Comics as part of your identity

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:21 pm

I sometimes use primitive photography as an outlet. And I need to learn how to paint now.

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 4:59 pm

strangely, I loose track of time when I'm away from my comic. I think okay.. taking some time off... "i'll do some plotting work on character models.. oh the free time I'll have." what do I do.... everything but my comic. I dunno if I feel that Decypher is so much crutial to my sanity or that I feel "odd" without doing it. I do however feel like I'm forgetting somthing when I don't do the comic.. planning a day.. "okay work on the new song... do homework.. draw on decy... wait not doing that..." and I tend to think about my comic and more storylines when I'm not doing it. not that I don't have enough plots for the next six months already.

Beyonder_alpha · Post by **Beyonder_alpha** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 5:30 pm

It's very simple with me, I keep a notebook and a pencil besides my bed, go to sleep, wake up at 4 am with a brilliant idea, pencil it down, go back to sleep.
Have 5 notebooks with potential ideas/jokes and alike now and I've only been working 2 years or so on it

Cow! · Post by **Cow!** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 6:08 pm

Beyonder_alpha wrote:It's very simple with me, I keep a notebook and a pencil besides my bed, go to sleep, wake up at 4 am with a brilliant idea, pencil it down, go back to sleep.

twins!
Almost..
I do a simillar thing. I usually sleep days instead of nights tho, so my 4am is usually 1pm or something like that. Also, when I get the idea I can't go back to sleep. I need to pick and pick and twist and turn and play and bleed all over it once it starts. Hmm, ideas are like loose teeth it seems. I wonder if that has anything to do with the recurring dream of me always having my teeth fall out!?

Lintjinks · Post by **Lintjinks** » Tue Sep 14, 2004 6:17 pm

Bekka wrote:The comic has become a huge chunk of my thoughts. I used to panic if I didn't have anything to read when I was on a train, now I just leave the book in the handbag because I am thinking about future strips. What's worse, I think about them even when people are talking to me and my interest drops a bit.

LOL! I do the same thing. I feel awful about it. I'll phase out anywhere. People might remind me of my characters, or I'll see something happen and be all, "I'll use that in my comic!". The worst thing is, sometimes I don't realize I've phased out and am thinking about LinT until something happens to jolt me back to reality.

If I had to give up drawing my comic for some reason, I'd doubtless throw a huge, embarrasing tantrum. And then phase out. (Because I'd be thinking, "I'll use that in my comic!")

Seriocity · Post by **Seriocity** » Wed Sep 15, 2004 11:04 pm

I think I've lost it somehow...

I feel pretty damn exhausted lately partly because of schoolwork and partly because of my concentration on photography and other things.

I don't feel an identity loss, I feel more a muse loss.

BloodKnight · Post by **BloodKnight** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 4:35 am

You know, even though I didn't really want to do it (not that I could at that time), doesn't it feel like you're just not as creative? Like you've lost part of your identity? Strange, considering I never thought too highly of my comic in the first place.

I don't think I lost any identity. If anything, I gained some. Lots of people who told me that I would never find an artist or my plot is just too mature/odd to be popular. Heh, bitches, go back to writing shitty Slayers Fanfiction.

But now, I think, I'm one of the faster growing comics out there. I just hit the 300 pageviews day plateu (sp) and I will saw that isn't too bad since the comic hasn't even hit the plot point yet. To me, it's an impression that people really want to see what happens next despite not knowing what is happening. That makes me uber-happy 8)

My artist is more then happy drawing the comic because he simply loves the characters, theme, and the action scenes. He also loves the conflict and drama between the characters. I even had a few people who don't even LIKE fantasy tell me that they were going to bookmark it. The webcomic also attracted a colorist who came to us.

So I'm happy with my comic. I am not losing any creativity or identity when doing so. For the past two or three years, I constantly thought 'how would I make the story better' while riding on the subway or bus. It's sad, but I'm very happy on how it turns out.

PS: Funny thing that "Stan Lee" posted on my tagboard, although I highly doubt it is THE Stan Lee.

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:06 am

BloodKnight wrote:PS: Funny thing that "Stan Lee" posted on my tagboard, although I highly doubt it is THE Stan Lee.

Well if he offers you any deals by the name of Stan Lee's Sunday Comics, just run. Run, as fast as you can.

The Zebu · Post by **The Zebu** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:53 am

TOXIC AVENGER! wrote:That reminds me...

Sometimes I just can't draw my comic. I'll be drawing my characters and they'll look all weird and stuff, and I'll start to panic and think I've lost all my drawing skills. Then it's usually back the next day.

Sometimes this happens to me, too....

And as for being idle, I can't stand it. If I'm not working on some kind of project in my spare time, I go nuts.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 7:43 am

RPin wrote:
BloodKnight wrote:PS: Funny thing that "Stan Lee" posted on my tagboard, although I highly doubt it is THE Stan Lee.
Well if he offers you any deals by the name of Stan Lee's Sunday Comics, just run. Run, as fast as you can.

It's not likely that Stan Lee would post on your tagboard. It's probably Spike Lee posing as Stan.

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 11:05 am

mcDuffies wrote:
RPin wrote:
BloodKnight wrote:PS: Funny thing that "Stan Lee" posted on my tagboard, although I highly doubt it is THE Stan Lee.
Well if he offers you any deals by the name of Stan Lee's Sunday Comics, just run. Run, as fast as you can.
It's not likely that Stan Lee would post on your tagboard. It's probably Spike Lee posing as Stan.

I dunno anyone noticing how gradually Stan lee is loosing what is left of his mind.. I mean he started out wierd.. but now he just has gotten plain scary.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 2:44 pm

At least he's not losing his talent never had it to begin with, hur hur hur

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Thu Sep 16, 2004 5:52 pm

I heard Stan Lee eats his own hair.