Shout Box archive

02 Jul 06:27

John

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Ah Alan Moore... the perfect example to go to whenever somebody verbally promises not to screw with you..

02 Jul 06:23

John

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Exactly like Santa Claus in bizarro world!

02 Jul 06:20

Artloader

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Heheh I don't know him personally but I think maybe his beard covers his smile?

02 Jul 06:20

John

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Is he always that grumpy? Have you seen him smile?

02 Jul 06:19

John

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Oh yeah! That guy lives around your block right?

02 Jul 06:17

Artloader

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He operates on a higher plane.

02 Jul 06:17

Artloader

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Alan Moore.

02 Jul 06:17

Artloader

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Course the story itself was pretty good by itself.

02 Jul 06:15

John

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Ah totally. The art was masterful that way.

02 Jul 06:14

Artloader

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Yep - never read a graphic novel like it before - it was like reading a text book - it really pulls you into the story because you don't have to work to navigate the panels.

02 Jul 06:14

John

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9 panel grid. But he combines panels if he needs a longer beat.

02 Jul 06:13

John

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Very rigid.

02 Jul 06:13

John

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Yeah. It's a 9 panel grid system.

02 Jul 06:12

Artloader

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Next time you see it - check out his panel layout.

02 Jul 06:12

John

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Love it! But not so much that I can recall the specifics.

02 Jul 06:11

Artloader

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You read The Watchmen?

02 Jul 06:11

Artloader

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I think the art and the story was there man - just needed to guide the reader somehow.

02 Jul 06:11

John

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The first layouts were a thousand times more horrible. It got better when folks pointed out how ridiculous the layout was haha!

02 Jul 06:09

John

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Yeah. Like a snake... I was being too clever... The whole thing just blew up in my face haha!

02 Jul 06:09

Artloader

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Heheh - two forms of entertainment in one!

02 Jul 06:09

John

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After you're done reading, you've pressed the Konami code in your head giving you 30 lives.

02 Jul 06:08

Artloader

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Ah - like a snake?

02 Jul 06:08

John

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Start from the drinking lady. going right, then down then left then down then right then left.

02 Jul 06:07

Artloader

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So what order were we supposed to read yours in then?

02 Jul 06:07

Artloader

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Eh? Er thanks for the offer but ...

02 Jul 06:07

John

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Haha! That seems too blatant. But damn effective!

02 Jul 06:06

Artloader

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I've seen comics where the artist adds in some arrows to help guide the reader from one panel to the next if they have a complicated panel layout.

02 Jul 06:06

John

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Bah. Eff me in the 'a'.

02 Jul 06:05

Artloader

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Yeah I guess your panel layout was a bit too ambitious - I wasn't sure which order to read the panels in?

02 Jul 05:53

John

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Thanks Loader! But the story was confusing yeah?

02 Jul 05:47

Artloader

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By the way John - meant to say - I loved the clean line work on your CC4 comic - nicely done mate.

02 Jul 05:12

John

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Cool cool cool. Just when I'm running out of things to listen to.