How Does it Work?
patrickdevine on Aug. 4, 2009
I'll admit that this page was a bit tedious for all the technical-ish drawings I put into it. I like technical drawings but they are a bit tricky to keep consistent and if you go overboard with them they can get a little boring.
This page also has some pretty bad science in it too. Like how Higgins has a unique piece of alien hardware and he's applying enough electricity to it to make big ol' arcs like that? Right. (In actuality he probably increased the power gradually in intervals and eventually got the arcing.) So does admitting to using bad science make it OK?
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@Peipei: I was worried that the buildings might look a bit lopsided, I do like some parts of that panel like Higgins' house. I mostly used the graphic novel “From Hell” for reference.
@oldguy: Haha! I'm glad you think it works.
@usedbooks: Actually the way I imagine this city there's not much in the way of wilderness around. Maybe he has the rifle for defense against burglers? I guess Higgins likes weapons as part of his decor.
@chris_wastewater: It goes 0-60 in five minutes and gets eleven miles to the gallon!
@Zephyrion: Thanks!
@amanda: It would be pretty disappointing if he hadn't figured out anything at all by now. As it is he knows some but not not quite enough.
@Trevor: I've actually met people who've read my comics too– they made fun of me though. Personally I think it's funny, so it's all right. Grant Morrison? What can I say? he's not a bad writer really, he's just never really impressed me all that much. “Kill Your Boyfriend” was all right but most of his stuff I can take or leave.
@khard12: That's true. If he could figure out solutions to everything too quickly he'd have his own moon base by now and be bored out of his mind!
@Steely_Gaze: As I've understood mad science when written well is that someone seeks the mastery of something new without really considering the ramifications of doing so. In Higgins' case he means well, he really does. He just doesn't care about all the lives he wrecks on his mission to improve the world.
@Jonko: Hey, thanks! I didn't get the nomination but I'll be helpin' out with awards with presentations and such.
@Ludeshka: I can tell that you do from how you do your comic! I'm glad you like the direction I'm going.
oldguy85 at 3:44AM, Aug. 7, 2009
Only his Creature knows for sure. Nice looking page too.
chris_wastewater at 5:51AM, Aug. 6, 2009
OO oo name it the electric eel...anyway, Higgins is a busy guy being a scientist and a giant prick at the same time.
amanda at 10:26AM, Aug. 5, 2009
He should call it The Higginsmobile! If he lived in modern times, he'd probably call it the Rofl-copter. Either one of those would work for me! I suspect you already have a name in mind, though =D Also, there's a lot to be said for bad science. In his position, I'd probably try to run the ship on electricity somehow. Or Duracell. Or a yoke of oxen! Just stuff I take for granted.
khard12 at 10:10AM, Aug. 5, 2009
I think it should be named Steve.
Jonko at 8:49AM, Aug. 5, 2009
I think the techy designs look fabulous. Great work!
theBSDude at 8:28AM, Aug. 5, 2009
@usedbooks: possibly, but most planets probably have mostly low-mass elements. I like the fact that the aliens aren't obcenely advanced. They seem to have lower tech than our modern humans, just favoring space travel. (Though give us a few years and we'll be flying around the galaxy with fission rockets)
trevoramueller at 8:18AM, Aug. 5, 2009
I think that Grant Morrison is a little bat-shit crazy, my own self. It's unfortunate that your readers have poked fun at you, but then again I have people yell out "Hey asshole!" to me at comic conventions...I've started to actually respond, too. ;) Since, you know, @$$hole! is the name of one of my comics.
Warpedwenger at 8:16AM, Aug. 5, 2009
Panel 3 is full of awesome!
usedbooks at 4:27AM, Aug. 5, 2009
Silly, Higgins. To think that stolen plans for existing technology wouldn't have a name. XD I wouldn't expect alien technology to run on electricity. It's narrow-minded to think that an alien culture would experience the same technological revolutions and have access and supply to the same energy sources as Earth. Come to think of it, alien technology could well run on a substance either absent or in very low supply on earth (like uniuniunium, an element that can be produced only in a lab and only exists for a fraction of a second), rendering it completely useless to earthlings as any more than an expensive model plane.
Peipei at 1:47AM, Aug. 5, 2009
good job with the designs :3. Very detailed.