Why Trojan Condoms are good to use (aka dumbass email)

Chibiartstudios · Post by **Chibiartstudios** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 9:05 am

alschroeder wrote: What Phalanx said; in fact we (Phalanx and I) did a three-page guest strip for CLAN OF THE CATS which nevertheless covered a lot.
I've been doing my comic for over two years, and I've done eleven major storylines, and I like to flatter myself that SOME, at least, covered some major complex themes. (MALICE AFORETHOUGHT was tackling the worth of the handicapped in society, and the hidden caste system in society you never think about, even more than most of mine. IT'S ALL IN YOUR IMAGINATION tackled what is reality?---is it what's perceived, or is it stranger than that?) Some touched on some major emotional issues, like the death of my eldest autistic son.
Don't get me wrong. There is a place for an epic, even in webcomics. (I refer anyone to UNICORN JELLY, which is a finished epic of amazing proportions and complexity, done in webcomics.) But there were enough small threads and storylines within it---with beginnings, climaxes, and resolutions--- to keep you clicking.
FANS has tackled some amazingly subtle issues, and done quite a few storylines over the past two years.
Not saying CoG should go at the same pace as the rest. But you do risk readers losing patience and moving to something else.---Al

Could you post the links to some of these? I am intrigued.

Alschroeder · Post by **Alschroeder** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:30 am

A legitimate reason to plug my own comic? No problem:

MALICE AFORETHOUGHT is at http://mindmistress.keenspace.com/forecover.htm. Forgive the crudeness of the artwork. It's getting better.

IT'S JUST YOUR IMAGINATION is at http://mindmistress.keenspace.com/imaginecov.htm. Dittto, but better.

SIEGE MENTALITY, where my son was there in fictionalized form (Troy is a fictionalized Jamie, my oldest, deceased son), is at http://mindmistress.keenspace.com/siegecov.htm. Ditto but still better.

The three-page Clan of the Cats story, "The Most Important Question" is here at
http://clanofthecats.com/d/20040726.html, and I make NO apology for the art, since it was done by the masterful art of Phalanx. (To see my character's take on the same events, you can go to http://mindmistress.keenspace.com/interlude2.htm---see, I TOLD you my art was getting better.
---Al

Alschroeder · Post by **Alschroeder** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:50 am

Oh, and UNICORN JELLY is at http://www.unicornjelly.com/ and FANS is on Graphic Smash at http://www.graphicsmash.com.---Al