The Kingdom of Weird (working title, will be changed later, possible to "Tales From Fat Ernie's).
It takes place in Maine (might change this to a rural area of one of the other NE states), and is a cop story. I felt that detectives have been done to death by Warren Ellis and Garth Ennis, so I elected to use a state trooper - in his proper role, not playing detective - and to center the weirdness of the first part around him. He is the only "normal" person in his town, though he doesn't know it. He is a little strange, in that he reacts to weirdness in a manner that is appropriate to the situation, rather than by freaking out. The fun part is, you get to learn the horrible truth about Elvis.
The second part will be from the pov of his girlfriend, Kate, who slings hash at a truckstop named "Fat Ernie's", the owner of which disappeared under mysterious circumstances some time ago.
The third part will be told from the pov of the dispatcher, a man with a very curious collection.
"Manubu" from this board will be the artist, at least for the first chapter, and I won't be making the same mistakes I made with Kim.
This will probably be a one-off, though if I can find more plot ideas, I may do a follow up issue. I intend to pimp this out to one of the local companies, this time.
Richter, LMNO, and Suu, I will send you the script for proofreading/review tonight.
This sounds great! I can't wait.
From what you told me of the first part, it should be awesome. :)
Quote from: Kai on June 27, 2010, 05:38:38 PM
From what you told me of the first part, it should be awesome. :)
I changed the ending some.
The bit I read was really good, thought the cliffhanger made me :crankey: .
Most excellent, Dok, especially part three being from the perspective of a lowly Dispatcher. :wink:
I'm really looking forward to reading it!
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on June 27, 2010, 08:56:24 PM
The bit I read was really good, thought the cliffhanger made me :crankey: .
I know!!! Wants more!
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 27, 2010, 09:04:10 PM
Most excellent, Dok, especially part three being from the perspective of a lowly Dispatcher. :wink:
I've been meaning to give you a call, or to have you call me. I have some questions for you.
I will PM you my phone #.
Quote from: Sister_Gothique on June 27, 2010, 09:29:19 PM
Quote from: Mistress Freeky, HRN on June 27, 2010, 08:56:24 PM
The bit I read was really good, thought the cliffhanger made me :crankey: .
I know!!! Wants more!
IS DONE. YOUSE BROADS WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR PUBLICATION.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 27, 2010, 09:44:56 PM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 27, 2010, 09:04:10 PM
Most excellent, Dok, especially part three being from the perspective of a lowly Dispatcher. :wink:
I've been meaning to give you a call, or to have you call me. I have some questions for you.
I will PM you my phone #.
Sure, might be a few days unfortunately. My phone died today (interestingly, I tried to reactivate the old phone and they had reassigned the activation number to an unknown government entity the accounts of which are apparently inaccessible to Verizon employees or managers).
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 27, 2010, 09:49:21 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 27, 2010, 09:44:56 PM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on June 27, 2010, 09:04:10 PM
Most excellent, Dok, especially part three being from the perspective of a lowly Dispatcher. :wink:
I've been meaning to give you a call, or to have you call me. I have some questions for you.
I will PM you my phone #.
Sure, might be a few days unfortunately. My phone died today (interestingly, I tried to reactivate the old phone and they had reassigned the activation number to an unknown government entity the accounts of which are apparently inaccessible to Verizon employees or managers).
That's okay. I still have to do 60 panels on story 2, so I won't be starting story 3 until late in the week at the earliest.
I do not see it in my gmail account inbox.
This sounds delicious!
Quote from: LMNO on June 28, 2010, 01:21:03 PM
I do not see it in my gmail account inbox.
Wound up working super late last night, and I have two corrections to make. Sorry for the delay, will email tonight (late).
No worries, just wanted to make sure all the connections were working.
If it helps, there is a state police barracks in Alfred, Maine. And Alfred, Maine is a pretty weird fucking town. Unless of course you are making up a town.
Quote from: RWHN on June 28, 2010, 06:41:31 PM
If it helps, there is a state police barracks in Alfred, Maine. And Alfred, Maine is a pretty weird fucking town.
Actually, I'm trying to make it in a sort of "Anytown, Maine".
Ah, gotcha.
Quote from: RWHN on June 28, 2010, 06:45:27 PM
Ah, gotcha.
Well, my hope is that someone will try to find the areas I describe, and maybe instead find even weirder shit.
There's got to be a reason, after all, that some parts of the Eastern seaboard are almost empty, while points West are crowded.