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WCDT: 25-29 October 2010 (1781-1785)
jwhouk:
What's Most Surprising?
Sven having a moment of introspection - 5 (6.8%)
Dr. Corrine refusing to see any of the other QC cast - 6 (8.2%)
Faye acting normal towards Sven - 25 (34.2%)
Sven considering an "actual" relationship - 9 (12.3%)
Dora leaving the shop in FAYE's hands! - 3 (4.1%)
No specials today (JERKS) - 5 (6.8%)
GOOGLE IT! - 6 (8.2%)
Yelling Bird as a Squishable! - 11 (15.1%)
The Book is out, BTW. - 3 (4.1%) Oh, and did I mention MY COPY CAME IN THE MAIL TODAY!!!!!
Total Voters: 73
jwhouk:
--- Quote from: Mr_Rose on 27 Oct 2010, 15:44 ---Fortunately (?) most of the time if you make a "real enough" character they "write themselves" as the saying goes. Which basically means they've walled themselves off in a private portion of your psyche and are handing out notes when prompted, rather than being fully integrated where they can jump out and take over at inopportune moments.
Also, they talk to each other; late at night, if you're quiet, you can hear them whispering...
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You know, I think Jeph actually mentioned as much about this in the aftermath of Dora & Marten (Way back here at strip 566).
--- Quote from: Jeph ---This strip is a good example of a conversation I was writing veering off in a completely different direction than I initally expected. Along with most of the rest of you guys, I was expecting Faye's initial reaction to be shock, or anger, or grief, or some other really negative emotion. But resignation? I never would have guessed it until I started writing her dialogue in panel 2 and it just appeared on screen. Then it was like a switch flipped in my head- "of course she's been expecting this to happen! She's known this was a potential consequence ever since they had The Talk!" I dunno, it makes good sense to me. Hopefully it makes sense to you too.
I feel really pretentious writing about my work like this. I don't think I'm some kind of Great Artiste or whatever, I'm just some dude who draws a comic strip on the intar wubs, you know? But sometimes when I'm writing dialogue it really does feel like it's out of my hands, that the things Marten &co. say and do are just appearing as if I weren't involved in the process at all. It's weird. I hope it makes for interesting writing, anyway.
I used to have a really clear idea of what was going to happen next in the comic. Nowadays I'm almost as much of a spectator as the rest of you. It's pretty exciting!
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iduguphergrave:
--- Quote from: akronnick on 27 Oct 2010, 05:29 ---SURPIZE BUTTSECKS!!!!!!!!!
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Damn you; you stole my idea!
Oh well, I might just go ahead and alter the speech bubble anyway. Just for shits and giggles.
Heliphyneau:
The expressions in this strip are really great, Sven's, Faye's, and Hanners'. I have a feeling that Faye will re-evaluate her opinion of the Sven/Hanners date once Hanners fills in the details, at which point she'll get mad (I know *eyeroll*) and confront Sven, and maybe fall into bed with him. O_o Or maybe she'll start angsting over him and mess things up with Angus that way, since she is after all an accomplished self-saboteur. Those are sort of obvious ways to go, though, so maybe Jeph has alternate awkwardness in store for them all.
--- Quote from: Deadlywonky on 27 Oct 2010, 04:40 ---I love that expression on Hanners,
just imagine if she has the GSX-9500( http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1380 ) in her hand and says something slightly different...
Et voilą
Yes, my mind does work like that.
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Bahaha! Nicely done. There should probably be a "buzzzzzzzz" in the background, though. :-D
PS: I got my QC volume 1 book, and it's . . . bigger than I was expecting. *grins*
mustang6172:
Don't let the kids see this; it's dissilusioning.
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