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Yes, absolutely, it's something I've kept in mind and a LARGE aspect of what'll be featured here. While not as familial as, say, HAMLET or KING LEAR, the approach I'm/we're taking with JULIUS CAESAR and AS YOU LIKE IT (as as well as Elizabethan hist…
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I recently described the project for which I'm currently doing research as "the fictional account of historical intrigue linking the 1st production of JULIUS CAESAR to the writing of AS YOU LIKE IT." Dunno if that's in any way illuminatin…
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Like a(n unhappily?) married man with a wayward eye, further writing of Brave Play has been delayed due to the potential of a new major project drawing me in...Could be just a flirtatious moment or the beginning of something more...
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Exactly what @ShawnRichison and I are trying to avoid (though it is a tad funny): (Image)
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I've been sticking with the tribes of the Northeast: Pequot, Micmac, etc. I like to think that having care as to the geography of the myths (rather than lumping all of North American Indians under the ugly header "Native Americans") is the…
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Any progress you care to mention? I've started by going back and "filling in gaps" -- completing any half-written pages before things went off the rails. It's helping me become reacquainted with the tone I had been trying to maintain as…
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@adlewis I once had a class with a woman who bristled at being called "aboriginal", so you may have something there. Myself, I've stuck mostly to anishinaabe, which is the Ojibway word for "the people" (which is the particular tr…
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Ha! (Image) From http://xkcd.com/1055/
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For my part, I upped my donation to The Graphic Textbook about the max of my discretionary budget. But, er, without sounding haughty, could I help by offering some sort of incentive...?
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@ShawnRichison -- first off, I think we all know the Ph.D. means squat. Particularly when it comes to either comics or good storytelling. Since my story is set largely in 1948, I'm telling a tale wherein Native American folklore has already been app…
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Its been a long time since I read it but I would say as a general point, that if this has mystical elements then it probably should have a mystical tone through out. Right. I think that I've incorporated mystical elements earlier in the script th…
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Uhm, well basically you pulled some kind of magical demon beastie killer powers out of thin air to resolve the conflict. Given that there was no real set up for it, it was about as satisfying as "and then he woke up." Gotcha, gotcha. A…
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Outstanding! Thanks for bringing this link to our attention, @ShawnRichardson (and for providing the tutorial itself, @JeremyRock)!
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And speaking of endings... some years back you sent me an outline/draft that had an ending that I, well (in the interests of full disclosure), pretty thoroughly ripped. Did you ever resolve that? Take this as a sign of the security and solidity of…
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Incidentally, the main conceit of Brave Play was at work today, perhaps: Something more than natural had the Yankees beat the Red Sox 15-9 after six innings of 0-9 ball -- and Humber pitching a perfect game for the White Sox...
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Since my 1940s Boston baseball/Native American folklore project (dubbed Brave Play) was so steeped in research, it's difficult to start back up again. That is, I'm having to re-familiarize myself not only with the characters, the pacing, the mood, a…
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I'm not sure if this helps the discussion, but I had a Kickstarter campaign funded, albeit for a custom comics project: (Image) For my calculations, I had to guesstimate the cost of the physical book, payment for each of the "anchor artists,&q…
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(I think I'd enjoy discussing the unique challenges that I find BRAVE PLAY now presenting -- Is it proper SW ettiquette to start a new thread?)
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Many plot tangles magically right themselves just before I fall to sleep. I believe it's called hypnagogia. If I can, I try to pull myself back to wakefulness, at least enough to write something down. (I notice no one has mentioned coming up with st…
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"Writers write." That's an excellent point, Marv. And I think, starting fresh tomorrow, I will begin writing again. The place I have to start, regardless of whether it becomes a whole project or sees print, is Brave Play -- the 1940s baseb…
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Congratulations, Coast -- what a great feeling!
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Once the ink is dry on my doctoral degree, I'll begin accepting applications for minions; no rush, since this is a presidential election year, and most minions are likely being snapped up by all parties en masse. :> (Also, no need for a Mini-Me…
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First, thanks for the kind words, Shawn & Russell. (And permission to be haughty with my screenname.) To your point, Marv, do you think that creativity should be industry-driven? I mean, you're absolutely right that I should reacquaint myself wi…
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I became a Severin fan without realizing it, back in my mindless adolescent days of reading MAD magazine and its paperback reprint collections. Only years later, with Marvel's Rawhide Kid revamp, would I recognize the art and realize the artist behi…
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I'd like to imagine that comics creators are a more responsible group than video game players... if only by virtue of being creators. True. AND, since there's more than one creator involved, hopefully people will feel increasingly obligated to do …
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This is a really great idea. Any plans to print and release it for sale if/when the original book is finished? Potentially, yes. It'll largely depend on the overall quality of the art and story that's developed, of course. But I'm optimistic about …
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I can see Marv and Josh's points, but, still, I find the opportunity to wow an agent live potentially worth it. There are far more wasteful uses of one's money in pursuit of representation...
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share more art, this looks totally cool Not sure how much I allowed to show in advance, let me check. In the meantime, here's some art featured on the sites of the various contributors. First up, Barrack Rima. (Image) Also, here's an image from th…