Real Life Dropdown (also: shooting Aster in the foot)

AsterAzul · Post by **AsterAzul** » Thu May 19, 2005 10:45 pm

Where is the real-life, true stories, what-have-you dropdown?

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Thu May 19, 2005 11:19 pm

*shoots in foot*

There isn't one. There used to be a RealSpace but that went the way of the trilobite a long time ago.

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Fri May 20, 2005 2:23 am

I consider mine basically a real-life comic...except for the odd spirit floating about...not to mention the oversized ears...

Mvmarcz · Post by **Mvmarcz** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 3:03 pm

Mine's a super real life comic. Going all the way from characters based insanely on real people I know all the way to alot of the situations and such being based heavily on things that have really happened either to people I actually know or things that have happened in town I live in. I'd love a real life dropdown..that is if code didn't make my head spin.

AsterAzul · Post by **AsterAzul** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 7:23 pm

Well, let's get together and all make one this Summer, then. I've got finals for two more weeks, but I'm sure that after that I can figure out how the dropdown coding works. I know HTML like the inside of the intestine of someone I've never met, but I'm nonetheless sure I could bungle through it, somehow.

Subhuman · Post by **Subhuman** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:14 pm

Don't you think a real-life dropdown would be huge, though? There are so many, and it's such a broad subject.

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Thu Jun 02, 2005 8:17 pm

Subhuman wrote:Don't you think a real-life dropdown would be huge, though? There are so many, and it's such a broad subject.

See this thread.

Geektragedy · Post by **Geektragedy** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 9:07 am

If you are doing this I would love to sign up. My comic is all real. Also judging by the number of responses here it wouldn't be too huge at all. Which is good

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 3:16 pm

what's going on with this?

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:44 pm

I think it pretty much just fizzed out.

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:27 am

drat!

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:15 pm

I'd be willing to run one if someone else can come up with a set of guidelines for it. Preferably somewhat narrower than just "based off of real life."

EDIT: I know what I'd like to call it but have no idea what kind of banner to make. How does one represent real life in 35x175 pixels???

Laemkral · Post by **Laemkral** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:49 pm

Well, my comic is based on real life. Now, when I say based on real life I mean my roommates are in it, the writing is based upon real life, and there's no aliens, ninjas, robots, transgendering, animal-people, or other things that tend to end up in "real life" comics.

Dburkhead · Post by **Dburkhead** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:31 am

It might be a difficult challenge to find the line between "real" and otherwise.

Take, for instance, my comic "Cold Servings." To the best of my knowledge no one has ever really dedicated their life, from the time they're 10 years old until a "story age" of 25 to prepare themselves to be a costumed crimefighter. But given such a motivated individual who really put in the effort from a young age, there's nothing in Cold Servings that couldn't really happen. There are no super-powers. No impossilbe levels of ability in multiple fields (someone who has PhD level knowledge in multiple scientific and engineering disciplines, plus is an Olympic level gymnast, an Olympic level weightlifter, an olympic level marathon runner, an olymplic level middle distance runner, and olympic level sprinter, and olympic level swimmer, an....). There are no gadgets that I am not absolutely sure have/could be built (the very few things I have included are just gimmicks on existing stuff).

I have a lawyer I consult with on issues of law, police I consult with on issues of police procedure, an emergency room trauma specialist I consult with on medical issues. I have personal experience with a variety of martial arts and talk to others who have actually "used" their art in combat.

Everything is as absolutely real as I can make it.

So: real or not?

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 9:37 am

dburkhead wrote:It might be a difficult challenge to find the line between "real" and otherwise.
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So: real or not?

It's people like you who make writing guidelines so difficult.

This is why I want someone else to come up with a set of exceedingly clearcut rules.

Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 12:14 pm

well I think comics which are based on real life events

autobigraphical in nature

do not contain magic, super powers, high technology, or things that do not exist outside of ones imagination

or contains realistic depictions of life

or are non-fiction

*shrugs* my comic is based on real life events, buts far from what I'd put in this dropdown.

Pillywiggin · Post by **Pillywiggin** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:40 pm

Finally.

I'm still open to further suggestions for adjustments.