Against the Shadow the comic?

[crustbucket]

i've been planning this for years but as we all know, life can be difficult sometimes.  anyway, here is a quick mock up "cover" image for the comic that i've been wanting to do for years.  i have a small story in the planning and have already done some of the layouts but i could use a knowledgeable co-writer or two to help with future stories.  in the meantime i will post pages as they are done.

[Pheros]

Hey crustbucket.  Very nice first page you have.  Hopefully you can continue to make them.  We'd love to read them.

Have you seen Gabbage's comic?  It's a couple years old, but he still posts on the boards and might e interested in working with you...who knows?

I look forward to seeing more of these.

[Gabboge]

Oh don't drag me into anything you want to do long term

I have a nasty habit of petering out on projects. Problem was that the comic took upwards of 9 hours per page. I have tried other comics sense but they petered out too. This one was my favorite

http://voipcomics.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d3c536q

[Nifelhein]

Hahahaha. It is veru interesting, crustbucket.

Comics-wise Gredavin, also known as Kurtis Wiebe https://www.facebook.com/kurtisjwiebe?ref=hl is a comics writer now, when he was active around here that was a far off dream of his, and I am glad he fullfilled it.

Also, Kane is quite the writer and has a lot of stories you can find on the forums, and maybe, who kows, he might want to give some of them or some new ones a graphical look.

[crustbucket]

yeah, i saw gabboges comic years ago.  i liked it a lot and wish he could continue with it.  but i understand about the 9 hours per page thing.  that's what has been preventing me from doing one until now.  i've figured out a way to minimize the time spent per page but as you can see it leaves a bit of an "unfinished" look.  i've decided that it was either that or not do one at all because i definitely can't devote nearly that amount of time.  also, i think it lends to the grim and gritty nature of the setting anyway.  i've also seen some of kanes stuff but reading the white text on a black background terrorizes my eyes after a few minutes.

anyway, here's page one.

[crustbucket]

page 2.

[TwiceBorn]

Very impressive. I agree that black and white sketching fits the tone of the setting better than more polished colour illustrations would. Do you already have a full story in mind for your first issue? Looking forward to seeing more. The first panels are intriguing, to say the least.

[Nifelhein]

Really good drawing!

[crustbucket]

thanks guys.  yeah, i have a story arc in mind but i haven't plotted out that many pages yet so i'm not sure how many pages it'll be.  i do plan to show the grim and gritty nature of the setting to the max, though.

[crustbucket]

page 03

[TwiceBorn]

I especially like the last panel.