Issue 4

The comic will be a science fiction story that takes place on a space ship in space. I feel as though my lack of education won’t hinder this too much because I saw those Star Trek movies and, near as I can figure, if I make up random nonsense, I’m fine as long as I don’t try to explain it. In Star Wars everyone was cool with the force being magic. They only freaked out when JL tried to rationalize it. And Jar Jar. Jar Jar touched people in a vary bad way.

So, space is big, almost definitely cold, possible filled with spaghetti monsters, maybe electricity and cheese based planets. Other notes I’ve made: Planets all have the same gravity as Earth, yellow suns make people fly and bad aliens are uglier than humans. Also, aliens that have pointy ears are old and crafty just like elves but not actual elves because that’s nerdy fantasy nonsense. Public education. Job done.

As an artist I now realize the reason science fiction takes longer than contemporary stories is that I have to draw stuff that doesn’t exist.  It’s hard to make unique space ships. Most of the good shapes have been taken. Blue box, saucers, long skinny things and alphabet fighters have all been taken… I think I’ll make a triangle looking one. I’m sure i’ve never seen that shape before… Drat.

To be continued.

Issue 3

Cast Power on Mac. Mac turns on.

Roll for Writing: 12 + 3 for Aura of ideas +1 for Inspiration. Open blank page.

Roll for Writing: 9 + 3 +1. Format page. 1 EXP

Roll for Writing: 19 + 3 +1. Write title! 1 EXP.

Roll for Writing: 2 + 3 +1. Fail.

Infected with Cloud of Distraction.

Cloud of Distraction: each turn, player is reminded of small unrelated actions involving low priority side quests.

Cloud of Distraction casts Pay Bills. Roll to save: 3 + 0 from Constitution. Must Pay Bills. 

Attempt to unlock Online Banking. Disadvantage to remembering passwords, numbers and birthdays. 11 - 4. Online Banking remains locked. Consult password vault. Face palm causes 1 HP damage. Online Banking unlocked. Successfully pay bills.

Side quests Continued Internet Access and Credit Score Protection complete. 2 EXP.

Cloud of Distraction casts Clean Room. Roll to save: 18. Successfully sit at desk at the ready.

Roll for Writing: 18 + 3 + 1. 2D6 for words: 8. 8 words written. Second action, 2D6 for words: 5. 5 words written. 1 EXP

Roll for Writing: 13 + 3 + 1. 2D6 for words: 4. 4 words written. Second action, 1D6 for corrections: 3. 3 incorrect words corrected. 1 EXP

Roll for Writing: 6 + 3 + 1. Fail.

Reddit casts Front Page Clickbait: cutest raccoon video. Rolls under Attention Class. Ignored - no racoon cubs bonus.

Roll for Writing: 5 + 3 + 1. Fail.

Cursed with Hunger Pangs. Roll to save: 12. Spend 4 focus points. The stomach rumbling is ignored.

Roll for Writing -

Roll for Writing is interrupted by Phone Notification.

Phone casts level 8 Notification spell: Each turn phone emits a beep which must be answered or roll for Sanity.

Roll to save versus Notification: 7. Check E-mail to discover spam. Roll to save verses Nigerian Prince: Natural 20! Nigerian Prince email banished to junk mail.

Roll to save versus Notification: 9. Caught in Twitter Vortex. Roll to break out of Twitter Vortex: 11. Use 5 focus points for boost to escape.

Roll to save versus Notification: 17. Successfully Mute Phone.

Roll for Writing: 10 + 3 + 1. Spend 2 focus points: 16. Cast Sudden Muse to triple word roll for two turns. 6D6 for words: 25. 25 words written. Second action: 19. 19 words written. 2 EXP.

Roll for Writing: 13 + 3 + 1. 6D6 for words: 28. 28 words written. Second action: 17. 17 words written. 2 EXP.

Roll for Writing: 5 + 3 +1. Fail.

Baby Gorilla Effect: Baby Gorilla Effect causes player to stare out window reducing intellect and movement to zero. Lasts indefinitely.

Roll for Baby Gorilla Effect save: 14 + 3 for emergence Glass of Water instant. Successfully blink.

Must rest for 30 minutes to recharge focus and spells.

Wake up. 

Roll for Writing.

Issue 2

Starting to write the first story arc. Because of inexperience, I think the first few issues will be shorter than conventional comics. I’m going to do 16 pages for the first 6 and see how it goes from there. I’m writing in Celtx which is a free/paid download and, so far, it has been great at providing quick comic writing layouts for a novice. I’ve used Word and Pages before and been frustrated by the time it took to format so having a writing template has made the work quite a bit easier and faster. Being a talented procrastinator, the water torture like seconds of effort it would take to centre a line or bold a panel description broke me completely. Cause I’m that weak. I’ll try to post some character sketches in the next few days.

Issue 1.

Hi everybody. Recently I left my job with the intention of starting a digital comic and I’ve decided to blog about it as I go. I’ll try to keep this blog up to date as I work through the process of writing, drawing and publishing a comic. I’ve never done anything like this, my last job was as a cook, but I have enjoyed comics my whole life and making one is a dream of mine. Here goes.