Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 15 Nov 2002.
Nerd Boy, episode 304
alt.ascii-art
· 5 messages · 15 Nov 2002 - 17 Nov 2002
"Klaxon" would be a good
name for a supervillain.
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Too bad it already
means something.
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Yep.. Wait, why are You said something
we talking about this? about villains.
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I was talking What?! That's a -crappy-
about Bob Dylan! name for a supervillain!
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Well, this all came from nowhere. I was brushing my teeth one day (or
something) and the first line popped into my head. Then when I tried
to work it into a Nerd Boy strip it got very very thin so I reworked
it, added bits and stuff, chatted with weirdos (which really put me in
the right frame of mind) and then this came out.
If you really want to know how I make NB strips, read my next news
post. If you don't, just ignore it.
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OO Joaquim G�ndara
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OK.. Here we go, a behind the scenes. First, I have some kind of idea.
In this case it was the "klaxon" thing. So I write a script.
-N: "Klaxon" would be a good name for a villian.
F: Yeah, too bad it means something.
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-F: How about "Kleenex"?
-
-N: No.
Yes, I misspelled "villain" in the script. The "-" indicates a new panel,
so there are two empty panels in this one. After reading this a few times
I scrapped it and wrote the following.
-N: "Klaxon" would be a good name for a supervillain.
-N: Too bad it already means something.
F: Yeah.. Wait, why are we talking about this?
-N: Because you said something about villains?
F: I was talking about Bob Dylan.
-N: Why?
There's more flow in this one but it still kinda sucks. So then I changed
the last line to: "What kind of crappy supervillain is that?" And then
when I started drawing it (last panel first), I changed it to "Nah, that's
a crappy name for a supervillain."
Most of the time, since I've written the script in JavE and at the top of
the document, I don't have room to start drawing there. So I start drawing
the last panel first.
After a while, I got used to drawing the strips in that order. Now, even
if there's no script in the way, I start with the last panel. That way I
can arrange everything -- characters and background and stuff -- around
the punchline and then use that arrangement in the preceding panels.
Here's an intermediate scribble.
<strip in progress>
-N: "Klaxon" would be a good name for a supervillain.
-N: Too bad it already means something.
-F: Yeah.. Wait, why are we talking about this?
N: Because you said something about villains?
-F: I was talking about Bob Dylan.
N: Nah, that's a crappy name for a supervillain.
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I was talking What? That's a -crappy-
about Bob Dylan! name for a supervillain.
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'.. OO
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jg___________________________________ |\ __________ b b _____
</strip in progress>
Note that I moved the panel breakpoints so as to rearrange Fan Boy and
Nerd Boy to change the flow a bit. IMO, the pacing just seems better
in this version. I liked the contrast in pacing between the two first
and two last panels, so I decided to accentuate that by leaving out the
floor in the first two panels.
Well, that's it. Nerd Boy behind the scenes.
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OO Joaquim G�ndara
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_.--- Joaquim G�ndara spoke in alt.ascii-art --------._ > ,,, > OO ..' > || .||. > _______ bb _______ || > > > I was talking What? That's a -crappy- > about Bob Dylan! name for a supervillain. > `,,, , > o=o '.. OO > |/ -||- (( > jg__________/\_______________________ |\ __________ b b _____ > ></strip in progress> We needed a camra man in there. '---...____ Faux_Pseudo ________________...---~~~ -- ICQ=66618055 : (Now Playing) http://asciipr0n.com/fp updated=10/30 YIM=faux_pseudo : Rev: /sonic_youth/sister/Pacific_Coast_Highway.mp3 I am all : Now: /sonic_youth/washing_machine/05_-_unwind.mp3 that I grok : Fwd: /type_O/misc/Love_You_to_Death.mp3
> "Faux_Pseudo" <Fau...@yahoo.comERCIAL> wrote in message > news:slrnat9qhb.1vn.Faux_Pseudo@fugozi.cx1209071-a... > > We needed a camra man in there. > > Look, he moves just > > like in The Matrix! l33t! > > ` ,,, , > > o=o ..' OO > > |/ -||- .||. > > jg__________/\_______________________ /| __________ dd _____ --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.419 / Virus Database: 235 - Release Date: 13/11/2002
_.--- Andrew Carpenter spoke in alt.ascii-art --------._ >> "Faux_Pseudo" <Fau...@yahoo.comERCIAL> wrote in message >> news:slrnat9qhb.1vn.Faux_Pseudo@fugozi.cx1209071-a... >> >> We needed a camra man in there. > > >> > Look, he moves just >> > like in The Matrix! l33t! >> > ` ,,, , >> > o=o ..' OO >> > |/ -||- .||. >> > jg__________/\_______________________ /| __________ dd _____ I see that my camra man needs some work. o OO=| |-YY _____________/\_/|____ '---...____ Faux_Pseudo ________________...---~~~ -- ICQ=66618055 : (Now Playing) http://asciipr0n.com/fp updated=10/30 YIM=faux_pseudo : Rev: rto_no.21_in_C_major-2nd_mvt-Andante(P.Lang).MP3 Life sucks, get a: Now: /living_color/05_-_Solace_of_you.mp3 helm and a sword : Fwd: re_set-2/05_Zwan_Candy_Came_Calling_14-12-01.mp3
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