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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #990 on Mar 6, 2009, 3:57pm »
Hell no, I would have Reynardine plushes and Mort currency converters and Martin CD cleaning kits put out if I could do them and earn enough money to keep working on the comic. An artist "selling out" is usually only a problem for people who aren't the artist. I may not be the best writer, but I know enough to not change my story to suit merchandise. It should be the other way around. I find the concept of calling someone a "sell out" totally stupid, since it pretty much means artists shouldn't be allowed to make money from their craft.

Now, artists who start with the intent of being a sell out, that's where I have a problem. I find little value in anything made specifically to sell something.

Bear in mind, however, that "a story made to be sold" is totally different than "a story made to sell something".
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #991 on Mar 6, 2009, 4:53pm »
That makes sense - obviously anyone who writes with the intention of publishing (as most people do) are writing stories made to be sold. When those Mort currency converters come out, I will totally buy one (which I will then use to count out enough money to buy a Reynardine plush...)
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #992 on Mar 6, 2009, 5:01pm »
Which psychopomp took Annie's mother?

Did Annie beg said psychopomp to bend the rules when they came or when she learned her mother would be taken?
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #993 on Mar 6, 2009, 9:13pm »
Annie and Kat get into a fist fight. No magic stones. No technology. Who would win?
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #994 on Mar 7, 2009, 1:39am »
If I asked you to do a full color version of my character

1. Would you?
2. How much would it cost?
3. Have I asked this before?
4. Was I supposed to ask elsewhere?

Sorry, I've a terrible memory, I seem to recall asking someone, I just don't remember if it was you.
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #995 on Mar 7, 2009, 2:48am »
Tetracycloide-Your first question has already been asked multiple times without response.
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #996 on Mar 7, 2009, 8:58am »
What mystery of the story do we appear to be furthest from solving (compared to how close you'd have expected us to be to solving it by this point)?
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #997 on Mar 8, 2009, 3:20am »
Is that a crown over that person's head (in the "wait" strip), or is it the head of a fox?
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #998 on Mar 8, 2009, 12:26pm »

Mar 7, 2009, 1:39am, armonis wrote:
If I asked you to do a full color version of my character

1. Would you?
2. How much would it cost?
3. Have I asked this before?
4. Was I supposed to ask elsewhere?

Sorry, I've a terrible memory, I seem to recall asking someone, I just don't remember if it was you.

1, Probably not right now.
2, A fair amount.
3, Not that I recall.
4, Not really, no. Maybe email me if I start doing custom drawings again.
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #999 on Mar 8, 2009, 12:28pm »

Mar 7, 2009, 8:58am, biggerj wrote:
What mystery of the story do we appear to be furthest from solving (compared to how close you'd have expected us to be to solving it by this point)?

Well nobody has anticipated what will be revealed Monday.
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1000 on Mar 8, 2009, 12:37pm »

Mar 8, 2009, 3:20am, djublonskopf wrote:
Is that a crown over that person's head (in the "wait" strip), or is it the head of a fox?

Neither. I might go back and redraw it to look more like a flame.
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1001 on Mar 8, 2009, 12:38pm »

Mar 8, 2009, 12:28pm, Tom Siddell wrote:

Mar 7, 2009, 8:58am, biggerj wrote:
What mystery of the story do we appear to be furthest from solving (compared to how close you'd have expected us to be to solving it by this point)?

Well nobody has anticipated what will be revealed Monday.


Oh man, that's just mean. Now I'm going to be bitterly disappointed if nothing is revealed on Monday. Bitterly, I say!
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1002 on Mar 8, 2009, 1:34pm »
Are you enjoying drawing different perspectives?

Which part of the comic would you say gives you the most trouble on a page by page basis? (dialouge, panel layout, early sketches, final drafts, staying on task and not giving in to temptation to goof off on the internet)

Do you setup and draw pages two at a time to keep them in their book friendly format?

If you could hire someone to help with the comic, would you, and what would they wind up doing?

Why, yes, I am having trouble thinking up story related questions today, thank you for noticing!
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1003 on Mar 8, 2009, 5:11pm »
I was just wondering about the bladed items everyone seems to be using. Besides the swords (glow in the dark and otherwise) Eglamore carries a pocket folder, Annie carries a folding pair of scissors.

On both those comics they were revealed you made a comment about the usefulness of carrying cutting tools.

I was just wondering if you actually do subscribe to that?
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1004 on Mar 8, 2009, 10:27pm »
Tom-

1. How long did it take you to think of the full story for Gunnerkrigg Court?
2. How many iterations did the story go through through?
3. Could you tell us some of the first ideas that you had at first that you later scraped?
4. Are we going to be seeing more of the Administrator in the near future?

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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1005 on Mar 9, 2009, 9:02am »

Mar 8, 2009, 1:34pm, SatansBestBuddy wrote:
Are you enjoying drawing different perspectives?

Which part of the comic would you say gives you the most trouble on a page by page basis? (dialouge, panel layout, early sketches, final drafts, staying on task and not giving in to temptation to goof off on the internet)

Do you setup and draw pages two at a time to keep them in their book friendly format?

If you could hire someone to help with the comic, would you, and what would they wind up doing?

Why, yes, I am having trouble thinking up story related questions today, thank you for noticing!

1, I suppose?
2, The early sketches and layout are the hard part.
3, No.
4, No, not without major changes to the production of the comic.
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1006 on Mar 9, 2009, 9:04am »

Mar 8, 2009, 5:11pm, kayback wrote:
I was just wondering about the bladed items everyone seems to be using. Besides the swords (glow in the dark and otherwise) Eglamore carries a pocket folder, Annie carries a folding pair of scissors.

On both those comics they were revealed you made a comment about the usefulness of carrying cutting tools.

I was just wondering if you actually do subscribe to that?
I think a blade is a useful tool.
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1007 on Mar 9, 2009, 9:31am »

Mar 8, 2009, 10:27pm, Babble-jargon Bill wrote:
Tom-

1. How long did it take you to think of the full story for Gunnerkrigg Court?
2. How many iterations did the story go through through?
3. Could you tell us some of the first ideas that you had at first that you later scraped?
4. Are we going to be seeing more of the Administrator in the near future?


1, I can't say, really.
2, The overall plot has stayed the same, it's just certain details that change.
3, The thing in chapter 10 where Annie and Kat have streaks of the other's hair colour in their hair? That was going to be permanent.
4, Most likely, yeah, but I don't know when exactly.
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1008 on Mar 9, 2009, 9:33am »
Knives are super useful tools. I received one from a friend and it's remarkable how often I've ended up using it.

Anyway. Just curious, Tom, why you update when you do.
It's always midnight exactly for me when the comic is updated- but you most definitely live in a hugely different time zone. what time is it there when you update the comic, and why then?
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1009 on Mar 9, 2009, 10:00am »
The comic has an automated update script. So I queue up the pages for the week or so and it updates the site for me automatically. Since the server is in the US it updates at midnight US time (though I'm not sure which US time it is specifically).
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1010 on Mar 9, 2009, 10:14am »
It's up at midnight here on the West Coast of the US.

Do you like the show Lost, Tom?
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1011 on Mar 9, 2009, 10:15am »
Can Coyote travel in time ?
Edit : or see through it ? The answer may be obvious but still.
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1012 on Mar 9, 2009, 10:39am »

Mar 9, 2009, 10:14am, xux wrote:
It's up at midnight here on the West Coast of the US.

Do you like the show Lost, Tom?

It was okay yeah.
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1013 on Mar 9, 2009, 10:39am »

Mar 9, 2009, 10:15am, Klex wrote:
Can Coyote travel in time ?
Edit : or see through it ? The answer may be obvious but still.
Not as far as I am aware.
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1014 on Mar 9, 2009, 10:53am »
How long ago did you decide who took Surma to the afterlife?
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1015 on Mar 9, 2009, 11:48am »
Quite a while.
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1016 on Mar 9, 2009, 2:38pm »
How soon will jack appear in the comic again?

(Sorry for the bad english, it is not my natural language :P)
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1017 on Mar 9, 2009, 3:26pm »
He will be back soon.
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1018 on Mar 9, 2009, 4:08pm »
How is the afterlife?
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Re: Questions to Tom #2
« Reply #1019 on Mar 9, 2009, 5:55pm »
Not what you expect.
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