Your comic and your life

Jen_Babcock · Post by **Jen_Babcock** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 2:41 pm

I am often asked by friends and readers (mainly friends) if I ever incorporate events from my life into my comic. Sometimes I do, sometimes events are completely fictional, and other times, I'll make up something in the comic only to have it become a reality later.

This issue of having the events in my comic materialize themselves in my life really creeps me out. This happen to anyone else often?

Escushion · Post by **Escushion** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 2:53 pm

Nope, never. It's happened with a book I wrote, to a disturbing degree, but not with the comic. (The book was a bit more grounded in reality, thus it had a better chance of things actually happening.)

Linkara · Post by **Linkara** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 2:58 pm

Oh, most definitely. After all, Lightbringer's day job is him running a furniture store. And while I'm only a stockboy for it, I've incorporated many elements of my job into general dialogue that's un-plot related. Heck, the desk of Grand Furniture is the same one from my job.

Komiyan · Post by **Komiyan** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 2:59 pm

Lord, I hope not.

Swikan · Post by **Swikan** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:01 pm

yes on putting real life events into my comic (most definitely), but I've never had it go the other way!

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:09 pm

With my older one, I guess some of the character interactions could have come about. The new one, though, most likely not. I guess some of the advice and lessons could happen in my real life in an allegorical way. Hm.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:10 pm

Not really.

Jen_Babcock · Post by **Jen_Babcock** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:21 pm

There was a point not too long ago when I was so paranoid that I was trying not to let anything bad happen to my characters.

Kirb · Post by **Kirb** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:24 pm

Some of the situations and dialogue are definitely inspired by conversations I've had in real life. Most of the story I've just conjured.

Jackhass · Post by **Jackhass** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:53 pm

Well of course my own personality and experiences influences everything I do to an extent. But some events are more directly influenced by real life.

Still...it's like, 80 to 90% pure fiction. The comic's not my diary acted out with funny animal characters or anything.

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:01 pm

The general plots I use are created almost purely for the strip, but quite often there are phrases, complete dialogues or little minor events that come directly from what I see and work with when I'm earning a crust. I do tend to see aspects of my characters in the kids I work with, which I think is good because to me that means my characters are ringing true to life.

I do occasionally bring in a storyline because it fits something that is happening in the real world around that particular time, and I have a plot idea or two which will be based on a few recent experiences I've had involving kids.

MinekaC. · Post by **MinekaC.** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:04 pm

Goddess I hope not, cause that'd just be weird.
I do have a tendency of my dreams coming true though, but that has nothing to do with my comic.
When the equation of comic+friend comes about it usally = "Am I in your comic?! Can I be?!"

Vorticus · Post by **Vorticus** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:10 pm

There's no overlap and I'm thankful for that.

JTigerclaw · Post by **JTigerclaw** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:27 pm

Yeah, sometimes some of the one-shot jokes come from things that have happened in real life and randomly inspired me to make a comic. And most all the comics with me in it come straight from real life (like when my computer broke).

And before I made a comic about a guy getting beat up in a mosh pit, I took the opportunity to get in one in order to do "research". The beating I took in there is similar to the one in the comic.

But mostly though, my life is too boring to be funny, so though the characters live in an apartment and go to college, it's nothing like my actual life. I have to funny it up a bit to even be tolerable.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:31 pm

Nah. My comic isn't set up that way. However, my little side comic, CPU's Story, does follow a train of thought I've had for a very, very long time. So I guess in the long run, that might count.

RemusShepherd · Post by **RemusShepherd** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:35 pm

Jen_Babcock wrote:This issue of having the events in my comic materialize themselves in my life really creeps me out. This happen to anyone else often?

In April I had a main character die. My grandmother died the next day.

In September I had a main character die. My mother died a week later.

...you asked.

Sometime next year I'm nuking Manhattan. Considering my track record, y'all may want to make plans to be elsewhere.

CaptainClaude · Post by **CaptainClaude** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:36 pm

true story

Nanda · Post by **Nanda** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 4:51 pm

Everything in my comic has happened to someone at some point. As for me personally? http://nanda.comicgenesis.com/d/20050214.html

The Neko · Post by **The Neko** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:59 pm

There have been times when I've based some of the comics off of my experiences with people. I mean, I really wouldn't be good at making fun of any of these groups if they weren't based off of something.

Turnsky · Post by **Turnsky** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 6:19 pm

definitely not.

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