Dan Goldman ([info]dangoldman) wrote in [info]act_i_vate,
@ 2006-06-01 10:41:00
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"Kelly" Part 15


Forgive me father, for I have sinned. It's been 20 days since my last "Kelly" and the burden hangs heavy on my soul and causeth my testy-sack to droop in an uncomely fashion in keeping with my times. I have missed our friends Kelly and Max, and it makes me very sad to space out the frequency of installments as the pacing of the story itself begins to gain speed. I truly hope this doesn't affect the "experience" and that you're still enjoying reading "Kelly" as much as I am making it; soon enough, it'll be more regular... After all, SHOOTING WAR reaches its midpoint on Monday.

Anybody wanna FRESHEN UP before we get back into it? Beware: it's a long load with many images... but it is a graphic novel we're making here, ya heard?



















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[info]man_size
2006-06-01 03:23 pm UTC (link)
A swastika moon? You reinvent the comix lexicon with every episode of KELLY.

When WILL Max catch a break? Should he? They shoot horses don't they?

Another amazing installment. Create KELLY when you can during your exemplary SHOOTING WAR stint. It's well worth the wait.

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[info]benchilada
2006-06-01 04:06 pm UTC (link)
And the fact that the Maxfish has one of those fish turd-hangers-on!

SheeeeeIT!

Shane! Come back, Shane! SHANE!!!

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[info]dangoldman
2006-06-01 09:11 pm UTC (link)
Explain your Shane comment. NOW.

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[info]benchilada
2006-06-02 02:00 am UTC (link)
A) I saw Dino's "They shoot horses don't they?" comment, and immediately thought of the little boy at the end of Shane

B) You HAVE seen Shane, haven't you?

C) I think I was kinda looking at it as Shane representing Max's hopes and dreams of finally having found the right place, but...apparently it's time for them to move on.

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[info]dangoldman
2006-06-02 02:38 am UTC (link)
I have not seen Shane BUT don't take it personal-like.
It's also the original title of "KELLY"

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[info]dangoldman
2006-06-01 07:43 pm UTC (link)
Thanks, pops. It's actually HARDER, I have found, to do one episode every 2-3 weeks than it is to do one a week... I wanna stay prune-regular.

Max's break is coming soon and he will be living on a cloud in the sky... but first we're gonna kick him in the nuts a few more times.

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still worth the wait.
[info]burket
2006-06-01 03:38 pm UTC (link)
how very "24" of you.

excellent misdirection!

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Re: still worth the wait.
[info]dangoldman
2006-06-01 08:43 pm UTC (link)
if by misdirection, you mean the tattoo... WE saw it back in Chapter 5:



the audience saw it, but dear Maxie didn't... hence the sense of danger/suspense from us and the yet-still-trust of Max.

Glad to have you here!

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Re: still worth the wait.
[info]burket
2006-06-02 12:56 pm UTC (link)
right you are.

i had completely forgotten about it.

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[info]jerem_morrow
2006-06-01 03:48 pm UTC (link)
YOU BAAAAAAAAAAAASTARD! Hahahahaha! I just pulled a panel 6. I think I may have a headache now. Damn ya!

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[info]dangoldman
2006-06-01 09:11 pm UTC (link)
Maybe you need to read more comix... yknow, to build up a tolerance.

There's alot of good ones on ACT-I-VATE today; Rami's HEBI NO HADA is consistently amazing and Leland brung the earthquake-force this morning with V&V.

And then there's that OTHER comic I do every week these days; I am sure you can find info about that someplace.... :P

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[info]jerem_morrow
2006-06-01 09:21 pm UTC (link)
The whole of act_i_vate has really been pleasing me as of late. I'm still kinda taken aback by the overall quality. You usually find at least one dud in a collection, y'know? You guys, each of you, have much moxy.

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[info]dangoldman
2006-06-01 10:20 pm UTC (link)
We're hand-picked and vat-grown.
Also organic.
And sexy.

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[info]passiveangel
2006-06-01 04:23 pm UTC (link)
Even better than a swastika moon? Swastika letter "n!" That's just great! Aside from that, I am enjoying your use of color immensely. And watching the characters develop. And reading the dialogue. And... okay, you get the idea. :-)

I will now meditate and wait patiently for the next chapter, as I must...maybe I'll go clear out those chakras that I've been meaning to...

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Alternate Ending:
[info]dangoldman
2006-06-01 08:47 pm UTC (link)
Thanks; it might interest you to know of that typographic-slash-swastika details came in during the last hour or so of working on the chapter.

The alternate ending of the chapter was to have Kelly asking Max what was wrong as he hastily exits the room. Max looks back at Kelly with swastikas in his eyes (this stayed in but moved) and the closing shot is Kelly-as-Adolf-Hitler, but with soft blue eyes pleading not to "shut him out" again.

Alot of my favorite bits of "Kelly" have struck in spontaneous instants.

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Re: Alternate Ending:
[info]passiveangel
2006-06-01 09:29 pm UTC (link)
Spontaneous inspiration is the best! And how fitting for a story featuring a most interesting and spontaneous fellow. ;-)

The alternate ending is pretty cool, but having heard it, I like the ending you went with. It grounds the reader firmly in Max's perspective, and I think you're going for Max having to learn to break out of this perspective. Am I right?

Also, it's a great cliffhanger. :-D

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Re: Alternate Ending:
[info]dangoldman
2006-06-01 10:19 pm UTC (link)
What *I* am trying to do over here on ACT-I-VATE is like strumming a guitar with a practice amp in the bathroom with a tape recorder and seeing what effects I can get. The story is the skeleton that grounds the experiment. God, I am such a pretentious ass.

But yeah, visual laboratory aside, I tend to write character pieces... and these two bozos will have quite a tale for you by the time the telling's told.

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Re: Alternate Ending:
[info]passiveangel
2006-06-01 10:26 pm UTC (link)
That doesn't sound very pretentious to me. It sounds exciting, groundbreaking, electrifying, etc. But then, I did go to art school after all...and I used to date a musician...

Character pieces are some of my favorites! Keep going! I can't wait to see how it all plays out. :-)

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[info]capslockfonetik
2006-06-01 05:17 pm UTC (link)
I was wondering when there was going to be another twist aout Kelly.

Panel number 6 is the best piece of comics art I've seen in ages. This was well worth the wait.

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[info]dangoldman
2006-06-01 08:49 pm UTC (link)
Thank you... that praise means alot. I hope to keep the waiting as minimal as I can (doing two different comics every week... and this is the one i do for free).

There will be more twists for all characters; I promise you this... but I can also promise you that when the book is done, you'll know our people pretty well.

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[info]kafuness
2006-06-01 07:01 pm UTC (link)
I find his asshole uncomfortably mesmerizing.

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[info]dangoldman
2006-06-01 09:02 pm UTC (link)
I find your reaction devilishly attractive. Email me your phone number.

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[info]geedeck
2006-06-01 07:29 pm UTC (link)
Sir, did you just take us to the sea of goat?

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[info]dangoldman
2006-06-01 09:02 pm UTC (link)
Yes, but we had to round the Cape of Cock first.

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[info]jasonturner
2006-06-01 08:00 pm UTC (link)
Those two panels of shocked reaction are just beautiful. His mind vividly being re-blown.

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[info]dangoldman
2006-06-01 09:03 pm UTC (link)
Thank you! I'm (obviously) into surreal reaction shots with this comic.
Glad you are here with us.

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[info]iconotrast
2006-06-01 09:01 pm UTC (link)
That last panel is great. Glad marriage did not cause you to lose your edge!

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[info]dangoldman
2006-06-01 09:08 pm UTC (link)
Naw, she keeps me razor-sharp. RAZOR.

Did I ever tell you that *she* is the genesis of "Kelly"...? It's true.

We'd first announced our first teasers pre-launch, and I had NO IDEA what I was going to do a comic about. We were sitting around at the veggie chinese on Flatbush and I was kvetching about not being in my ideas... and she looked across the table at me, with a mock-chicken nugget in her hand and said, "why don't you tell the story of you and [ROOMMATE WHO IS BASIS OF KELLY]?" I got a big grin and she got a big kiss and the rest, they say, is comix.

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[info]scottbieser
2006-06-02 01:00 am UTC (link)
It's really hard for me to see Kelly as a NAZI. Maybe he had the swastika put on his ass as a statement of contempt for NAZIs? Maybe he has "flings" with various fringe-ideas and this is a vestige of a past phase? (maybe there's a hammer-n-sickle on the other cheek, or on his scrotum, we haven't seen yet?)

I have no idea. You sure have me holding my breath waiting for future developments.

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[info]dangoldman
2006-06-02 01:06 am UTC (link)
Everything is under complete control. Wait for it, my good man.

And thanks for sticking with.... I promise it will all be worth it.

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Best yet.
[info]imbrettjackson
2006-06-02 07:13 pm UTC (link)
From the look of comedic utter gratitude in panel 3 to anus/swastika in panel 5 to the pure fury and gutpunch astonishment in panel 6 - all world class comic craft. Then topping those with the sophistication of message and mood of panel 8, 9, 10 - makes me feel a little sorry for panel 1. It didn't have a big job, it was just a little ol' carrier of exposition. Never had a chance.

Well, thank God for the "pacing panel."

And God bless Dan Goldman.


Also: Pastrami. Great instinct, you.

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Re: Best yet.
[info]dangoldman
2006-06-02 07:29 pm UTC (link)
Aw shit... look at you with the pretty little LJ account. Pretty bunny boy who sez pretty poli things.

Glad you liked this one; "Kelly" is burning inside me to come out and it's often frustrating that other projects must be finished first... but this is my sweet little baby that has my eyes, my lips, my anus.

Shy little exposition-Panel 1 says thank you from its tent behind the living room drapes.

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[info]shiftless
2006-06-05 05:24 am UTC (link)
Thankyou thankyou thankyou! ^_^

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[info]dangoldman
2006-06-05 09:24 pm UTC (link)
yerwelcomewelcomewelcome...!!

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[info]dead_kid_fred
2006-06-07 08:31 am UTC (link)
MAN! That last panel is fucking genius! As I said to Dino!, I had perfect timing in making my triumphant return to the internetadn , more specifically, act-i-vate. It feels like home here. :-D

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[info]dangoldman
2006-06-08 03:39 pm UTC (link)
you're always welcome over here, dkf.
y'want Kelly to warm up an enema for ya?

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[info]dead_kid_fred
2006-06-08 07:25 pm UTC (link)
oooooOOOOOooooo

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This chapter stinks...
[info]jahfurry
2006-06-08 04:47 am UTC (link)
and that's the greatest compliment i can bequeath.... hey who bequeathed? Kelly did, and your work is so in-your-face visceral that Kelly's rumproar literally act-i-vated an olfactory memory of a long lost roommate's pastramifart....KELLY in smellovision

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Re: This chapter stinks...
[info]dangoldman
2006-06-08 03:43 pm UTC (link)
it's KELLOVISION, baby. everyone put on your glasses and buttplugs now.

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[info]heartshapedkey
2006-06-08 03:18 pm UTC (link)
swastika in the eyes, moon and words wa s just beautiful. I heart your "surprise" panels.

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[info]dangoldman
2006-06-08 03:44 pm UTC (link)
thank you; totally last minute details that are my favorite bits of the episode.

i am also happy not to have to draw any more fucking fishies for a while.

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