Comments on: Reclaimer: Chapter Two, Part Eleven - A Plan for Escape

By: DaChiefOfOwnage

DaChiefOfOwnage — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:18:24 +0000

Ah I see.

By: Jim (TTL Demag0gue)

Jim (TTL Demag0gue) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:13:59 +0000

DaChiefOfOwnage: Well, here’s the deal – I get one night a week to play Halo; that’s all my usual schedule gives me time for. As such, I generally reserve that night for Matchmaking with my fellow Gunslingers. I’ve thought about putting together a Halo night of customs for Reclaimer fans, but I haven’t found the time to arrange one yet. That’s something I might possibly do after the first of the year, though, before things start to get crazy in the Spring again.

By: DaChiefOfOwnage

DaChiefOfOwnage — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:48:47 +0000

Yeah, urk makes WAY more posts than whoever was doing it last. Hey if your not busy maybe we can play Halo 3 some time? My gamertag is my name.

By: Jim (TTL Demag0gue)

Jim (TTL Demag0gue) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:42:54 +0000

DaChiefOfOwnage: Oh, that. Well, that’s been ongoing for a while now, especially since they brought urk in on the job. :)

By: DaChiefOfOwnage

DaChiefOfOwnage — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:40:31 +0000

Only that Bungie post every new part of your comic on their front page. I’m sure that in the future they will ask you to compile Reclaimer into some sort of book… Who knows, only time will tell.

By: Jim (TTL Demag0gue)

Jim (TTL Demag0gue) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:38:10 +0000

DaChiefOfOwnage: Why? Do you have some inside info I’d be interested in knowing about? ;-)

By: DaChiefOfOwnage

DaChiefOfOwnage — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:36:04 +0000

“I keep half-hoping that someone at Bungie will notice Reclaimer and like it enough to hire to me write something ‘official.’ Wishful thinking, I know. :)”

If only you knew…

By: Jim (TTL Demag0gue)

Jim (TTL Demag0gue) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:22:17 +0000

re: Elnea – Yeah, I use one font for regular dialogue and it’s toss-up between two others for sound effects, depending on what I’m going for. And then I introduced a new font for the machine’s dialogue. I try to keep it simple because, like you said, otherwise it gets too busy.

I use a series of tools in Photoshop to custom-tailor every dialogue. It lets me be as versatile as I need to be with each frame. And I’m glad you like the look so much. I’m continually tweaking things, but I think I’m much closer to finding that ‘final’ result that looks perfect.

A 22-page spread would definitely be fun to put together. If the Halo content wasn’t under copyright, I’d seriously consider putting one together for publication as a chapbook. I keep half-hoping that someone at Bungie will notice Reclaimer and like it enough to hire to me write something ‘official.’ Wishful thinking, I know. :)

By: Elnea

Elnea — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:21:20 +0000

Shhh… no one is supposed to know about those plans!

I’ve tried a bunch of different things: different fonts, square vs round balloons, different colors… Colored balloons seems to work over different fonts for me. They use different fonts in Marvel Comics all the time (as in Doctor Strange and Thor have their own fonts) but in a little 4-6 frame comic I think more than 2 fonts start to get too busy. Deadpool uses yellow balloons, and I think that looks good and keeps characters straight, especially since that series is so dialogue-heavy.

Since folks are talking about style rather than substance today, I have to ask, do you use preset balloons in photoshop or do you draw them yourself? They look really spiffy. I love the way this comic looks overall. Just… awesome.

And I wish your comic WERE a full 22-page spread… the suspense is killing me!!

By: Jim (TTL Demag0gue)

Jim (TTL Demag0gue) — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:05:44 +0000

re: John Kenyon. – No, no – Elnea writes Halo Action Figure Theatre (a.k.a. HAFT). Both she and Zzombie13 use the technique to good effect. Oh, and we’ll never tell about our grand plans to takeover the webcomic community…