Can It be? It's About Girls?

William G · Post by **William G** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 12:29 pm

I crawled out of my funk to deliver the funk.

It's About Girls chapter 12 is online for your reading pleasure.

http://www.thepersonunderthestairs.com/ ... index.html

Enjoy.

Post by **Greg Stephens** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 1:02 pm

Nifty. I like the color.

William G · Post by **William G** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 1:28 pm

Thanks... figuring out how I wanted to color it was one of the main reasons it was delayd for so long.

Eric F Myers · Post by **Eric F Myers** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 7:51 pm

Around page eleven I became a little worried. I was thinking that this is a little lite for a IAG chapter. Then from behind you threw a jab that knocked me on my ass. The layout is good and the color is great, but the story... The story is what keeps us comming back for more. Great job, G!

William G · Post by **William G** » Wed Mar 02, 2005 11:51 pm

efm wrote:Around page eleven I became a little worried. I was thinking that this is a little lite for a IAG chapter.

Well, in truth, the idea of drawing a comic where Icon begs for, and eventually gets, sex was far more daunting than drawing what I did.

Not that I'm against the idea of sex in comics. I just dont think my anatomy skills are up to snuff for that sort of thing.

Kris Lachowski · Post by **Kris Lachowski** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:46 am

Damn, awesome episode. It was worth the wait. I really like the muted colors. Although my gut tells me that the close-up of the neon sign needed some highlighligthts or glow effects or something...

William G · Post by **William G** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 3:54 pm

a glow of some sort?

Tim Mallos · Post by **Tim Mallos** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 6:38 pm

Wow.
Really great!

You made my face hurt.

Tim

Kris Lachowski · Post by **Kris Lachowski** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 8:20 pm

William G wrote:a glow of some sort?

Yeah, I know it is problematic because of the way you choose to color the rest of the comic, but to me that panel just isn't reading "neon sign" as much as it should. Maybe even changing the color to a brighter red or a pink of some sort might do it. I'm usually not that picky about things, but for some reason I feel strongly about that panel. *Shrug*

William G · Post by **William G** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:12 pm

It's good to feel strongly about something.

Post by **Greg Stephens** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 9:47 pm

Tim Mallos wrote:You made my face hurt.

I had the same reaction. Page 12 onward seemed rather Frank Miller in that respect.

William G · Post by **William G** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 7:36 am

Greg Stephens wrote:
Tim Mallos wrote:You made my face hurt.
I had the same reaction. Page 12 onward seemed rather Frank Miller in that respect.

Damn! Cursed with praise!

I wonder if I can ask Jessica Alba to star in the movie version?

wh00t! Casting couch!

BTW, I got some bad foodpoisoning today and now I'm on enough meds to fill a Hunter S Thompson novel.

Pumpkin Pie · Post by **Pumpkin Pie** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:35 pm

VERY NICE! I liked the shifts especially.

William G · Post by **William G** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 12:02 pm

Thanks.

This was actually my Tarantino ape.

William G · Post by **William G** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 3:14 pm

I added some info in the ALT tags for each image if you're interested.

Pumpkin Pie · Post by **Pumpkin Pie** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:27 pm

William G wrote:I added some info in the ALT tags for each image if you're interested.

??? How do you access them? I don't see any tags.

Eric F Myers · Post by **Eric F Myers** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 4:55 pm

Pumpkin Pie wrote:??? How do you access them? I don't see any tags.

Nor are they working on my PC with FireFox. But they did work in MS Internet Explorer. If you are useing FireFox you could right click the image and select properties and read them there.

Pumpkin Pie · Post by **Pumpkin Pie** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:10 pm

efm wrote:
Pumpkin Pie wrote:??? How do you access them? I don't see any tags.
Nor are they working on my PC with FireFox. But they did work in MS Internet Explorer. If you are useing FireFox you could right click the image and select properties and read them there.

Thanks for the tip. I'm using FireFox myself.

Post by **Greg Stephens** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:22 pm

This is a case of MSIE doing something it really shouldn't. ALT parameters are supposed to display when the image can't (such as a broken image link or when using a screen-reader for the blind), not display tool-tip help. Fortunately, there is a solution which will work: Use the TITLE parameter instead (or in addition). It works for hyperlinks, too.

russ · Post by **russ** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 11:33 pm

(Weird, it seems my earlier reply never got saved right...)

I liked this one a lot.

I also thought of Frank Miller in the second part. (Especially that one Sinc City story where the woman intentionally brings guys home so her macho lover can catch them in the act and beat them up.)

I don't know if I'd like a glowing effect on the neon light. Given the clean simple color style, it seems like there could be a risk of that standing out like a sore thumb if it looked photoshoppy. But if it could be done with the elegant flat color style you're using, then maybe it'd be cool.

The final panel is a good cliffhanger. I feel apprehension, even though I think the attacker is feeling a bit of remorse and has just come back to apologize or something.

William G · Post by **William G** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 8:06 am

Greg Stephens wrote:This is a case of MSIE doing something it really shouldn't. ALT parameters are supposed to display when the image can't (such as a broken image link or when using a screen-reader for the blind), not display tool-tip help. Fortunately, there is a solution which will work: Use the TITLE parameter instead (or in addition). It works for hyperlinks, too.

I'll give that a shot. I should stick it in where the "Alt" tag is now, right?

I did it because after seeing Daily Dino Comics do it, I figured that it'd be a great way to make something like "production notes" for the people who'd be interested in reading them.

russ wrote:The final panel is a good cliffhanger. I feel apprehension, even though I think the attacker is feeling a bit of remorse and has just come back to apologize or something.

Hey, thanks.

Given the strong reaction I've been seeing in regards to the cliffhanger, I'm feeling pretty smug

Post by **Greg Stephens** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 12:12 pm

William G wrote:I'll give that a shot. I should stick it in where the "Alt" tag is now, right?

Yeah, or use 'em both, if you like. They're not mutually exclusive.

William G · Post by **William G** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:00 pm

Of course, none of this matters since my site up and vanished...

Post by **Greg Stephens** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:44 pm

Did you notice? You've been snarked.