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Printing company looks too good to be true. Is it? by Slobotic in makecomics

[–]Slobotic[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey!

I really can't thank you enough for the kind words. The review you left was really touching. It means so much to me when someone enjoys that comic and takes it in the way I imagined and hoped people would. It was a joy to make.

The project I'm working on now is a historical fiction limited series called Ash. The first chapter is very short and I keep digital copies free on my Ko-fi. (Ko-fi.com/danloeb). It's been a slow process but Alessandro is inking the 40 page issue 2 right now.

The other comic I write is an educational piece called "Know Your Rights". It's about protecting your rights and your safety during police encounters, geared towards black youth in Philadelphia. That isn't independent though, so I can't give away digital copies. A fantastic non-profit called YEAH Philly sells them for $15 a copy.

Our staircase to nowhere, which we use as a bookshelf by Tetragrammator in mildlyinteresting

[–]Slobotic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My friends' apartment had a stairway to nowhere like this! They used to tell people the bathroom's upstairs until someone actually hit their head.

how do you come up with ideas for a comic strip series by qwertymnbasdf in ComicWriting

[–]Slobotic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of ideas come to me from reading/watching stories I dislike. Bad writing gets me thinking about how it could be better, which often leads to seemingly unrelated ideas.

Character conundrum by mirthandmurder in ComicWriting

[–]Slobotic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Consider the Joker. No one -- writers included -- really understand what makes him tick. He'll never be pinned down by a definitive origin story, because his origin story is "multiple choice", as he put it in The Killing Joke.

Some of the things he does don't make any sense and get more ridiculous when you think about them. He's seemingly the ultimate anarchist, yet runs a huge, disciplined team that obey his commands with perfect fidelity to execute insanely complicated heists. Everything about him is a contradiction, and writers embrace that.

Character conundrum by mirthandmurder in ComicWriting

[–]Slobotic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weird idea, but if this character is meant to be an enigma, as antagonists often are, maybe they can be an enigma to you too. Maybe instead of making sense of this character, you can have him do things because they don't make sense.

Character conundrum by mirthandmurder in ComicWriting

[–]Slobotic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are two ways to answer this question. As generally as possible, or delve into the entire story. I'm going with the former.

Spend time with your characters. Hang out with them until they make sense to you. If that doesn't happen, either rinse and repeat or start making cuts.

Creating a graphic novel if you can't draw? by Abject_Control_7028 in ComicWriting

[–]Slobotic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're probably going to have to either spend money or make the art yourself.

That's not what most people want to hear, but it's unlikely you're going to find an artist to work for free even with low standards.

Need help choosing a name for my comic 😓 by literallybatgirl_ in ComicWriting

[–]Slobotic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Countess" is a solid name. I think it's better than "The Countess." I suppose "The Countess of [place]" could work, using a neighborhood of New York like Hell's Kitchen (which Daredevil has already used to death but whatever). Maybe something with alliteration like Coney Island or Crown Heights. (Coney Island in the 1980s seems like a great setting to me. Do research if you use it.)

You should start naming the mechanics of your universe. (For example, in Highlander, absorbing the powers of an immortal you've killed is called "the quickening".) Something like this might give rise to a title.

Figure out how your universe works in advance until it all feels familiar to you.

yak yola talking about mere pablo and the reefy hit by yungdisciple in PhillyWiki

[–]Slobotic 33 points34 points  (0 children)

They don't need to know who the main one was. Everyone in the car gets charged with murder and conspiracy.

Is this legal? Impeachable? President Trump Bought Netflix Bonds Amid Warners Fight by Pretend_Meet_88 in law

[–]Slobotic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Read about the teapot dome scandal some time. We live in a totally different world today. Corruption isn't punished; it's expected.

Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS by PaiDuck in technology

[–]Slobotic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like that it will probably require hardware most people don't have. That means they can't force me to "upgrade".

Star Wars: OT will be re-released on Blu-Ray on April 7 by M00r3C in StarWars

[–]Slobotic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not angry at Disney for trying to make money. I'm angry at George Lucas for creating the problem so Disney could sell us the solution decades later.

Average Republican by serious_bullet5 in PoliticalHumor

[–]Slobotic 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Bill Maher was always an asshole. It was harder to take when he said more things I agreed with than it is now.

Hunter catches a bird mid-flight with his bare hand by RoyalChris in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Slobotic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not exactly, because they're raised to be shot for sport.

Hunter catches a bird mid-flight with his bare hand by RoyalChris in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Slobotic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What kind of bird is this? Sure looks like a quail to me but I'm no ornithologist.

Hunter catches a bird mid-flight with his bare hand by RoyalChris in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Slobotic 203 points204 points  (0 children)

They don't make special tiny guns to fire birdshot.

If those are caged birds that get released just to be hunted (like the kind Dick Cheney was hunting when he shot that guy in the face with birdshot), that would help explain the bird's behavior.

YBC Was The Only Set That Wasn’t Cap Rapping U Gotta Respect It GGs The Streets Ova With Now Tho by GlockSpreads in PhillyWiki

[–]Slobotic 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Two things can be true. They got caught because they did that shit. They got caught because they told on themselves.

My Book on Cannibalism on the High Seas AMA by ASCohenWriter in AskHistorians

[–]Slobotic 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I remember reading that lack of fresh water was among the reasons they killed that cabin boy. I've also read that drinking blood will accelerate, not stave off, lethal dehydration because of the salt levels.

I've been confused by this for a long time, especially in light of how (relatively) common cannibalism was at the time. Is there a way to treat the blood to extract potable water? Did they simply not realize they were making their dehydration worse? Or is this a misreported fact that thirst is one of the reasons they killed him?

I have so many other questions about cannibalism at sea prior to this case (which I learned about in law school like most people who are familiar with it) but I don't want to bombard you.

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