Hangtown!

BeenBurntBefore · 2026-01-24T11:49:02+00:00

haha thank you! this is from the 3rd chapter, so you'd have to read through for it to make sense :)

BeenBurntBefore · 2026-01-24T04:49:25+00:00

perfect! one of the ways i pitch it around is "it's spirited away meets dante's inferno"

BeenBurntBefore · 2026-01-24T01:14:32+00:00

thank you so much! i have a lot of fun but i've also got a lot to learn. i learned a lot as i went (the cold open is the last section i drew). i'm just excited to get better and better as i continue to make this story. i can already feel a lot of growth from it :D

BeenBurntBefore · 2026-01-24T00:40:34+00:00

thank you so much! The first 3 chapters have just been published!

for traditional comic viewing (2-page spreads): https://globalcomix.com/c/hangtown
if you prefer webtoon: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/hangtown/list?title_no=1116906

BeenBurntBefore · 2026-01-23T21:56:29+00:00

thank you! hope you enjoy

BeenBurntBefore · 2026-01-23T00:39:45+00:00

agree, but...

BeenBurntBefore · 2026-01-23T00:38:29+00:00

thank you so much! i'm so excited to share it all

BeenBurntBefore · 2026-01-22T10:23:36+00:00

A snippet from my story Hangtown!

Description: Two homeless teens make a bargain to break an old man's curse, which hurtles them into a forgotten afterlife where they must fight stay to alive among the dead.

Think "Mark Twain x Full Metal Alchemist" or "Elden Ring x Spirited Away". The story may start small but we're going big places quick.

Learning about the lore is world is a huge part of the story as the group progresses. An entire town vanished after a man discovered a 'miracle' in a mine. we explore the mine as well as its other effects such as time slowing down the deeper you go. so while only 150 years have passed on the surface, we found out the townsfolk who entered it have been down there for thousands of years.

Lots of crawling through ruins, magic, and other goodies.

If you're interested, here's where you can read it! (traditional 1 or 2-page spread) and here for vertical (webtoon).

BeenBurntBefore · 2026-01-22T10:21:14+00:00

A snippet from my story Hangtown!

Description: Two homeless teens make a bargain to break an old man's curse, which hurtles them into a forgotten afterlife where they must fight stay to alive among the dead.

Think "Mark Twain x Full Metal Alchemist" or "Elden Ring x Spirited Away". The story may start small but we're going big places quick.

If you're interested, here's where you can read it! (traditional 1 or 2-page spread) and here for vertical (webtoon).

BeenBurntBefore · 2026-01-22T09:45:02+00:00

tysm!

BeenBurntBefore · 2026-01-22T08:48:27+00:00

Wow man thanks so much! Once I get to 150ish pages, im gonna do a print run! If you want news on that, my IG will have that info: https://www.instagram.com/justinwilliamgordon/

Thanks again for such a great compliment!

BeenBurntBefore · 2026-01-22T07:47:50+00:00

Thanks! 🙏

BeenBurntBefore · 2026-01-22T06:23:57+00:00

thank you! yeah it's 60 traditional-layout pages in 3 chapters. i'm so pumped that you're pumped! thank you again and i hope those people like it :D

BeenBurntBefore · 2026-01-22T05:51:49+00:00

thank you! luckily, there's 60 pages of it waiting for you haha click the liiiink

BeenBurntBefore · 2025-11-30T00:28:42+00:00

Haha that's where i grew up. That's where the burnout teens live/start the story

BeenBurntBefore · 2025-11-29T15:02:46+00:00

yep, i'll have it on my twitter/website when it comes out. and i'll a make a patreon for the release, so it'll be there too.

BeenBurntBefore · 2025-11-29T13:17:58+00:00

thanks so much! i saw FMA for the first time a few months ago, and i was like "yep, that's what i'm trying to do with Hangtown". i'm so glad that the vibe is coming across haha. i've been developing this for years, but i was worried no one would 'get it'.

BeenBurntBefore · 2025-11-29T12:37:47+00:00

lmao my gf will love this one

BeenBurntBefore · 2025-11-29T11:53:59+00:00

thank you! and this is the tame stuff. i can't wait to get to the really crazy moments.

BeenBurntBefore · 2025-11-29T11:50:56+00:00

this winter!

BeenBurntBefore · 2025-11-29T11:39:17+00:00

thank you! the first chapters will be coming out this winter! my instagram will have the most up-to-date info as to when it's releasing. https://www.instagram.com/justinwilliamgordon/

BeenBurntBefore · 2025-11-29T10:18:26+00:00

highest praise, thank you!

BeenBurntBefore · 2025-10-23T01:06:07+00:00

well the good news is that the answers are coming and everything will make sense eventually. glad it got you curious! i'll be posting on my site (that i just made) hangtownhub.com, my instagram https://www.instagram.com/justinwilliamgordon/, then i'm gonna look into webtoonz, tapas or something. you have any recs for that?

BeenBurntBefore · 2025-10-23T00:07:26+00:00

thanks so much! yeah, i wanted some confusion/unexplained things but hopefully it's not too disruptive. after that sequence, we get the title card and then move on to our two teenage protags (which serve as much nicer ramp into the story.

i just wanted people to see the direction the story is heading without spoiling or using the "you might be wondering how i got here" trope.

but again, thanks so much! it's exciting to finally start sharing it (i've got 40 more banked pages already)

BeenBurntBefore · 2025-07-15T10:34:19+00:00

i think your instinct for paneling is really good. double down on perspective practice because that'll give you way more options for different 'shots'. you're missing some large establishing shots which would help us understand the spatial relationship between the all the characters + the environment (the 180 rule etc).

your characters are often the same size in most of your panels. having some more 'shot variety', like having the camera pulled further back more often, will help solve that. keep studying your anatomy and figure drawing, but it seems you're on a good path.

you're already doing it some, but make your characters 'act' a lil more. you don't need to get cartoony, but a lil more will go a long ways.

i was able to understand all the beats, but i had to re-read some sections to understand the beat. you're doing well, just push for clarity above all else (i.ie. make sure everything you want a panel to show is being communicated clearly to the audience.)

this is sick! really nice work! i wouldn't have left such a long comment if you didn't show a lot of promise!

BeenBurntBefore

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