Gazeteer: Bell Alley
Doctor Shadow on March 10, 2008
I thought it might be nice to reveal some hitherto unknown information about Bell Alley. The kind of information that you might not get from just reading the comic, or even the book Fate's Hand. These are the places that are the lifeblood of any city and I think they're often as important as the comic pages themselves.
Doctor Shadow at 7:10AM, May 20, 2008
I write novels and books, so I'm a big fan of exposition myself :)
katyas at 7:07AM, May 20, 2008
I love the little character pages and bits and pieces you drop in to fill in information about the background of the city and "world" you've created - it helps to fill us in. I don't think it disrupts the storyline so much as it helps to "fill" it by giving us more definition of your world. Then again, I tend to read *gasp* NOVELS AND BOOKS and they tend to have a LOT of exposition in them ... ;-)
simonitro at 8:08AM, April 9, 2008
I love the small poem... reminds me of Dr. Suess' kinda peom but 4439843798448943 times better... That's a great info about Bell Alley... it's one heck of a place for a Friday night, is it?
Doctor Shadow at 4:23PM, March 11, 2008
trevora: no problems, I can post more art linkage if you want in the forums? Steely: Robert.L.Asprin's: Thieves World and Leiber's Lankhmar are two of my favourite world settings and books. I've always liked those. As well as Conan et-al.
Steely Gaze at 2:27PM, March 11, 2008
What a delightful little place. Reminds me of some of the old Fritz Leiber or Robert E. Howard fantasy I love to death. Definitely a nice addition to this comic.
trevoramueller at 1:53PM, March 11, 2008
That is KICK ASS! Thanks for the link.
Doctor Shadow at 12:38PM, March 11, 2008
midge: thanks man. I am wishing that DD supported some kind of functionality where they allow you to put up a seperate gallery or sorts for those pages. I presume you can do it if you have the code skill, but neither myself nor Reva have that talent. As for the Jarlaxle comment, thanks, though Talon's been around since first ed AD&D and Lankhmar. It's not the first time folk have actually drawn that comparison though.
TheMidge28 at 12:26PM, March 11, 2008
after your comment in unnoiced comics thread I stop over to check out your comic. The illustrations well done and has its own style. great job on creating the enviroments and the minute details are wonderful. I am glad you decided to change how you do your text on the pages moving mre towards narrative boxes. has a poetic feel. the only thing which struck as disrupting is the constant character pages and others like this one. really takes away from the stroy, in my opinion. looking forward to how this develops. also our main character reminds a bit of Jaraxle of Salvatore's Drizzt series...I always liked that character. :)
Doctor Shadow at 10:55AM, March 11, 2008
trevora: just for you -- [url=http://www.drunkduck.com/community/view_topic.php?tid=38761&cid=2948&comic_id=24766]This little linky here to a full size Nightshade picture[/url] amanda: So do I. Bell Alley is actually named after an alley local to where I live. There's a ghost story involving a murdered victorian Bobby (policeman) that inspired me to put a homage to it into Hestonia.
amanda at 10:00AM, March 11, 2008
Ew, spittle-flecked lips? Someone get that man a handkerchief! That's a fascinating story - I do love a good ghost tale.
trevoramueller at 10:00AM, March 11, 2008
I really like her outfit!
Doctor Shadow at 8:52AM, March 11, 2008
albone: thanks!
Doctor Shadow at 8:36AM, March 11, 2008
I thought it might be, I have a hi-def monitor, let me know if the update is easier to read? (puts it up now) As per usual, most people will need to hit shift-reload in the web browser to view it!
albone at 8:22AM, March 11, 2008
This is a wonderful work of prose, but it's just a smidge hard to read. I was able to open it as an image in a new window and zoom in just a bit. Also, I see no good reason to visit Bell Alley. Ever. :P