Re: BE Story Club: Stranger Than Fiction
Thanks for the feedback thus far.
@Byron - I like multi-Process genre stories/comics as well, since it provides multiple times the appeal and I find that BE on its own tends to get stale quickly without a full story to support it (such as the one Lorekeep is building in his "Unstable Assets) or gratuitous sex. Also, one of the chief complaints over the years for the BESC was that there was such a lack of any variety, so I figured it'd be appreciated. Don't worry, I also hate when all the Process is at the start of a story and then it vanishes as is usually the case, so there are constant changes every other page or two throughout this comic.
@GreatDragon - Yeah, it's definitely a classic "fantasy fulfillment story" in disguise, except the dude didn't fantasize it himself. I wanted to switch to the other side of the fence with the male main character, since I noticed, strangely enough, that almost every single comic in the club had female protagonists and was from the female perspective. Also, I was a bit tired of all the guys being dicks or getting screwed over, I've always liked Joe-normal guys who react, y'know, at least a TAD realistically.
@BustArtist - Lol, the last page WAS written as a process, with a couple of panel-shifts, in my script, but I suppose Portal Comics couldn't find a good way to get in on the page and still show everything satisfactorily. Combined with the fact that I write dialogue-heavy, I'm not surprised, although that's also something that's been missing from a lot of the other comics. I've been really impressed so far though, my script was pretty detailed (one of the reasons I didn't win the contest, heh) and so far, minus that one thing on the last page, PC have been following it pretty much to the letter. Especially nice since in the past it's seemed they don't like drawing processes, but the ones so far earlier then that came out quite well.
Also, for the one or two people who messaged me, yes, there are a couple of references to things thrown in here and there just like in the few stories I've written. The Rod Serling one, since this flows like several Twilight Zone episodes, only being the most obvious. There are one or two other subtle ones buried here and there.
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