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4 - Oshioki yo! |
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21/05/07 "Copying" is the new "being original" |
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Well, are you impressed? I managed to hold out until
Comic 4 before inserting a Sailor Moon
reference. Unless you consider the title itself to be a
Sailor Moon reference too. Which it is, kind
of. But hey, at a time when every other comic seems to
be referencing the movie 300, I feel that this
makes me almost original. But, you know, original in the
sense that I'm still copying from somewhere else.
Seriously, this is probably one of the few comics where
a 300 reference might actually be justified and
logical, since it's set in vaguely the same era (well,
okay, give or take a hundred years here or there) and
relatively close to Sparta. To be honest, I wouldn't
really mind these references if they weren't all
basically the same damn joke. It might raise a
smile now, but in a few years, people are going to be
looking at those comics and scratching their heads. Much
better to reference a 15-year old anime series aimed at
small girls instead. Yep, that'll have them rolling in
the aisles...
Incidentally, a lot of these early comics were drawn out
of order: this was actually the second one to be drawn,
which accounts for some of the odd text spacing and the
unusual (i.e. rubbish) artwork. The soldiers in
particular are quite badly drawn, although I suppose I
do like the two pictures of Ekphobippe doing her magical
girl-style pose. For some reason, Ekphobippe is a
particularly enjoyable character to draw. I've no idea
why this should be the case, but I just know that she's
more fun to draw than, say, Hippolyte or Pantariste.
It's a mystery, although I suppose I should just put it
to one side, as I'm going to be drawing all of them a
hell of a lot for the next few years. Oh God, what have
I let myself in for?
One more thing: further to my discussion of Amazon myths
in the previous news post,
here are some
sites where you can read more about them. I used
both of them when I was researching stuff to put in the
comic. Wikipedia also has a decent
article
on the subject of Amazons, but since there's now a
webcomic on the subject, I wouldn't be surprised if it
was deleted soon... |
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Phone me, page me, fax
me 'til I'm silly, answer me today. |
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