‘Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way’ starts playing slow and distorted from a sad little half-broken player somewhere…
Still, better than being shot! (yet)
What I love about this comic, besides that it’s a good noir, are the orbits of all the balls in play. OK, in this little arc, the rich fat guy dies. Now, the death of influential people means a power vacuum is now in effect. And two living people walked out of his office. How long ago in the past was this? Don’t know. What effect did it have on the “present?” Don’t know.
The thing is, we are seeing all of this playing out from the ground level, not the top level. Who are the top level players? We really aren’t sure. We see the life of a delivery man, the life of someone who was hiding and providing a modicum of security service for a doctor who was the landlord of the delivery man, etc.
well thanks for saying so, brian! yeah, it’s a long arc to tell a complicated story, and i got a lot of people cautioning me to keep it simple, in the beginning. but now, with i think i’ve carved something out here, and attracted the kind of readers i would like to appeal to. it’s not for everyone, but what is, really. ok, ‘the oatmeal’, but i’m not that funny. ok, i’m not that KIND of funny.
really? i don’t think so. while it may be outside of the main storyline, i had fun drawing it, and i think some people had fun reading it. think of it as a stand alone story in the world i’m building up.
and i guess i can’t take that critique too much to heart when considering it’s coming from someone who created a fake email account to say it, which to me, seems pointless.
BUT, i do have that dang money back guarantee. so, where would you like me to mail the cheque for zero dollars, or would you prefer a money order?
This entire flashback sequence was very interesting, even it wouldn’t connect with the larger plot, which I know it will, and the guy making a new account just to put “this whole storyline was a waste of time”as a username was funny.
So no one gets to be pointless today!
haha, well originally this was an idea for a short, and the assistant was a woman, and the ‘professional’ was a man. but, the more i thought about it, the more that seemed… normal. and i thought it would be far more interesting to make this part of alice’s backstory. i think it worked. not everyone agreed, clearly. but that’s ok. i got a few other rude messages based on this sequence. whatever.
i can’t address the rude people. i try to stay lighthearted about it, and make it a joke, but they’re a drag. i just try to ignore them mostly, and carry on. if someone is constructive, i take it on board, but if you make a fake email just to troll my artistic endeavour, you can sit an spin. cause that is some lame ass shit.
You don’t know that it was “pointless”, in the sense of not connecting to the rest of the story that you’ve seen so far. This is the sort of thing that can turn out to hook back around in ways that you never expected. If you want closure, connection to the rest of the story so far, you just may have to wait a while. Welcome to the ‘real’ world, where instant gratification is rarely as satisfying as having that ‘a ha! that’s what was going on’ moment much later in time.
Questions To Ponder:
1) Who made that creature that stung the rich guy?
2) Who was the rich guy wanting revenge on?
3) Was the creature creator connected to the one he wanted revenge on?
4) What did the one he wanted revenge on do?
5) Why is the one he wanted revenge on accessible now, and not earlier?
You might want to think about the story so far, and how the relationships have changed. The tech tree people aren’t in possession of the head yet, so they don’t have access to any technology she might have been working on. The one who held her prisoner for her tech knowledge also no longer has that source. Are either of them now more vulnerable than they were? Did she create the creature? Is the one who held her prisoner the one he wanted revenge on? Are the activities of the tech tree people making them more vulnerable? Did they bet on having her knowledge, and now they don’t, so some other ‘bill’ is going to come due?
You see? You just never know where something like this might fit in… and it’s entirely possible that it never will, that this was flavor, instead of direct story line. Even so, it’s not ‘pointless’.
Consider those guards… with the sort of orders they supposedly had, they should have insisted on a physical signal from the boss that he was still alive. Failure to get that was a serious error on their part. I’ve little doubt that if the company he ran doesn’t fall apart before someone in power figures out what happened, they’re going to be in a world of hurt.
Maybe, if they’re lucky, they land on the street themselves, end up helping the robot with the head, the girl with the robot, and the plot line too. The important characters might not have been the assassin, but the guards.
You see? Use your own imagination, it’s often better than having everything handed to you on a platter. This is why books are frequently so much better than the movies made from them. The book allows you to imagine things as you wish. The movie forces you to see it the way the director wants.
thanks C, i wasn’t sure people would see it was the same character, what with the cleaned up look. also, i keep changing my drawing style.
so glad you guys are paying attention to the little things. but yes, same person. but, the past. and also, no hole in her guts. i tells ya, i gots stories comin….. so pleased you’re following!
kidding. but seriously, what a flattering rant. i love it. you’ve really paid attention, and you didn’t need to, but i really appreciate that someone, anyone, did. it really matters.
cause, in all honesty, i’m just some guy. i do this stuff cause i hope you like it, and i like producing it. so, positive comments mean a lot. thank you.
BUT, if i can be that guy for a second… the message you responded to was probably NOT an earnest commentary on my endeavor. his/her comment and subject line was available for the casual reader, but their email was not. and even though it was fake, i will hold it private, except to say, that it clearly stated a preference to the current president of the united states of america, and an irritation with me, having done some sort of thing….. i can’t imagine what….some people see ‘spiteful attacks’ where they want to.
in short, spindizzy, thank for being curious! i have stories for years, and this is the slightest curve of the first arc, but i’m glad i attracted some of the readers i was hoping for!
She’s cooler than i expected. If i had been in her situation i would have said something like, “yeah, just give me one of credit cards for the next couple of days and we’ll call it square”.
haha, there’s no credit cards in this world. credit implies trust, or at least a working bank system. that’s why everyone pays for everything in coin. the metals themselves are worth something. financial distrust, right to the core.
‘Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way’ starts playing slow and distorted from a sad little half-broken player somewhere…
Still, better than being shot! (yet)
What I love about this comic, besides that it’s a good noir, are the orbits of all the balls in play. OK, in this little arc, the rich fat guy dies. Now, the death of influential people means a power vacuum is now in effect. And two living people walked out of his office. How long ago in the past was this? Don’t know. What effect did it have on the “present?” Don’t know.
The thing is, we are seeing all of this playing out from the ground level, not the top level. Who are the top level players? We really aren’t sure. We see the life of a delivery man, the life of someone who was hiding and providing a modicum of security service for a doctor who was the landlord of the delivery man, etc.
A very tangled web. Tangled, indeed.
well thanks for saying so, brian! yeah, it’s a long arc to tell a complicated story, and i got a lot of people cautioning me to keep it simple, in the beginning. but now, with i think i’ve carved something out here, and attracted the kind of readers i would like to appeal to. it’s not for everyone, but what is, really. ok, ‘the oatmeal’, but i’m not that funny. ok, i’m not that KIND of funny.
Well that was pointless
really? i don’t think so. while it may be outside of the main storyline, i had fun drawing it, and i think some people had fun reading it. think of it as a stand alone story in the world i’m building up.
and i guess i can’t take that critique too much to heart when considering it’s coming from someone who created a fake email account to say it, which to me, seems pointless.
BUT, i do have that dang money back guarantee. so, where would you like me to mail the cheque for zero dollars, or would you prefer a money order?
Pfft! Damn right it was entertaining! And I love stories that branch out to show different worldly interactions!
Waaah, don’t fight, you are making me sad!
This entire flashback sequence was very interesting, even it wouldn’t connect with the larger plot, which I know it will, and the guy making a new account just to put “this whole storyline was a waste of time”as a username was funny.
So no one gets to be pointless today!
haha, well originally this was an idea for a short, and the assistant was a woman, and the ‘professional’ was a man. but, the more i thought about it, the more that seemed… normal. and i thought it would be far more interesting to make this part of alice’s backstory. i think it worked. not everyone agreed, clearly. but that’s ok. i got a few other rude messages based on this sequence. whatever.
i can’t address the rude people. i try to stay lighthearted about it, and make it a joke, but they’re a drag. i just try to ignore them mostly, and carry on. if someone is constructive, i take it on board, but if you make a fake email just to troll my artistic endeavour, you can sit an spin. cause that is some lame ass shit.
You don’t know that it was “pointless”, in the sense of not connecting to the rest of the story that you’ve seen so far. This is the sort of thing that can turn out to hook back around in ways that you never expected. If you want closure, connection to the rest of the story so far, you just may have to wait a while. Welcome to the ‘real’ world, where instant gratification is rarely as satisfying as having that ‘a ha! that’s what was going on’ moment much later in time.
Questions To Ponder:
1) Who made that creature that stung the rich guy?
2) Who was the rich guy wanting revenge on?
3) Was the creature creator connected to the one he wanted revenge on?
4) What did the one he wanted revenge on do?
5) Why is the one he wanted revenge on accessible now, and not earlier?
You might want to think about the story so far, and how the relationships have changed. The tech tree people aren’t in possession of the head yet, so they don’t have access to any technology she might have been working on. The one who held her prisoner for her tech knowledge also no longer has that source. Are either of them now more vulnerable than they were? Did she create the creature? Is the one who held her prisoner the one he wanted revenge on? Are the activities of the tech tree people making them more vulnerable? Did they bet on having her knowledge, and now they don’t, so some other ‘bill’ is going to come due?
You see? You just never know where something like this might fit in… and it’s entirely possible that it never will, that this was flavor, instead of direct story line. Even so, it’s not ‘pointless’.
Consider those guards… with the sort of orders they supposedly had, they should have insisted on a physical signal from the boss that he was still alive. Failure to get that was a serious error on their part. I’ve little doubt that if the company he ran doesn’t fall apart before someone in power figures out what happened, they’re going to be in a world of hurt.
Maybe, if they’re lucky, they land on the street themselves, end up helping the robot with the head, the girl with the robot, and the plot line too. The important characters might not have been the assassin, but the guards.
You see? Use your own imagination, it’s often better than having everything handed to you on a platter. This is why books are frequently so much better than the movies made from them. The book allows you to imagine things as you wish. The movie forces you to see it the way the director wants.
Note that this sequence started with this: http://www.blackandbluecomic.com/comic/page-249/
Description: “PAST”.
A couple of pages forward. http://www.blackandbluecomic.com/comic/page-252/
This is the same Anders that’s been hiding for some time at the docs’ place some time in the main story line: http://www.blackandbluecomic.com/?comic=page-58
There’s your connection. Background story for Anders.
thanks C, i wasn’t sure people would see it was the same character, what with the cleaned up look. also, i keep changing my drawing style.
so glad you guys are paying attention to the little things. but yes, same person. but, the past. and also, no hole in her guts. i tells ya, i gots stories comin….. so pleased you’re following!
wow…. what he said….
kidding. but seriously, what a flattering rant. i love it. you’ve really paid attention, and you didn’t need to, but i really appreciate that someone, anyone, did. it really matters.
cause, in all honesty, i’m just some guy. i do this stuff cause i hope you like it, and i like producing it. so, positive comments mean a lot. thank you.
BUT, if i can be that guy for a second… the message you responded to was probably NOT an earnest commentary on my endeavor. his/her comment and subject line was available for the casual reader, but their email was not. and even though it was fake, i will hold it private, except to say, that it clearly stated a preference to the current president of the united states of america, and an irritation with me, having done some sort of thing….. i can’t imagine what….some people see ‘spiteful attacks’ where they want to.
in short, spindizzy, thank for being curious! i have stories for years, and this is the slightest curve of the first arc, but i’m glad i attracted some of the readers i was hoping for!
She’s probably thinking “Your on your own, looser…”
that’s kinda the vibe i was going for. turning your back on someone and lighting cigarette. it’s universal.
She’s cooler than i expected. If i had been in her situation i would have said something like, “yeah, just give me one of credit cards for the next couple of days and we’ll call it square”.
oops, left out “your”.
haha, there’s no credit cards in this world. credit implies trust, or at least a working bank system. that’s why everyone pays for everything in coin. the metals themselves are worth something. financial distrust, right to the core.
Poor chap… I wonder how long can he survive on his own
ah, he’ll be fine. not like bad things happen to random people in my story. haha