April 15th, 2008
The Apartment
I’m going to start structuring my posts so we’ll have one rant, one art post and one illustrated blog per week. Maybe on Fridays I’ll do the illustrated blog, a little story from my silly life. When Frank can spare the time we’re going to have a new webcomic feature for the Uncle Spunk Nugget comic. I still can’t learn Dreamweaver, I really tried but just can’t.
Here are a few snippets from The Apartment, a new Twisted Tale. I was going to pitch this story as a 28 page book to a US company but manged to squish it into 6 pages with 16 panels per page. I love this comic, it has everything I want in a story; love, revenge, anger, humour….s’all there.
Finally saw Cloverfield, liked it but wasn’t impressed with the Rancor-like monster. I was expecting this lad
April 15th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
If ever there was a comic strip as emotionally epic as the Titanic, then this is it. Seriously though, great work.
One small notice: the knife in the second panel wasn’t immediately obvious to me at first, I had to do a double take after getting to the third panel to get the context. The focus (action point) is up on his head.
You’ve a fetish for silence and blank space, paradoxically enough it makes a great impact.
April 16th, 2008 at 4:50 am
That panel works - it’s purpose is to set up scale against the establishing panel (the first one). The knife is secondary information paid of in the next panel.
The story tracks. It’s grand (and good!)
April 16th, 2008 at 4:51 am
Good stuff right there Bob, when are your new Twisted Tales running?
On a totally different note, I’m willing to bet that you’ll appreciate this.
April 16th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
Cheers lads. Nah, the knife could do with highlighting, the best way is to break up the line where it meets his shirt. Leave it with me!
I’m nearly finished this one so will send it off next month, then I have two more. There should be one going in soon, the insect love story one.
So what ye think of cloverfield?
April 16th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Looking good bob
April 16th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
I haven’t seen the movie. Where did you get the image above? The whale-ish-ness leaves open loads of interesting possibilities (Cloverfield 12 - Revenge of the Clams).
I wonder do people read differently on the web than on paper? I’d say people are more inclined to scan through something faster on the web, searching hardcore for one or two bits of info.
The guy with his back straight and paper stacked neat is a great touch in panel 5, arrogant prick!
April 16th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Wait till you see what happens to that neat stack of paper….
I got that cloverfield monster image sent to me just before the movie came out it got me going but in the movie it looks like a Rancor, it looks good but the whale design is creepier. Probably harder to make menacing and move through the buildings.
It’s a good film though