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Burnt out folklorist hides from the world and her antagonist who plumber the outside of her home. Upon receiving a random invite to a cabin from a fan. Mel escapes the drudgery of her life only to find another annoying neighbor who turns out to be fey. Can she survive the encounter or can Mel give him an offer he can't refuse?
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Ah, 55 at last. My years goal, and the start of a new story.
I came up with the concert idea over 3 years ago (while the comic was still in its infancy) and it was going to be a huge plot point, which it didn’t fail to meet my expectations. But one thing I never thought about until a few months ago…where does the story go from there?
I have several key plot-points that I want to meet, a tons of ideas, but no way to gracefully move from this plot point to the next without several comics of filler. And that just won’t do!
So, I decided to use the resources I had and make a fun parallel between Casey and Ian again. I love revisiting old themes, and this was one of my favorites. I think it worked out very well to my advantage, and is MUCH better than the idea I had before, which doesn’t even bear mentioning.
I also liked the idea of a more "serious" ending, as in without an obvious joke to go out on. I don't feel they all have to be jokes, I want some sentemental, sad, thoughtful, etc.
That being said, EG will be going away for a little while. I’m writing all the new blocks, and figuring out how to tie them together which is going well. But I need time to catch up on other work as well! So now is the perfect break.
I want to send my thanks to all the EG fans who I have come to know through the past year, I truly appreciate your support! Also I want to thank my critics as well, on and off the design table. You keep me questioning whether or not anything I do is working, and in turn, it helps me improve. And special thanks to those who actually read the artist comments, I use these as a post-project sendoff, so I can finally dust my hands and move on to the next. I hope my rambling isn’t boring!
Thank you all, I will see you soon with commissions! EG will be back in the spring, fresh and ready to go!
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Next: ETA Spring 2013
Archive: [link]
Ah, 55 at last. My years goal, and the start of a new story.
I came up with the concert idea over 3 years ago (while the comic was still in its infancy) and it was going to be a huge plot point, which it didn’t fail to meet my expectations. But one thing I never thought about until a few months ago…where does the story go from there?
I have several key plot-points that I want to meet, a tons of ideas, but no way to gracefully move from this plot point to the next without several comics of filler. And that just won’t do!
So, I decided to use the resources I had and make a fun parallel between Casey and Ian again. I love revisiting old themes, and this was one of my favorites. I think it worked out very well to my advantage, and is MUCH better than the idea I had before, which doesn’t even bear mentioning.
I also liked the idea of a more "serious" ending, as in without an obvious joke to go out on. I don't feel they all have to be jokes, I want some sentemental, sad, thoughtful, etc.
That being said, EG will be going away for a little while. I’m writing all the new blocks, and figuring out how to tie them together which is going well. But I need time to catch up on other work as well! So now is the perfect break.
I want to send my thanks to all the EG fans who I have come to know through the past year, I truly appreciate your support! Also I want to thank my critics as well, on and off the design table. You keep me questioning whether or not anything I do is working, and in turn, it helps me improve. And special thanks to those who actually read the artist comments, I use these as a post-project sendoff, so I can finally dust my hands and move on to the next. I hope my rambling isn’t boring!
Thank you all, I will see you soon with commissions! EG will be back in the spring, fresh and ready to go!
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Overall Vision Originality Technique Impact"First season" of Everyday Grind is done with 55th comic and short conclusion, stating that "it was a good day", just as Jamie said.
Yes, sure, picture is done good. Bright colors, shading and lights. I like how panels are placed and these old-style text boxes are good touch. But that's just one side of the coin, next one is story.
Now the first season is finished, time to sum up the story we have so far:
There was an average guy named Norman, who lives with talking duck and yeti. Norman goes to store, there we meet Casey who is nerd, and then Jamie appears who falls for Norman the moment she sees him. Suddenly Norman goes to restaurant, gets assaulted by waiter, then Jamie appears again, it turned out she was stalking him(surprisingly she doesn't get charged nor other characters are creeped out by it) and starts whining how alone she is (... I wonder why.) and that she bought tickets on metal concert and has lots of money to pay for the whole dinner.
Then they end up buying t-shirts, Paunch ruins the whole toy store on his way, they meet two new characters, that immedietly like Jamie from the start and surprise surprise, she has tickets for them too! They chill out at concert and everything is fine and dandy.
But.... where's the main plot? Where's the engine? Character developement? Problems and conflicts? Where's the glue that sticks all these events together? I'm sorry, I saw nothing. Even Casey admitted the story is getting boring.
Now, since I saw some of your future plans for Everyday Grind, I strongly suggest you to stop and reboot before it's too late.
I know you're not fond of reboots, but trust me, it's a good thing. You said you want to go back and fix all the screw-ups, do things differently. Reboot allows you to do all of the above! And just like I told Hayley once, try it and if you won't like it you can always come back to your old ideas. But once again, I strongly suggest you to rethink all the current and future ideas, unless you want to have a Twilight with yetis instead of vampires and werewolfes.
If you're afraid you'll lose watchers, trust me, you'll lose them faster if you continue your current plot... or lack of it, actually.
Having troubles with character developement? I have around 100 links with tips on character and story developement and improvement. If you really want to improve and make an impact, I strongly suggest you to read these.
Here's the link: [link]
For your information, I'm reading these. I suggest you do the same.
This is perfect and propably LAST chance to reboot the comic. Use it.
That is all.