I do a lot of creative work outside of my everyday employment. Art as 10cc sang so eloquently, for Art's Sake. They also sang something about I'm Mandy, fly me; but that is for another time. I also do some light fetish art work and a few other projects on the side (Recently the submission to the Decoder Ring Theatre contest).
So I am considering a webcomic; here are some thoughts I am kicking around.
While Tales of the Legendary is fun, it is hampered by a number of factors, the first being that it exists in the COH universe with characters (my own at any rate) that predate COH; and uses their backgrounds, world etc.
Theme: Superheroes mixing four colour and pulp sensibilities.
So going forward with a new continuity/universe is the first step. Bella, Jackie, Gil, and the whole ALPO crew are definitely going to be there; with some new faces, and lots of unique villains. The core will be a large city based up-and-coming superhero team. There will be some established archtype heroes who are famous in the city. (I may have to reuse the dubious Captain Starbolt); a plucky reporter with an alliterative name (Rachel Rivers... Sandy Souter... Xena Xerxes... no that last one is headed for the top of the villain's list - the Persian Pummeler.)
Frame/Sequence/Story.
I am unlikely to do it as 'issues' per se. It is more likely that I will be doing mini-story arcs, with arbitrary 'Issue' covers being thrown in. A constantly evolving storyline; recurring characters, etc.
Update frequency.
1-3 pages weekly; on a set schedule. If you endeavor to do something like this; you have have to talk the talk and walk the walk. I would rather update less frequently and make every single deadline than faff about with a more aggresive update schedule and drop the ball like a sports cliche. While I love what Pete Abrams does with Sluggy, his breaks/inserts/vacations etc, drive me to distraction. I like the model that OGLAF uses (www.oglaf.com -Extremely not safe for work, but great art and wicked, if mean sense of humour- if the page errors out on you, hit reload.) where an update/comic may be a single page, or a trio of pages; whatever is needed to tell the joke/story.
Tone.
Light Drama, superheroic action, comedy. Not in that order.
Content.
About the same as TOTL extremely racy, without sliding into full on hard R territory.
Expectations.
Not high; though you never know. These days throwing comics on the web is akin to taking coal to Newcastle. No - coal is utile. It is like dropping a turd upon an already extant pile. There are so many that for yours to stand out it has to really be a cut above.
Prep: 3-6 months of updates done, locked, loaded and in the can ready for publication.
Thoughts?
(Besides have you seen this.. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... -Webcomics )
So I am considering a webcomic; here are some thoughts I am kicking around.
While Tales of the Legendary is fun, it is hampered by a number of factors, the first being that it exists in the COH universe with characters (my own at any rate) that predate COH; and uses their backgrounds, world etc.
Theme: Superheroes mixing four colour and pulp sensibilities.
So going forward with a new continuity/universe is the first step. Bella, Jackie, Gil, and the whole ALPO crew are definitely going to be there; with some new faces, and lots of unique villains. The core will be a large city based up-and-coming superhero team. There will be some established archtype heroes who are famous in the city. (I may have to reuse the dubious Captain Starbolt); a plucky reporter with an alliterative name (Rachel Rivers... Sandy Souter... Xena Xerxes... no that last one is headed for the top of the villain's list - the Persian Pummeler.)
Frame/Sequence/Story.
I am unlikely to do it as 'issues' per se. It is more likely that I will be doing mini-story arcs, with arbitrary 'Issue' covers being thrown in. A constantly evolving storyline; recurring characters, etc.
Update frequency.
1-3 pages weekly; on a set schedule. If you endeavor to do something like this; you have have to talk the talk and walk the walk. I would rather update less frequently and make every single deadline than faff about with a more aggresive update schedule and drop the ball like a sports cliche. While I love what Pete Abrams does with Sluggy, his breaks/inserts/vacations etc, drive me to distraction. I like the model that OGLAF uses (www.oglaf.com -Extremely not safe for work, but great art and wicked, if mean sense of humour- if the page errors out on you, hit reload.) where an update/comic may be a single page, or a trio of pages; whatever is needed to tell the joke/story.
Tone.
Light Drama, superheroic action, comedy. Not in that order.
Content.
About the same as TOTL extremely racy, without sliding into full on hard R territory.
Expectations.
Not high; though you never know. These days throwing comics on the web is akin to taking coal to Newcastle. No - coal is utile. It is like dropping a turd upon an already extant pile. There are so many that for yours to stand out it has to really be a cut above.
Prep: 3-6 months of updates done, locked, loaded and in the can ready for publication.
Thoughts?
(Besides have you seen this.. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/ ... -Webcomics )