go ahead and fix the fonts though, since that seemed to be the main thing that drew people's attention, and that's not what I was going for... any comments on the comic OTHER than the fonts? You know, like my crappy artwork?

I'll edit the first post if I can get a fixed copy to my friend.

P.S. And I most likely WON'T be using Comic Sans

Hank · Post by **Hank** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 8:40 am

Comic Sans gets a lot of hate. I personally wouldn't use it, but it's not like I won't read a comic soley based on the fact they use Comic Sans.

However, I would recommend you at least check out Blambot before making a decision. If you still want to use comic sans, that's your prerogative.

Kevin Wolf · Post by **Kevin Wolf** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 8:53 am

I'm one of those folks who is superficial enough to not read a comic based purely upon the fact that it uses different fonts for each characters' dialogue. It annoys me and it makes the comic difficult to read. "Comic Fonts" developed over the years for the specific purpose of being easy to quickly read. Pick one that you like and stick with it. Using a different font for narrative boxes or sound effects is fine, but there should be consistency in your dialogue.

I don't see anything in your strip to distinguish it from a zillion other sci-fi manga "hot babes on a ship" type strips, but then again, it's early.

If the strip continues along as is, I will probably not read it, if that matters to you at all.

"When do we get our lockers?" is a funny punchline, but generally speaking, introducing new characters as a line of dialogue coming from off panel is a bad idea. We need to know what these people look like. In fact, dialogue-only panels are a cheat that you should avoid. If you just want to write dialogue, you should be script-writing. Comics are a VISUAL medium. SHOW the people talking, their expressions, body language, et cetera.

Anvil · Post by **Anvil** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 9:11 am

Seeing as I pen in all my lettering by hand, I can't comment much on the fonts. So far so good though.

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 9:13 am

Yeah. I saw this coming. Actually, I was going to add in something in the last pannel, but the dialog took up more room than I thought. I have changed it to a single font, and I might shrink it down some. And no, it's not going to be a 'hot babes in space' comic. I have made the comic that follows this, which DOES have Davey in it, but I'm considering putting him in the first comic as well. The concept isn't highly original... actually, it only became a space comic cause the idea for the captian popped into my head, and I based the comic around that. It is a bit sloppy I suppose, but it's my first comic, and I do hope to get better. Thanks for being honest about it though. I might rework it a bit, possibly shrink the font down one size so that they're not so prominant and take up less space. I have a while to get it right, apparently, seeing as how it can sometimes take up to 2 weeks for an account to get registered. I'll see what I can come up with. Thanks again for the input, and I hope my first blunders don't keep you from coming back and checking in from time to time...

P.S. I'm glad you at least found the punchline funny. I was worried if my humor was as bad as my other skills.

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 2:09 pm

KittyKatBlack wrote: Actually, I was going to add in something in the last pannel, but the dialog took up more room than I thought.

?
There is like, a ton of space there...
First you could write it as:
when do
we get our
lockers?

and you could make the two middle panels 20-30 pixels thinner, making the last one 40-60 pixels wider.

Chrismills · Post by **Chrismills** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 4:18 pm

I personally don't have a problem with using a different font for one of your characters, if that character is different enough to have his/her own font. For instance, I use a different font for Death in my strip to help point out that he is different from everyone else.

As far as the strip goes, lookin' good! Let us know when your account is up and running (be prepared to wait).

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Thu Dec 25, 2003 8:52 pm

Oh, I am prepared to wait. Which is why I've been so frequent on the forums. I've narrowed it down to two different fonts, one for the robots and one for the humans. I have a really nice digital font I like to use for the Captain, and I'm keepin' it. I already have a new final panel drawn, which introduces Davey, but I haven't photoshoped it in yet. If I can get an updated version up, I'll replace the old one with it. Thanks for all the help and support!

Fi13r · Post by **Fi13r** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:13 pm

Is Lt. Davey Jones invisible?

Ooh, ooh, or is he 2-dimensional, and standing perpendicular to the audience in a way that makes him APPEAR invisible? I saw that once in this one comic called Calvin and Hobbes. You may have heard of it.

Plothole · Post by **Plothole** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:28 pm

I think he's just out of frame.

Lt. Davey Jones...Locker? *snickers*

Fi13r · Post by **Fi13r** » Sat Dec 27, 2003 11:31 pm

Higamigokoro wrote:I think he's just out of frame.

Lt. Davey Jones...Locker? *snickers*

*shuddering in terror* B-before, it was a 3 Musketeers, and, and now... it's a SNICKERS!!!

/robot misidentified candy bar