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Indybot on March 31, 2009
And we’re off to a stellar start! Because…see…the first panel…
And don’t worry, it’s not meant to make perfect sense right away – think of this as the intro to one of those television shows where they always splice in clips from the impending episode during the opening credits.
I want readers to learn about the world of Whateverland, USA the same way we experience the real one – gradually figuring things out for ourselves as we go along. After all, nothing makes sense at first.
These three pages are a good example of an intended joke missing its mark. In my mind, I was poking fun at the traditional “exposition monologue†style of introduction, with the gag being that the alleged “narrator†is actually just some dude (who may or may not very well be full of it) going off on a tirade because he’s bored. Of course, the first person I showed it to immediately assumed that I was simply resorting to a cliché for lack of a better idea. Ah well. Live and learn. As such, I decided to combine pages one through three into a single, triple-treat update. Even if the joke is confusing, at least it's over quickly.
As for the backgrounds in panel three…well…these things happen. I’ll fix it one of these days, but rule one for me on this project is “don’t get hung up on imperfections.†Well, technically that’s rule two – rule one is, first and foremost, “Dare to be stupid.†The prologue is actually a mash-up of old and new art that I’ve cobbled together, and it certainly shows. I don’t want to spend too much time fretting over this prologue stuff when I should be focusing on the art for chapter one.
From here on out, every Wednesday shall henceforth come bearing a new page of Whateverland, USA. And it shall henceforth be known throughout the land (and by “thoughout the land,†I mean “in my imaginationâ€) as Whateverland Wednesday! I hope you’ll come back next week!
I wish I could personally thank every single one of you for reading!
(Incidentally, you can visit the forum by clicking the blue button below.)
-Indigo
TheFlyingGreenMonkey at 2:07AM, July 13, 2009
Faries with cell phones got a laugh out of me.
CryForE at 1:52PM, May 31, 2009
Roflmao, love the page titles and the fact that those car keys that were mentioned in page 1 panel 2 can be seen in page 1 panel 3 :P As for the monologue, well, I think it's great - Especially considering we kinda pop into the story as you put it. :)
Avie at 11:46AM, April 13, 2009
Loving it so far. I am captivated. Ha.
Indybot at 6:29AM, April 8, 2009
Coming from you, that means quite a lot!
Amelius at 10:38AM, April 7, 2009
Oo, this looks interesting! I like the idea already, lots of potential and interesting character designs! Ah, and I do hate when a joke falls flat with an audience, if it helps I thought it was pretty funny that the monologue leaked turned into some guy complaining. Plus you didn't make the audience sit through 3-4 pages of blank space and long-winded text. And those stars look fantastic! I can see why you don't wanna draw them again, I see how you did it and I don't have half the patience to do it that way! (I've tried, given up and just colored it all black then used a white gel pen to put them in there)