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AGN needs a Webcomic!

49 replies · 12,579 views · Started 04 June 2006

ctrl-alt-delete 04 Jun 2006, 13:43

While thinking of different ways to better AGN and increase traffic, I have decided that we should try and produce a comic, and all of you should help!

First of all, we will need to decide a general direction for the comic to be heading. For example, I thought that since the name of the site is Armageddon Games, we could use characters that play off of the name, such as planets, missiles, or the personification of catastrophical events. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armageddon) We will also need to decide our general audience we are aiming for, so that the material will be better suited for our needs. Please post whatever ideas you may have in this thread.

Second, I will begin to recruit positions to construct the comic itself. We will need graphics designers, text editors, and possibly sound editors, should we decide to place sound files alongside the comic. (Has that ever been done before?) Instead of text, we could have different members actually be the voice of the characters! If you would like to apply for any position pm me with a resume, details of any prior experience, and examples of your work, if possible. Obviously, not everyone will be accepted. If this is the case with you, please try and still be involved. You do not have to be named to the team for your works to still be cited, and your ideas be implemented.

Finally, we will begin releasing the comic. We will need to decide how often we would like to publish the comic itself, and we will need to decide if we want it to be based out of the forums or on the main page. I would like to release a new comic at least once a week, and I would like the first comic to be out no later than Friday the 23rd, which gives us just under three weeks.

I will be the overall editor of the project. All decisions will be made by me, under the authority of Warlord. Positions will be handed out at my discretion, under the authority of Warlord. At any time, anybody can be removed from their position due to anything that myself or the rest of the staff deems unnecessary.

Every single person will be cited for their work. Once you have submitted material for the comic, it will be the intellectual property of Armageddon Games, and it will not be allowed to be reused without permission from myself or Warlord.

All of that being said...let's have some fun with this, guys!

WindStrike 04 Jun 2006, 15:04

A few questions, suggestions, and other thinggestions (<-- don't ask):
- What will the type of drawings be like? Will it be hand-drawn, sprite comic, what?
- Mayhaps we shall include VG characters... So far, I've only seen one good webcomic that has VG characters from multiple games and that's Zelda Comic, but that one only has a few.
- (Scratch this little part)

By the way, I won't be submitting material for yon comic (that's assuming the webcomic gets through), but I will be suggesting a few things.

Gerudo 04 Jun 2006, 15:16

i think it's a neat idea, as i've always wanted to do a webcomic (eh, sprite comic), but always ran out of juice because i was the only one doing it (the whole deal, story, graphics, implementation, etc).

i think you're going about this the right way, but i think due to lack of enthusiasm here, probably wont get very far off the ground. just my opinon, so we'll just have to wait and see.

ctrl-alt-delete 04 Jun 2006, 18:37

WindStrike wrote:A few questions, suggestions, and other thinggestions (<-- don't ask):
- What will the type of drawings be like? Will it be hand-drawn, sprite comic, what?
- Mayhaps we shall include VG characters... So far, I've only seen one good webcomic that has VG characters from multiple games and that's Zelda Comic, but that one only has a few.
- (Scratch this little part)

By the way, I won't be submitting material for yon comic (that's assuming the webcomic gets through), but I will be suggesting a few things.

Well honestly, I do not know. That is what this thread is for--generating ideas. Gerudo, if it centered around sprites, would you want to be apart of the team?

WindStrike 04 Jun 2006, 19:22

Well, if we did do sprites, it'd be a heck of lot easier to pull in VG characters(that's assuming everyone (or at least most people) wants them).

WindStrike 04 Jun 2006, 21:18

Uhh... I don't think having members as characters will work well. Unless you mean that the character has a certain member's personality or something like that... (which, I think, is a good idea) ... ... I wouldn't work.

biggiy05 04 Jun 2006, 22:45

WindStrike wrote:Uhh... I don't think having members as characters will work well. Unless you mean that the character has a certain member's personality or something like that... (which, I think, is a good idea) ... ... I wouldn't work.

Doing a memeber's personality could be bad. It might offend them if you portray them as one way and they feel like they act a different way.

Gerudo 04 Jun 2006, 23:35

what i think, is to get the members' permission to use them in the comic. as long as they say yes, then its fair game.

cad, i have alot of vg character sprites, and if you did go toward a sprite comic, i'd like to be a part of that.

i dont know any crazy photoshop skills (i used paint for all my stuff), just fyi.

The Destroyed 04 Jun 2006, 23:39

Dechipher wrote:Personally, as long as it's all ingood fun, I wouldn't care.

Same thing for me.

What will we use to put it all together?

{DSG}DarkRaven 05 Jun 2006, 02:41

If members of the forums are going to be in the comic, they should be directly involved in the writing process. That way, they can not only provide valuable input, but they can keep themselves from being portrayed in an unflattering way.

Audio files would only be a good idea if it were a flash comic, and I'm not aware that we have anyone with significant talent enough to produce one of those on a regular basis.

And lastly, to voice my personal opinion, sprite comics are not my cup of tea. I'm using nice words here.

ctrl-alt-delete 05 Jun 2006, 05:45

I am glad to see that you guys are interested.

My personal idea was to perhaps revolve around the nine planets(Yes, I know there are indeed more...), and give different personalities to all of them.

Keep generating ideas, and then we can decide what is best suited for our aim.

War Lord 05 Jun 2006, 06:29

If you guys get this all worked out.
Private Message me
I'll pay for and register a domain name and host it.

Drunken Tiger 05 Jun 2006, 14:14

This all sounds very familiar, did we try to get something like this off the ground a few years back?

I dont really have any 1337 skills, so I will be teh audience! :thumbsup:

moocow 05 Jun 2006, 14:23

WindStrike wrote:Uhh... I don't think having members as characters will work well. Unless you mean that the character has a certain member's personality or something like that... (which, I think, is a good idea) ... ... I wouldn't work.

Personally, I think it wouldn't be an AGN webcomic without having some of the members as characters...

And lol, I did this based on something that happened in chat like... I dunno, senior year of high school? (4 years ago)

Suck, ahahaha

Yeah, I'm retarded.

goKi 05 Jun 2006, 14:31

I think it would be a good idea to have it hand drawn, or digitally drawn. I personally hate the idea of sprite comics, all the ones i have seen i have found aren't terribly interesting.

It would be best if were to make everything intentionally drawn badly, unless we've got a good artist amongst us?

{DSG}DarkRaven 05 Jun 2006, 14:56

What happened to Atma Weapon, Goki? Sure, all the characters in the comic would end up being moblins, but I can't think of anyone else off the top of my head with significant left brained thinking skills.

biggiy05 05 Jun 2006, 15:23

goKi wrote:I think it would be a good idea to have it hand drawn, or digitally drawn. I personally hate the idea of sprite comics, all the ones i have seen i have found aren't terribly interesting.

It would be best if were to make everything intentionally drawn badly, unless we've got a good artist amongst us?

What about Glitch? I know he is good at drawing. I would imagine he is good at the digital stuff too.

{DSG}DarkRaven 05 Jun 2006, 18:55

biggiy05 wrote:What about Glitch? I know he is good at drawing. I would imagine he is good at the digital stuff too.

I know enough about Flash to animate some average stuff, but I can't draw worth crap. Oh, and I also don't own or have access to a copy of Flash. D'oh.

ctrl-alt-delete 07 Jun 2006, 14:11

Decisions, decisions...so MANY different directions we can take this.

Personally, I just want to play to our strengths...and right now, it looks like a sprite comic is everyone's strongest area.

Try and contact people you know that could help. Make them post here, so we can continue to brainstorm.

moocow 07 Jun 2006, 14:45

Just because I think I'm funny.

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LOOK! CRTL-ALT-DELETE IS BRAINSTORMING! ahahahah *kills herself*

ctrl-alt-delete 07 Jun 2006, 14:50

Alright, I have come to a decision.

AGN members will be allowed in the comic, based on their previous actions, agendas, and personalities. Once we have acquired their permission to use them in the comic, we will be allowed to portray them in any way that we see fit. However, nothing will be too harsh and it will all be in good fun.

Mookie gave a good example...now let me go and get one.

Dechipher 07 Jun 2006, 15:33

I think we should let Moocow do them all.

:P j/k.

I think sprite comic works well.
Why not draw into the pool of ZC graphic guys, have them help?