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Life Among the Unmotivated might, maybe, be coming back, in the future, if things go well.

http://lifeamong.thecomicseries.com/comics/43

Realistic-ish or cartoonish. However, somebody has taken the gig already.

Little people who live in my head.

Hi, I'm Rachel, and I'm a writer. As the title of this thread states, I'm looking for an artist who would like to collaborate on a webcomic that I've been working on writing.

The comic is called "SMELL MY HAND" and a full pitch for it can be found here: http://www.thewebcomiclist.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=19224&highlight=

The short version is that it's about college, rock and roll, relationships, rock and roll, friendships, rock and roll, lgbt issues, rock and roll, and some very different people learning to like each other. And also rock and roll.

I was previously going to make this with another artist, but after some communication problems, he ended up having to back out due to other commitments. So, I'm back to square one, and am trying to make this thing happen.

I've done some comic work before, including a webcomic called Life Among the Unmotivated (which can be found here: http://lifeamong.thecomicseries.com ).

If you're interested in working with me, you can contact me here, or by email at rachel.evil.mccall at gmail.com.

My goal is to keep writing comics. That's really it. If people read what I write, all the better, but I'm doing this for me.

One day at the mall, there was nothing better to do.

Thus begins the most mind-bending saga ever to be set in a single day at a large retail establishment.

“One Day at the Mall” is a webcomic project, written by myself, and in need of an artist. The premise is pretty simple: A dozen or so people, with nothing better to do, spend their day wandering a massive shopping mall, in a desperate attempt to alleviate suburban boredom. Naturally, mayhem ensues.
The story, rather than progressing in a linear fashion, will be presented as a series of short scenes taking place throughout the day. To avoid confusion, each page will have a timestamp on it, indicating the relative sequence of events. Additionally, there will be a number of “secret” stories taking place in the background of other scenes, which readers can piece together once the whole story is finished.

So, all that having been said, let’s meet our dramatis personae.

SUMMER: Self-proclaimed leader-type. Has decided to start a band with a few of her friends. Likes to make big proclamations. Basically has a gigantic ego.
DEANNA: The sensible one. Pretty much always finds herself in either the role of “Group mom,” or the role of “Summer’s sidekick.”
JARED: Drummer. Big guy. Soft-spoken and reasonable. Mostly ignored. Easily led.
JULIA: The sweet, but slightly less than bright one. Is dating Kyle.
HENRY: The crazy guy. Connects with reality on pretty much only the most basic level. Is tolerated by friends for his entertainment value.
MARIE: Extremely terse, speaks in as few syllables as possible. Filled with subtle, burning hatred for everything. Follows Henry around a lot, and doesn’t know why.
KYLE: Thinks he’s a superhero, with electricity-based powers, goes by the name “Kyle O’Watt, Master of Electricity.” Is not actually a master of anything, electricity or otherwise. Expects his powers to kick in any time now.
CHELSEA: College pot-dealer. Grows her own, sells only to a few of her friends. Cynical and disaffected.
AIMEE: Little punk rocker genki girl. Lives on caffeine. Friendly. Maybe too friendly.
EDITH: Trans girl just recently starting transition. Terrified of more or less everything.
KIERAN: Amateur occultist. Has lots of insane stories. Takes himself very, very seriously, which everyone else finds very, very amusing.
CECILIA: Kieran’s best friend. Takes the magic stuff pretty seriously. Extremely judgemental. Gets along with exactly nobody.
ANNE: Retail serf. Works at a big box type store in the mall, at their service desk. World-weary, cynical, and sarcastic.
NIU: Works at the same service desk as Anne. Younger, nicer, and more optimistic than Anne.

Those are the characters we’ll be following the most closely, but there will, of course, be others.

As far as what I have in mind for art, I generally tend to like black and white better for this project, and, beyond that, I’m really open to any style.

As far as compensation goes, the artist who signs on for the comic will get 50% ownership of the comic, and 50% of any eventual profits. I’m basically looking for a collaborator here (as I am in no position to enter into a “for hire” situation, financially).

Finally, who the hell am I? My name’s Rachel Evil McCall, and I’ve been attempting to get my feet wet in this whole comic writing thing. I wrote a webcomic called Life Among the Unmotivated for a while before unrelated problems in life forced me to stop (though I do intend to bring that one back for a limited engagement in the future). Life Among the Unmotivated can be found here: http://lifeamong.thecomicseries.com/comics/. Furthermore, a short story I wrote was recently featured in the anthology comic Lite Bites and can be found here: http://www.drunkduck.com/Lite_bites/5371300/ (it’s four pages, plus a cover page).

So, there it is. This is a pretty ambitious project, with a lot of crazy non-linear stuff, and a lot of craziness in general. If you’re interested in coming on board for this one, or if you’d just like more information, contact me at rachel.evil.mccall at gmail.com.

Thanks!

At this point, I'd say it's a toss up between J. H. Williams III, Mike Allred, and Jamie McKelvie.

I am an atheist for one primary reason:

From what I know of the universe (admittedly much less than what there is to be known, but the same could be said of any person's knowledge), there is nothing in the universe that requires the intervention of a deity or group of deities to exist. Everything that exists can be unterstood to have come into existence through causality. Stars, planets, oceans, life, everything has a mechanical process by which it may be formed.

Now, the argument against this (which was both stated and exaggerated in the first post) is that the odds of any specific thing happening are extremely low. This does not take into account that the universe, as we currently understand it, is not necessarily finite. Given enough time, enough chances to happen, and the environmental requirements for it to happen, something with even an extraordinarily low probability will eventually happen. There is no need for an intervening intelligence to cause it, when natural forces will, at some point, do it themselves.

Another question I'd pose here is whether or not collage is art.

The images in most collages are not created by the artists making the collages. What the artists create is the juxtaposition of images.

What Sei creates is a juxtaposition of images and text. Neither are original, but the juxtaposition is.



One thing I should mention, though: I'm not sure I would count Sei's comics as comics. Scott McCloud defines comics as "Juxtaposed pictorial and other images in deliberate sequence, intended to convey information and/or produce an aesthetic response in the reader." What Sei's comics seem to lack is the sequential aspect, making them another artform entirely.

All of it is art.

As to whether it's good art or bad art, that's up to the viewer.

Nothing. The thing that's wrong is killing or hurting female characters to act as motivation for male characters.

I want Michael Allred to be in color and Jaime Hernandez to be in black and white.

The Sharon Tate Experience.

While decompression can be used very well in longer works, it tends to be... very bad, when used in an online comic.

The delay between reading two pages can shoot your pacing straight to hell if you draw things out too much. One of the worst offenders in this regard is a series I'm still pretty fond of, Goblins.

The comic's art is excellent, and it's mostly well-written, but the pacing is terrible for a webcomic, precisely because of the author's tendency toward decompression. At two updates a week, an action sequence that takes a few minutes time in-story gets drawn out for months.

There are many other comics that have this problem, and I'm sure you can name more than a few.

Decompression is great for graphic novels, sometimes good for magazine-style comic books, and bloody terrible for webcomics.


Of course, I, myself, being a huge Morrison fan, tend to prefer extreme compression when possible.

I'll talk about procrastination later...

Game of Thrones is a damn fine show. Excellent, really.

But it can't be the best thing on TV right now, for one main reason:

Lack of Pinkie Pie.

The shows I watch new episodes of (when such episodes exist):

How I Met Your Mother
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Game of Thrones
The Guild

The shows I've been watching via Netflix:

Arrested Development
Bones
Archer
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Doctor Who
Twin Peaks

"Vultures Ate My Dead Ass Up" be Wesley Willis.

Pretty much your average Lou Reed song, really.

Go for it.