Dan Goldman ([info]dangoldman) wrote in [info]act_i_vate,
@ 2006-10-20 00:46:00
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the story so far








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(Anonymous)
2006-10-20 06:34 am UTC (link)
Violence IS contagious.

Chris, I want "Remember me, you hive-mind motherfucker?" on a t-shirt. "That fat one is gonna kill him an' eat him up" being only slightly less marketable.

Dan, did you model 718 on Mos Def? I see the inevitable silver screen adaptation as a likely vehicle for him. The Hasid at the end, on the other hand, definitely resembles you if you go all born again on us.

Ken A.

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[info]dangoldman
2006-10-23 07:34 pm UTC (link)
the face is Mos, the body is me, the ears are Mickey Mouse... wait until that hoodie comes off.

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[info]gdwessel
2006-10-20 06:37 am UTC (link)
Huh. Wow. I'm impressed and frightened simultaneously. Good stuff here.

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[info]dangoldman
2006-10-23 09:31 pm UTC (link)
thanks, man... the confusion of this opening subway sequence is intentional; it'll all make more sense when we come back to it, I promise.

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[info]lukkucairi
2006-10-20 09:32 am UTC (link)
OK, I'm insomniac, wake up to check my iTunes downloads and got your email. Thereby going from "Schoolhouse Rock" to this. Oddly, now I feel like I'm trapped in a time warp of 1985 New York.

Congrats man -- and that Hasid really does look like you :-)

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[info]dangoldman
2006-10-23 09:50 pm UTC (link)
I am in fact the model for the Hasid. I like to "skin" myself and act the characters out as part of the process.

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lovin' it so far...
[info]kingsnake
2006-10-20 11:37 am UTC (link)
Yeah, it's gotta be mos def or at least part mos :). This is dope. and I second the 'hive mind' t-shirt.

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Re: lovin' it so far...
[info]dangoldman
2006-10-23 09:51 pm UTC (link)
the Elves of T-Shirtland are listening intently to these message boards. who knows what the future holds.

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[info]bertozzi
2006-10-20 12:56 pm UTC (link)
I love the Possession-Symbol on the faces.

My one suggestion is to pull the frame out for at least one panel during action sequences. You're introducing a shitload of characters at once and it'll be eaier to follow them all if you show a "relationship shot" (all characters in fight in the same panel). This is different from the establishing shot, which you don't need since you already set the scene.

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[info]man_size
2006-10-20 04:07 pm UTC (link)
What Nick said about "relationships." Action sequences are a bitch when you have more than two people to establish. Bone up on your Woo and Scorcese, hell, even DePalma has a lot to offer [after all, he ripped off the master of staging, Hitchcock].

Despite the jumbly confusions of characters suddenly appearing [you could fix that by adding a splash page to show where everyone is sitting and standing before the first attack] this hive-mind stuff is truly savage. The conceit that violence creates a ripple [domino] effect is compelling, but add an infectious quality to the chaos [electric graffiti] and then FEED off its pain? Well, that's just evil. An evil 718 must abolish post-haste!

Bring the pain.

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[info]dangoldman
2006-10-23 10:15 pm UTC (link)
Thank you, Nick. That's very simple and very good advice.

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[info]phrawzty
2006-10-20 01:41 pm UTC (link)
I'm confused.

Confused and heavily intrigued.

Good work. :)

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[info]dangoldman
2006-10-23 09:55 pm UTC (link)
All will be revealed in the next 15 pages... this is just the online premiere of the first issue of a much longer series. Glad you're intrigued; we're more formally introducing our main players in the coming weeks.

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[info]mikedawsoncomic
2006-10-20 02:06 pm UTC (link)
This is really nice looking. I really like the visual style - it definitely captures that feeling of riding the above ground orange-line - well, without all the fighting and possession going on - I've never experienced that. Actually, I barely ever go on that subway, so maybe I'm wrong, maybe that kind of stuff happens all the time...

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[info]unicornlove
2006-10-20 03:19 pm UTC (link)
Fresh. i, too, am a little confused. but, so far, in a good way.

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[info]lalato
2006-10-20 03:52 pm UTC (link)
Holy TASER GLOVE, Batman! The Zombies formerly known as People are heading this way! ;)

--sam

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[info]d14n
2006-10-20 03:53 pm UTC (link)
The text at the bottom vaguely reminds me of William S. Burroughs. I'm really digging this.

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[info]benchilada
2006-10-20 05:43 pm UTC (link)
Shitacular!

Want those gloves...

Also: birds?

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[info]lil_fatty
2006-10-24 03:18 am UTC (link)
Wow the violence is just awesome. I really like your panel designs. Your whole layout has this aawesome movement and energy to it.

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