Pavilion comic?

[Draygone]

First comic done!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v468/Great_Dragon/pavcomic1.jpg

Sorry for the artifacting, I wound up saving it as a jpeg. And it was kinda rushed somewhat. Anyway, I won't necessarily be doing every comic like this, and they all won't be as long ('cause dang, that took way longer than expected). Dunno how often I'll do this, either. And, I'm sure there are other things I need to mention, but I'm still in that rush.

[bigbg459]

I think that would be cool but then again im real big into manga and anime :lol :D

[Split Infinity]

I wouldn't mind appearing in it, though i haven't been here very long..And BigBG, what does that have to do with anything? :|

[Pandacon]

Sounds like fun, have my guy drown in some tar pits, oh yeah!!!

[Maijo]

I'm sure I would be the star. Everybody loves Maijo.

[Draygone]

Ah heck, might as well try. Um, just let me know what you guys want to look like. (Or if you're more daring :D , show me a drawing or something of what you want to look like.)

[Split Infinity]

Um, basically like my avatar. A small white unicorn with yellow tufts. ^^

[Draygone]

Is there a larger image available?

[Split Infinity]

I could increase it's size if you could find somewhere to host it for me.

[Draygone]

Nah, unless there's a larger pic somewhere, simply making the image bigger would make it seem pixellated. I could try drawing it and then you can tell me how close I am. (Er, aside from myself not being that great of an artist.)

[Split Infinity]

well, it's ok if it's not close. I don't mind being drawn badly at all =p

[InfinityDragon]

SURE....as long as it's just about newbs. I got dibs on the long standing members.

[Ryner]

Yes, you own all the long-standing members. To the pleasure of everyone.

[Marc M.]

Ryner already owns the rights to all the cool cats.
And I own the rights to Ryner!
Pav'aria 2: Beach Party Havok - Summer 2005

[Riotsword]

Awesome. I would pay $11,000 to see that.

If I'm ever featured, have me be a slightly out of shape guy with a thick beard and messy black hair, and I wear a blue jumpsuit(If you've seen Mystery Science Theater, the jumpsuit is like Mike's, look at my sig for reference).

[Ryner]

I just find it ironic that Staffmaster would claim exclusive rights to anything at all, considering his name is synonymous with "Take other peoples ideas".

[InfinityDragon]

No, see, YOU own the rights to everyone for scripts and writing and what not, and I own the rights to the comics. (with gloomy)

[Ryner]

I dont own the rights to anything, I gave that to Marcman. You dont own the rights to anything either, but that's because if anyone found out they were owned by you they would kill themselves before they appeared in something terrible.

[Split Infinity]

People, people!




























fight fight fight!

[InfinityDragon]

Oh Ryner, so cute, so naive... ^_^

[SirTMagus]

...SO LOOSE.

[Marc M.]

Staffy, I hate to be a critic or whatever, but you're just not very good at anything much at all. And thats not really the bad part. If you were all, "Hey, heres some stuff I did, its not very good but whatever." I wouldn't even mind looking at your stuff.
But the fact that you are so big-headed about it just makes me (and probably everyone else) annoyed to no end. Come on man.

And Gloomy + Comic = YEAH RIGHT. No offense to G-man, but he can't make a long-term comic for squat. Even he knows that.

[Eso Teric]

and on that note, cue the dancers!

:gay :gay :gay

[Ryner]

I think this topic alone has enough material for Draygone to make 3 comics.

[Eso Teric]

3 big meaty handsome comics! :jack1

[Ryner]

Be silent.

[Czechs Mex]

He is with the click of a certain button.

[Eso Teric]

No, I'm not, it's just the illusion of silence.

[Riotsword]

Quit spamming up the topics.

[Eso Teric]

Sorry, I'm afraid I Don't understand. Speak slowly for me, 'cause I'm not an Elitist.

[Riotsword]

STOP ALREADY. WE'RE WAY OFF TOPIC. SO SHUT THE **** UP.

[Draygone]

Eh, maybe I should just draw some of you guys the way I might picture you.

"I must do research."

So far, I've got signed up...
bigbg459 (no graphic yet, but maybe I could draw him as an anime-ish character)
Split Infinity (a white unicorn)
Pandagon (no graphic yet, maybe some guy that always fiddles with his collar)
Maijo (no graphic yet)
Riotsword (bearded guy with a bit of a belly, wearing a blue jumpsuit)

I'll have to draw up these characters sometime (er, after confirmation from those in need of graphics).

[Nixon]

Usually these things don't work because:

1. Everyone wants you to draw them in some bizarre form/way that you don't care about.

2. People lose interest.

3. You lose interest.

4. There are better projects to work on.

This is just what I've seen with previous attempts.

[Draygone]

yeah, well, even if I lose interest, at least I'll have a bit of fun in the meantime.:) I suppose I could just make up stuff like what's done at the Mag, but I wouldn't have any idea what sort of stuff to make happen.

[Valkysas]

no one has exclusive rights to the members of this forum, dammit!

[Riotsword]

I hereby give my exclusive rights(to be taken back at any given time) to anyone who wants 'em.

[Big Rick Cook]

I have exclusive rights to Funk.

[Draygone]

I think when I start this, I'm going to start it in a new topic...

[Big Rick Cook]

Why not just edit the first post, and tell people that?

The CWS has exclusive rights to having more than one topic.

Not really, but the big guys don't take too kindly to multi-topic ideas. I feel pretty sure that Valk doesn't even like that the CWS has two topics, and Mora definitely axed the third that Staffmaster tried to start, so it may or may not be a good idea to ask first.

[InfinityDragon]

I wasn't trying to start anything. It was just an idea. I even said so.

[Ryner]

Gloomster, I think you have to draw a picture of yourself before Staffy can make his version.

[Ryner]

Well... I'm sure not withdrawing my joke.

[Draygone]

Okay, I think I know what I'm going to do for my first strip. I'll draw it tonight, and maybe color it tomorrow. (Valk, you don't mind if you play a large part in it, do you?)

[Valkysas]

nope, I dont care

[Draygone]

K, cool. Now I can actually start on it.:)

Gonna have to think of a name, still. At first I was thinking Pavvies, but that's too similar to Magpies. RPG Maker Pavilionites is too simple. Also thought of RPG Made Pavilion, Anime Maker Pavilion, and Strange Day at the Pav. I suck at names.

[Ryner]

Noobs.

[Split Infinity]

Paradise Pavilion

Fine, negative rep for that? Peehole Pavilion? Purgatory Pavilion?

[altoecko]

I'd be glad to be of service, but I don't know how much help I'd be.

[The_Real_Crunk]

Ive actually though about doing this before. Making a comic staring members from this board and whatnot.

But then I forgot that we have so many damn members, and having to include them all would be a real pain in the ass. You'd have to use all of them too, because it just wouldnt be the pavilion without all of them.

[Valkysas]

yes. the first strip has to include all 189 current members.

yes.


no.

[Draygone]

Maybe "A Normal Day at the Pav". Or maybe that's too long. But I'm thinking something along those lines.

Yeah, I know there are a ton of members here, and coming up with characters for each and every one of them would be a pain. But I'll deal with that as I go along.

Anyway, making the first comic is taking a lot longer than I thought. I'm only halfway through with the drawing. Should've started sooner. I'm kinda considering skipping the coloring for this first one, since I haven't had much experience with coloring yet. Maybe for a smaller strip.

[John Mora]

Para Para Pavilion

[Big Rick Cook]

Pseudio.

[Draygone]

Gotta call it something. Ah heck, I'll keep it simple. Pavilion Comic.

BTW, just scanned it.

[Tsunami]

This should be good. Can't wait to see it.

[Draygone]

First comic, done! Check the first post!

[Split Infinity]

..Maybe you should get somebody else to write a script for you. No offense, but it's not exactly boomingly hilarious :p. Nice job with drawing though.

[Riotsword]

Me like-y. I thought the script was fine, for the first time.

[Split Infinity]

hm...reading it again, the script is ok. Guess I was a little harsh.

Don't blame me, the last comic I read was one of highwind's(or is it funk's?) :(

[Draygone]

Eh, I can't seem to get into making gorey stuff or anything involving tampons and the like.

[John Mora]

Yeah, not really doing much for me.

[Draygone]

Yeah, I must admit, it seemed funnier before I created it. I think I had more luck with the random stupidity in Something Stupid IX. Maybe I should try something else. Something not as restricted to what's happening at the Pav. ....Maybe a Something Stupid IX comic. The game was more about the random stupidity than the gameplay anyway.

[InfinityDragon]

I called "Magpies" that because it was about the mag and it's an injoke about the longs standing love of all things PIE arround the boards. It works because it is also a bird related to a crow that likes to make the sounds of other things (Aka "mockingbirds"). Magpies is parody so it works on a deeper level as well.

honestly it just hit me that that would be a neat name. A name that just fits perfectly.

I realy can't help you with a name for the Pav comic. I tried to think of one when I started my comic and i came up blank.
I can help you get pointedin the right direction though. Almost all comic titles have double meanings, and eather hint at what/who the comic is about or names it out right. Take "Fox Trot" for example. It is about the Fox family, but it is also a passionate (and complicated) dance, the implication being that family life can be fun, challenging, and oftten enfuriating to get right.

"Get Fuzzy" also follows this formula. It is about pets. Pets are furry. This title suggests that one should become one with your pets, However, if you change the inflection slightly the "get" part changes in meaning from "to become" to "to retreive", or more literaly "to inflict harm upon" Pets can make you angey, but watching other people's foibles with them is hillarious. (or so I'm told, I personaly find Get Fuzzy to be almost the lamest peice of crap ever laid eyes on. On par with fred basset on the ol' staffy intrest meter)

Finaly lets look at Penny Arcade. this is one of the golden ones. A cheep strip about gaming. Need I say more? No.

Another way to name comics is to create a pun or play on words. Some of the best Manga artists use this method. Full Metal Alchemist is an example of this. It is a play on the title of the book Full Metal Jacket, which is realy slang for an unspent bullet caseing.

Yet ANOTHER way to name a comic is to just think of a common word that has a powerful sound to it or a humorus sound, actutaly any sound so long as it and the comics' "tones" aggree. "Crankshaft" is an example of this. as is "Shoe"

Finaly, just naming it after what is about is always good. Doonesbury, Garfeild, Cathy, and Calvin & Hobbes fall into this catagory.

For the reccord, people at the mag call them selves "Magonians"

[highwind]

I thought it was good, Draygone.

I'd certainly like to see more.

The only panel that was lacking was the final one which should ultimately be your most important one.

Keep that in mind.

[Caciss]

I liked it quite a bit Draygone, one of the better first attempts I've seen.






I guess it's a flame... but Staffy. Just shut up.

[RPGD]

Art should probably be done by someone else, but I thought it was pretty damn funny... Well, specifically, the part in which Paul was blowing crap up. You might want to focus a bit on making it more versatile.

[Big Rick Cook]

Staffmaster, you narrowed the field of how to name comics to... pretty much anything.

[Draygone]

Last panel, huh? Eh, I was trying to make it a secondary joke. It was referring to not only the downtime and the broken feature, but also how the PC RPGMs were pirated. I guess it was too much secondary. Maybe if I added some debri...debree...debry... stuff from the fight lying around.

Versatile? You mean doing more than just a news-program delie? I'll be doing some other stuff besides that (as long as somebody like the comic, I'll try working on it). Like if that remembering of the consoles deal was a bit more recent, I'd probably do something like have a few pavilionites remembering the Genesis, SNES, and Intellivision, with a fourth pavilionite holding a locked box saying something like "NES Memories - Do Not Open". Dunno if I'll really do that "Pavilion Recap" deal every week.

I'll admit I'm a terrible artist. But I like to draw, and this comic was going to be my chance to do a lot of it (hopefully improving my skill in the process). I'll admit, I could've done better on the coloring, maybe add some shading. Though I still haven't had much practice with either. ...Whoa, I just noticed the artifacting gave my character a bit of a scaley effect. Too bad I probably couldn't do that on my own.

Infinity Dragon, Ryner, Marcman, and Glueme, what would you like your characters to look like? :wink

[RPGD]

Actually, I meant genre-wise.

[Funk]

I have exclusive rights to Funk.

Rick is right: if anyone else tries to include me in anything without his permission, then he's gonna sue.

[Draygone]

Actually, I meant genre-wise. Oh, so you mean stuff like horror instead of comedy? Or maybe comedic horror?

[RPGD]

Nope, what I mean is to make content that appeals to a wide enough audience, as we've people whom have many different tastes on this board (I don't know what to classify Paul's tastes as), not to mention a few who would wish this comic never came to being and will have nothing to do with it out of sheer enmity for one reason or another.

[Draygone]

Well, how the heck would I possibly appeal to everyone?

[RPGD]

I'll be honest with you; I was pulling stuff out of my a**.

:minotaur

Do what you feel is right with it, though.

[The Toecutter]

Interesting. Your skills will improve as you draw more. I kind of liked it.

[Split Infinity]

Just have fun with it. Pull stuff out of your ass that didn't happen if there's not much content to go with. Don't feel chained down to boring events if there weren't any interesting ones occuring. Just keep at it :)

[TheHonorableRyu]

The ban explosion is the money shot!

[Valkysas]

I say hit the pav archives, and start making comics out of every one of shquishay's posts.

[InfinityDragon]

Just come up with funny situations. Then cast pavilionites to fit the situation. it will LOOK like it is about the Pav by default because the people involoved will act in a natural and beliveable manner.

AND PLEASE. You guys honestly think that I'm TELLING him that that is how he should name his comic!? THOSE WERE SUGGESTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS!!!!

I don't care what he names his bloody comic, he could name it "YOUR MOM" for all I care. So shut. The ****. Up.

[Draygone]

I would make stuff up, but in most instances I wouldn't know who would be best in such situations. I'm afraid I just don't usually pay too much attention to the overall "personality" of anyone's posts. If I base the strips off of actual events, I might still be a little off, but I'd be close enough since it already happened. I suppose I could try making something up just once, though, if only to see exactly how close I'd be.

Okay, I've come up with something hopefully interesting. I'll create it after this next comic.

Oh, and Infinity D and Ryner, not to be pushy, but I still need to know if you want to be in it. I could come up with your characters on my own if need be.

Glueme, I'm thinking you could be a red-headed guy with a Chainsawgirl T-shirt.
Marcman, I'm thinking an Englishman/karate expert.

[InfinityDragon]

If you want to put me in I suggest you look at Magpies 2 and 7. That is how I draw myself.

[Draygone]

The dude with the beard and colorful attire? K, but what exactly is that on your back?

[Czechs Mex]

:lol

This is great. It's not freaking in-your-face poochie the dog style, it's not the it's-funny-because-it-makes-no-sense kind of humor, and it's not the "it's offensive and disgusting, so clearly it must be hilarious" kind of humor. It's just cool and collected, and I like it.

Also, i like how on my screen, the guy who gets explosively banned looks like he's got a hitler moustache, although I think he might just be yelling.

If you want to put me in there, I'd love it. You gotta come up with your own design for me, though.

[Draygone]

and it's not the "it's offensive and disgusting, so clearly it must be hilarious" kind of humor. And you'll probably never see that kind of humor from me. I know this'll probably disappoint some of you. :)

[Czechs Mex]

Yeah, just a sidenote, that wasn't a crack on Kootex or anything, because that comic is a helluva lot more than that.

[Big Rick Cook]

I'll hop on the bandwagon. You know me. You know my avatar. You know I'm a big guy. Just use that knowledge and make me a duck with three wings and a fish tail.

[Draygone]

Heh, I would've figured that you wanted to be the character in your avatar.

[Denmo]

Eh, me too, even though I don't have much of a self image other than what I draw myself as.

[Big Rick Cook]

I think you missed the joke.

[Draygone]

That's not a surprise, I miss everything...

Anyway, could you by chance provide a full picture of that...um, whatever it was that thing is called?

[Big Rick Cook]

I've never seen one before. I made it up on the spot. The joke was that I gave you three specific things about me. I'm a person, my avatar is Kiwi from Shining Force II, and I'm a pretty big guy. Then I told you to use those as a basic for drawing me as a duck with three wings and a fish tail. The two could in no logical way be connected, and that was the joke.

Anyway, just use a pretty big guy with the Kiwi Helmet, and I'll be happy. :kiwi

[InfinityDragon]

The dude with the beard and colorful attire? K, but what exactly is that on your back?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v61/InfinityDragonXK/StaffyCharacterSheet.jpg
you peeps should write one of these. It'd be a big help do Dray I'm sure

Character traits: The Staffmaster (aka "Infinity Dragon"). Prefers to be called Staffy. Staffy is a liberal, and usualy means well, belying his sometimes grumpy attitude. Highly defensive verbaly when his reputation is attacked, becoming aggressive if attacks continue. Likes cude, visual, quirky, and/or dry humor he is quick to make light of a situation if he thinks it is appropriate. Staffy thinks authority is in place to be questioned, and has no qualms about doing so, even if it is debtromental to himself. Tends to be highly critcal of others at times, but only points out flaws in others in hopes that they can improve. However his meathods of critique can be a tad ovely harsh at times, and usualy delivered with a complete lack of tackt. Blunt and sardonic, Staffy says what's on his mind no matter how outragious it might sound first, and while most don't like to admitt it, people can see the naked logic in his thoughts. Always willing to help someone in need, and eager to please others. Strong willed, Staffy will fight for what he belives in voraciously. At times he is passive and then suddenly become manic; his way of doing things can rub some people the wrong way, while others secretly cheer him on.

[Ryner]

That is disturbing.

[InfinityDragon]

Need I remind you, Ryner, that your "vamp" avatar was a guy with a trench coat and a goatee.

[Denmo]

But at least Ryner didn't try to explain to us the color of Vamp's back molars.

Which we all know are BLOOD RED! MAHAHAHAHAHHA.

And we recognize Ryner by that avatar since he carried it in over 5000 of his posts. What do you have to show?

[InfinityDragon]

....a characer sheet...and um...some art...
I did 2 comics. 3 if you count that one I did for the O.M.G.B.A.E.