The Apology Illustration
dbartnerd on Feb. 3, 2017
I know…. what the hell is this DB? It sure as heck is not a comic page. Did you forget it was Friday? Well no. I did not. I am having an issue with my comic. When I started this story I was full of energy and ready to go. I realize now that in this my first comic, I made a number of novice mistakes. When I wrote the story for Vampire Texas it sounded really good. When I say wrote the story what I mean to say is when I was pacing back and forth in the bathroom in front of the mirror talking to myself……I do that ……ALOT. Anyway, I never actually wrote a script. I had all these scenes play out in my head whilst I paced about and I was so enthusiastic. Making a complete comic is something I have always wanted to do. Now I have found that what I “wrote” was a bunch of disconnected scenes that make no sense what so ever. I wrote a bad story that makes no sense and is full of plot holes. In my defense it seemed great in the temporary manic enthusiasm of a crazy person who paces about in front of mirrors. That being said, I AM NOT GIVING UP. I am going to return to the drawing board (or writing board as the case may be) and but this thing together so that I have something to give to you guys that I can be proud of. Now when I started this page I promised that I would have a page up on Friday until the first book was done……AND I WILL!!! I am not entirely sure what they will be but they will continue until I have the book done. I will keep you all up to date every week. Thank you for looking and again sorry for my foolishness.
takoyama at 11:37PM, March 8, 2017
you don't have to start over just fix it as you go along. the tv show lost messed up but kept going.
PaulEberhardt at 2:54AM, Feb. 5, 2017
I liked this comic all the same, so far. As I do an episodical comic with just the barest minimum of coherent story and never really used any more script than a few notes that are as basic as they're illegible I might not be the most qualified commenter. Nevertheless, I'll totally second Kim and especially Amelius - I strongly recommend to mark her words, as she's a true webcomic veteran, who has constantly churned out awesome art and writing for more than a decade. The most important thing really IS not losing your drive. Everything else, incongruities and such, is something you can work around. Webcomics offer you the unique freedom (in contrast to print comics) to allow a story to flow in its own way. I should make use of it, if I were you, and try not to fall into the other extreme of a script that doesn't leave you enough elbowroom. What you've got so far looks great, and I'm sure you'll soon find a story to match once you've calmed down and slept over it a bit.
KimLuster at 6:15AM, Feb. 4, 2017
haha I hear you...! I had the opposite problem...! You're obviously a very talented artist - you just have to get your story together...! I had my entire story laid out, but, as I'd never done freeform art (had always just sorta redrew pictures I was looking at...), so rendering my story to artform was inititially dreadful, but I got better... So... don't give up!!
dbartnerd at 7:01AM, Feb. 4, 2017
not gonna give up working on it right now. *makes serious face and nods.
Amelius at 10:08PM, Feb. 3, 2017
But, manic enthusiasm is like the best thing! It's good to catch those things early though, and I'm glad you're not giving up just because of a little hiccup. Actually there's nothing wrong with that writing style! Scripts are good for reference for indeed, isolating continuity problems, but they're often more for the benefit of team projects. Though a peer review might be good, if you got someone with good synergy you can talk to about the story (preferably in person for live reactions)I'd say definitely try and discuss things with them. Sometimes just saying an idea out loud can lead to even better ideas!
dbartnerd at 7:00AM, Feb. 4, 2017
well I do have my dog for peer review but then I have to translate things to barking and butt sniffing and its just a big hassle. :)