That's a FAQ! (beware snarkiness!) « Thread Started on Feb 20, 2007, 5:33am »
C.T.V. F.A.Q.
Why's Charby called the "Vampirate" when he hates pirates, and there's no pirates in the comic anymore?
I have my reasons. Nonetheless, without giving it away yet, it'll apply sometime. Though he may not dress stereotypically "piratey", he has kept a few of his pirate traits despite his hatred for them. His warcry, "Yarr!" and his choice of weapon (hooks) and his favorite shirt are all reminiscent of those pirate days. When he's angry he still has a tendency to speak piratey (Scurvy dogs!) . Besides, wouldn't it be awful cheesy if this was a comic about Charby on a boat?
While we're at it, what's up with that word, "Vampirate?"
Just popped into my head one day whilst I was drawing. I love bad word-puns like that. To be honest, I was initially stuck when trying to name the comic (when I first put it on DD back in '04) and almost left the "Vampirate" part out. I didn't want to name it after the main character because he isn't the main focus of the comic...though he is the most important one. But I knew a cheesy word like vampirate would at least get people to take a glance.
Why doesn't Menu change back to human during the day/non-moon nights?
He's not a normal werewolf. His official name was "Menu the Perpetual Werewolf", not his name in the comic though.He wasn't attacked by a werewolf, but something like a wolfwere (heh...D&D reference) Menu's "daddy" is basically an evil, demonic wolf. Simply put, the moon effects him, but it is not the cause of his transformation.
What's up with the pupil-less eyes?
Ever take a look at zombies in art? They have no pupils. I sort of liked the cataracts look, glazed over and dead, because of course they ARE dead. Plus, I like survival horror video games and the playguide for Resident Evil had zombies on the cover...with no pupils.
What kind of zombies are Mye and Hex? Why don't they rot?
They are magic zombies, not like the typical movie zombies with rotting parts and a taste for fresh flesh. Essentially, they are alive, but only because their blood was infused with magic. They eat, breathe, yadda-yadda, but they don't grow and age. Not growing makes wounds very hard to heal, too, which is why Hex has so many scars. Healing themselves with magic is dangerous as well since they can't upset the balance of magic in their blood. Why doesn't Foomy set things on fire when he touches them? He's not made of fire, he has bright orange fire-proof fur. He can conjure up fire and is not hurt by flames or extreme temperatures.
Why does Menu let Azelea stay in the house?
For the most part, Menu hardly notices her there, since she spends most time small and out of the way.
Is Mikko a Leprechaun?
Nope, he's an elf. Elfin vermin, to be precise... He wears green because it is a favored color amongst fae creatures.
What's up with the eye-slits...Quixoto, Kavonn, LaBelle, Good-Transformation Zerlocke all have them...
All in due time friends. As for LaBelle, it's a mark for abusing magic.
Does Zeno have a nose?
Yes and no. His nose doesn't portrude, it's basically two tear-drop nostrils with a patch of black skin over it.
Charby bit the dentist, one lady, slurped Grandma's bloody finger...why aren't they vampires?
Becoming a vampire in CTV isn't terribly complicated, but's it's also not that simple. Biting someone quickly may hurt or leave a nasty infection, but it's not enough to "turn" someone. There has to be a good amount of vampy spit in the wound to affect the victim. A little like a vampire bat, vampires in CTV have an anti-clotting agent in their spit, so while blood is coming out, some saliva is going in. It also works as a paralyzer.It's gross, but that's how it works: magic, venomous vampire spit. How much does it need? Well, a lot more than can seep into a pin-prick wound or a quick chomp.
What is an "Alp"?
A Teutonic nightmare demon that haunts the dreams of its victims or "presses" them in their sleep. Pressing essentially consists of sitting on one's chest so that they cannot breathe, waking up panicked. There are several conflicting stories about what an alp is, but the most common theme is the dream haunting. Other characteristics are: Transforms, can become mist and enter its victim, wears a hat in all of its transformations, can become a small white butterfly, becomes invisible, torments farm animals and young children, is typically male and prefers female victims though it may torment men and children (choosing to suck their blood in these cases) Usually they don't force themselves on a victim, and are not known to kill them (it is fun for them to do this night after night). Sometimes they are compared to the incubus for the nighttime tortures, but alp attacks are rarely of lusty nature...though if they are, it is said to be thoroughly unpleasant. Though referred to as a demon, they are closer to imps/hobgoblins in their nature, and even are said to be related to some fae sort as the Knockers (mining Leprechaun-esque folk). Alps can be conjured by a sorceror, witch, a spiteful person, or they were a small child/baby that died at childbirth. The use of a horse collar to ease labor pains seems to be a cause for a child to become an alp. Horses aren't spooked by alps however, and alps tend to enjoy riding them until dawn so that they are too tired in the morning to work.
What kinds of creatures are in Kellwood?
All sorts...rather than compile a huge list of non-humans, I'll just say it's Fae,(Seelie and Unseelie court, including fairy, goblin,etcetera) Demons, regular animals, non-humans (like the orycalopes, while referred to as "bunny-demons" they are not really demons) and dragons.
Why do people come to Kellwood even though people frequently disappear there? What's so special?!
Because they don't know people disappear.Kellwood has an excellent ad agency to sell the great vacation spot to potential Kellwood tourists. Usually, you don't say "Come to Kellwood and die!" to get people to spend money at your resorts. A few people do come because of the mysterious aura of the place, it has a certain allure to it. And not everyone who comes to Kellwood dies. The demon hunters make sure of that. As long as they don' t blunder around at night or into the woods, they're fine. But Kellwood holds the interest of boaters, surfers, beach-goers, touristers, spelunkers(cave explorers), mountain climbers, skiers, people interested in the history and people who want to get away from the busy city. Though there is a business area in Kellwood, much of the area is remote and very pretty.
What is UP with that weird house? (and that ugly couch!)
The folks who owned Menu's house before him were eccentrics...real "Y2k is gonna kill us!" type crazies. A husband and wife, they were also very intelligent, but extremely introverted outside themselves. They wanted a house completely suffiecient without "Evil computers!" . They chose a specific spot for their house: right over one of Kellwood's many caves (for the use of a bomb shelter when the computers go crazy!) Of course it had an underground river going through it (into a sinkhole) and they modified it to produce enough hydroelectric power for the house. It's not terribly powerful but it works. The couch was just cheap.
Why doesn't Menu wear pants? Why doesn't Phineas wear shirts?
Menu doesn't feel comfortable in pants because of the way his legs are shaped. His heels are high, and because he chooses to walk bipedal (his arms are shorter like a human's still, so walking 4 on the floor can be a tad awkward too). It gives his limbs more range of movement too, which is why he prefers sleeveless cloths. Also, wearing clothes with fur gets a little stuffy, so he likes to shed them all in warm weather. His fur is long, sort of like a Pomeranian, which was the sort of dog I based him on, so his anatomy isn't visible due to the thick fur. It does disturb his friends when he's shirtless still... as for Phinny, he feels confined in shirts and he's actually wearing swimming trunks rather than actual shorts. Phineas loves to swim and get wet, so he doesn't bother with clothes that'll drag him down. That said, he still has a thing against speedos so even if they're more hydrodynamic than the shorts, he's taking the shorts.
Why do the first 20 or so comics seem so random, but eventually turn to linear storyline?
Well, when I started posting CTV online, I already had about 600 or so pages done in pencil, Bic pen & crayon. I had heard from a friend of mine that you could post comics online, and after visiting DD I was in right away. I started redrawing pages to color them in photoshop (because by then my "old" pages were really dated with the art-style) and at that time in my life I was convinced that CTV would be a big hit and was gonna get published someday. However I didn't take into account that the art sucked so much (that's for the next question!) My parents were worried that I was gonna give away my entire story for free and I'd never make a career of my comic, so I told them I'd just post a few to see what reaction I got. I posted, at first, comics that wouldn't affect the story-plot, which were one-shots I had scattered throughout the original set. I changed my mind when the comic was so well-recieved, and decided that the web was my best bet for improvement. So then I moved on to the actual story. But if you notice, those "random" pages are still canon and I reference them later on in the story at times, so don't dismiss them quite yet! You'll miss something.
Why did the art suck so much in the earlier pages?
Because of a few reasons: one, my first time using photoshop outside of class, I was teaching myself. When i used it in class, it was because I was on a computer that HAD it, and the only thing I used it for was a lame exercise making a chef's face out of fruit and veggies. I'd never used it to color a comic. "Polar Bar" and "Dork Ninja" where my first times out coloring a comic, and I had no idea what I was doing. Dork Ninja went bad because I didn't know about scanning, bitmaps and what have you, and the lineart ended up with stripes of grey through it that looked like cordurouy. I blurred it to blend it back into black...it just went downhill from there. I also was unaware that some of my comics posted online looked like crap because AOL has an option to crapify images in order to load faster, and I thought I did something wrong on my end, and it had something to do with the scans. So then I started drawing them with a mouse....a crappy ball-mouse to be precise. Later when I figured out how to scan things in and color them better, I had a habit of not liking the lineart enough and tracing over it...again, with the mouse! That was so dumb of me! That's just colors though. The lineart itself was crappy because for much of the start, I didn't pre-sketch. That means I just took a pen and drew it. Unfortunately, without a presketch, I was nervous with the pen and often did a "sketch" style of lineart, often not completing lines, layering and feathering them. this did not make for smooth, confident lines! Only a scant few turned out alright. I started using pre-sketch around the time that Bunny gets captured by the Orycalopes. If you could see some of the other stuff I drew before and at the time of the bad art, you'd swear it was by a different artist. It didn't occur to me how crappy things looked! (blinded by love I suppose) It also didn't help that I'd do 3-8 comics a day. Rush jobs never look good. I did the entire Mystery Friends arc in one day! (coloring included!)
Why doesn't it update daily anymore?
I've been a very busy girl with all sorts of things. After my emotional breakdown a while back, I really lost my stride. Lack of confidence in my abilities doesn't help either. Thigs are looking bright and peachy lately though, but with all that I have going on, pages just don't come as fast as they used to.It's not that they take any longer to do though...realistically I could do 2 a day if I wasn't busy with everything else. what used to take 8 hours can now take 5, but I'm finding that inking is still stumbling me.
How do you keep track of the story, or do you even bother?
Yes I do. I keep track of it in my mind, and through things I remind myself in the comic. The web version is slightly different from the original, but I borrow unused elements. I found a plothole! Explain yourself, bad writer, you! You're probably mistaken. Sometimes a writer will place something arbitrary in their comic to delibrately mislead their readers. It's like a twist ending. It's a twist if you hint at it early on,and it goes over people's head. Then they can look back and confirm "it makes sense now!" What's not a twist is to throw a wrench in there for no reason at all, with nothing supporting it. That makes for continuity errors, and doing it just for convenient solving of a problem you made, a plothole is formed. I've been extra careful with my story so as to not form these holes, and if you think you've found one, you ought to keep note of it, because you're going to find out something indeed is up, and you'll be the first one to realize it: I am a sneaky person. Preemtively calling "plothole!' will make you look very silly later. ^_^
Admit it, you were influenced by Johnny the Homicidal Maniac! Rip-off artist!
Quiet you! This is the most aggravating thing to hear, ever. Unless I was using pychic waves to steal ideas from Jhonen Vasquez's brain, any vague similarity you see in CTV is purely and strictly coincidental. I hadn't even heard of the comic when I developed the characters. They don't even have similar proportions! I have read the comic by now, but despite what some folks think, it IS entirely possible to read something and not rip it off "subconsciously!" I don't use references for my own character art, and never have. How would you feel if someone you'd never heard of accused you of ripping of their art? As for the story, don't try and tell me J.V. has the copyright on dark humor and violence. I've been doing that gig for more than 10 years. My grandpa has been a huge influence on my sense of humor and I sincerely doubt he's into comics. He does however have a collection of very old, scary stories. When you grow up hearing poetry like "Willie with a lust for gore, nailed the baby to the door; Mother said, with humor quaint: 'Willie dear, don't chip the paint!' " you tend to have a bit of a twisted sense of humor. My love of horror movies, survival horror games, and cult classics has also molded my writing styles into what it is now. I've also had a love of slapstick violence, and admit it:JTHM is a little short on the slapstick but heavy on the violence. And don't even think that he's the first person to write his own fantasy-revenge off of life experiences. Just about EVERYBODY has done this at least once, or at least thought it. Pretty much, you could compare any comic to CTV and find enough similarity to claim I'm influenced by it. Heck, a comic I'd just heard about had a part very similar to a Hexavier comic I did. Do I claim they ripped me off? No way. Sunday funnies have had jokes almost identical to ones I used in CTV! Do I think they stole from me? Heck no, I hadn't even posted it online yet! Things like that DO happen. Just because both our comics get classified as "gothy" does not automatically mean that it was a source of inspiration for me.To clear things up also, I have a lot of respect for Jhonen, I do like his style and I think it's disrespectful to compare my stuff to his. Both to him and to me. Especially when I have mentioned the fact umpteenmillion times.
Why's everyone so whiney/angsty? This comic's so emo...
Because the real world isn't a shiney happy place to begin with. Bah, where do you get the impression that everyone's angsty? I have the impression that you are only paying attention to the 2 characters that are emotionally unstable. It would be truly unrealistic, especially in a comic that's dark humor and sometimes drama, for everyone to be happy all the time for no reason at all, just to please people who hate angsty characters. You don't smile when your luck is bad either, pal.
Re: That's a FAQ! (beware snarkiness!) « Reply #1 on Feb 20, 2007, 5:35am »
I miss the violence. Why's there no violence anymore?
Well, this goes back to the annoying JTHM comments. A lot of the comics I did that promted the "OMG JTHM kills people for being rude too!" were based on true events, and there was even a lot more of those pages. Thanks to 'those" people, you'll probably never see them (and they weren't all violent either by the way). Violence, while fun to draw, gets a little redundant when you use it all the time. Yes, this a comic about monsters and demons and violence SHOULD happen, but I realize not everyone likes it either. My other comic, Beck the Ferret, would have been right up your alley: Beck dies horribly for no reason whatsoever. After the first 100 pages it gets tedious enough, but out of the 400 or so pages, only a handful are actually funny. Beck gets a papercut on his eye=creepy, but not really funny. Beck gets hiccups when hiding from an axe-wielding psychopath= pretty funny. I prefer violence when it makes sense, which is why I find the comparison annoying. Jhonny kills because he is unstable, and that is what the comic is about. He has no qualms with taking the lives of innocent bystanders: if they're in the way, they're fair game. The violence is pretty straightforward and graphic. It's usually violence for violence's sake. This is not, however, a cut on the style, it's just the way he does it, and the reason I chose not to do it that way. CTV characters that kill do so out of need, not because they enjoy it/have to paint their wall monster etc. And when they do get in a fight other than for food, I try to make it humorous, unless it's a serious situation. Overusing violence will desensitize a reader, so using it sparingly increases the impact when it does happen. For example: 2 days, 2 different situations with a character: A confrontation over a chicken nugget starts between an unknown man and Charby. The next day, Charby will find a baby on the doorstep. Scenario 1,Charby kills an innocent man over the chicken nugget. He kills a baby the next day and eats it. Therefore it's no surprise when he kills something completely at random: it's what he does. Any person introduced is a potential victim, and the story becomes predictable. Scenario 2: Charby gets mad at a guy over a chicken nugget, does nothing, guy chokes on nugget, Charby decides not to waste a meal. Since he is not a factor in the man's death, the confrontation with the baby next day will be less predictable. He could eat it because he's hungry, but will he actually kill it? He does like the taste but feels bad actually doing the deed. Knowing Charby, scen. 2 is more likely. Charby can get mad over a nugget but isn't going to kill over it unless the guy provokes him horribly, but then it's not about the nugget anymore, and even then he may choose to simply punish him. To Charby, people can be food and it takes very little to push oneself out of "human" status into "tastey" status in his eyes. However, this is a consequence of being a vampire, not just because "violence is fun!". Not everyone who inults him gets a hook to the face...unless it's a right hook for touching him.
What's up with Tony's accent?
It's a mix of Deutsche, 20's gangster, and a speech impediment. Tony learned his English listening in on some Boston gangsters, so he has a bad grasp on proper english. He also has a bad lisp with his english as well. Problem is, he lisps where there's no S's, too. His German is of course very good, however. He can speak normal but it's with great difficulty.
Why so hard on your art?
Because I'm a bit of a pessimist. I don't inherently think ALL my art sucks, but I am very aware of where things give me trouble. However, I am too stubborn to use references other than myself in the mirror, so things tend to improve rather slowly. I don't use references because I don't want my art to look like someone else's. When something does inspire me however, I draw it the way I draw it, not the way they do. That way, something that I drew with Calvin and Hobbes in mind doesn't neccesarily look like anything Bill Watterson drew, because it has my personal inflections in it. Someone once asked me to draw Hobbes, and I had no reference...it looked like crap! Nothing like the character at all. I only use reference when I'm trying TO draw something in the style of another; which I've done a few times to prove a point or two. If I was satisfied with all of my art, I wouldn't improve much would I? Besides, I only complain about my OLD art. That WAS crappy. I know I need to improve my lineart still but having a wrist that hurts really makes things shakey. That's not an excuse, it's the truth. It's something I've been dealing with for almost 4 years now, and it's not carpal tunnel. Seems to hurt a lot more in warm weather of all things...and at certain positions of my wrist movement. I try not to mention this fact too much because people think you're looking for sympathy or that it's a copout. I also have a bit of a problem with not being able to trace my sketches very well. I don't use light tables/computer scans/whathaveyou, so when I ruin some lovely work I did in pencil, it's stuck ruined. I tend to let this frustration get to me. Plus, when people have put me down in the past, I tend to let that haunt me forever. I'm still not over the scathing reviews I got on Unlife is Unfair! (it's really crappy to have your comic judged preemtively harshly because one of the reviewers decides they're no longer a fan of your OTHER completely different comic, possibly because it's more popular now)
Why so many characters? I can't keep track of them...
To start, I like having a lot of characters. It was always a pet peeve of mine that cartoons always focused on the same 3-5 characters, because they get boring fast. Looney Tunes and especially my favorite WB cartoons like Tiny Toons and Animaniacs had huge casts that rotated. I willingly admit to a large inspiration from those cartoons. I also grew up watchin GI Joe, Care Bears,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Smurfs, Thundercats, Masters of the Universe and so on. All these also had a large cast of toys-er, I mean characters. Darkwing Duck, Tailspin, Rescue Rangers and Ducktales didn't deal with the same tired villain every episode either. The Simpsons has a bigger cast than mine anyway! I don't get why people claim that I try to make every character the main character anyway. It goes main, secondary and third tier. What's wrong with focusing a little on a secondary character once in a while? It's to flesh out the world they live in. It's not like I focus an entire comic on some random npc-like character that I made up on the spot, without a CTV main or secondary character showing up. Everyone is important to the plot in some way or another, like pieces of a puzzle. Some pieces are more important to see what the picture is, but without the handful of solid-color pieces your puzzle is still incomplete.
What's with the love triangles?
Because you can't decide who you love, it just happens. It's cruel like that sometimes. When you meet someone wonderful, and fall in love with them, finding out they aren't interested or are already involved doesn't automatically make you go "oh well, time to look elsewhere!". It's heartbreak. Typically in that situation you pine over that person until someone else comes along that you were to busy with the other to notice that they are just as wonderful. But that's the way it ends in fairy-tales and happy stories, which CTV isn't always. I've witnessed a love...polygon or two in my day. I also like to believe that when love is true, it just doesn't go away. It evolves, it changes with the situation, but when you love someone, you never stop loving them. You may love another as much or even more, but you don't drop someone from your heart because things have changed. I think it's too convenient to make a new 'twoo wuv" for a character just because they are lonely and the one they want, they can't have. It's such a cop-out. Life isn't perfectly arranged like that, nor is unlife.
Why is there no swearing, and it's all "$%^&*?" it looks stupid!
Because believe it or not, I don't swear. *gaspe!* Therefore, I'm not going to write swearwords in there. There's plenty of other interjections that are suitable without being profane and expletive. Sometimes I need some swears for a joke, but I'll still censor them. Violence doesn't bother me as much really. As some have said. CTV would be pretty wholesome if not for the violence...and a tiny bit of naughtiness here and there.
Why no nudity? Don't the characters have love lifes at all?
Again, I'm not into that sort of thing. I've never drawn a nude. I am a prude, yes indeed. I have read comics that had brief nudity in them, but never something strictly pornographic. My characters, especially the child-like ones, are in platonic relationships. Based on love, not lust. Sex does not =love. (wow I typed that...I usually feak out and use another word!) Relationships built on lust ultimately fail as soon as the hormones settle down. Based on friendship and actual love, they endure. Most of the characters besides the obvious ones are still virgins. Heck, I'm almost 24 and still one, I'm not the authority on lovemakin'! Besides, this isn't a smut comic (not saying all those that have love scenes are!). I want to keep it innocent. I'm not above double-entendre though, as long as it goes over the heads of those that oughtn't get the joke (like the kiddies...if any read the comic that is, hehe) Plus, with characters like mine, even if they aren't really children, it still may be mistaken for something very bad.
Why are all the main characters children? Do you "like" children?!
Now that is a good question paired up with a mean one! I do not like small children all that much (well, it depends on the child, I don't hate ALL kids because not all of them are snotty little larval brats, I just don't want any myself) and I certainly am NOT a pedophile. Just get that thought out of your mind right now. Out of the cast, only a few are actually "childen". Phineas and Fay for example, are children. Some are stuck with childish proportions, but are older than they look. Charby and Kavonn fit that example. Azelea is one that ages slowly, but for all intents and purposes she would be considered about 14 in human years. Some just appear childlike but are full-grown adults for their species, such as an alp like Tony (since he grew up to his adult form from a baby, alps can be considered a little like leprechauns in this respect. They're short). I chose for these characters to be children because 1: I hadn't seen it before in a vampire comic and 2: it makes for interesting character personality when they look innocent but aren't. I don't think of Charby as a child, I think of him as a very short adult. I also enjoy the problem it causes for a child-looking character to fall in love with an adult character. Unlike the "hot for teacher" sort of storyline, it's not a creepy pedophile situation. It brings up interesting views on the love and age, and I like to work with this sort of thing in my writing, I feel it is something rather orignal quite frankly. If not, I dunno who else is doing it!
How do you take criticism? Do you listen to what people say at all?
Yes, I do in fact. I may forget to adress things at times (or don't have time to *sad*) but I read every comment and take everything into account. Even if you commented just once, I remember you for it (and I thank you!) I do enjoy your input on how to improve my art. The hair around Zeno's horns, the shading, word balloons Charby's eyes, are all things I have worked on thanks to comments from readers. Don't be afraid to point out spelling errors, I won't bite your head off (I'll feel foolish but I'll still fix it!) However, people that lack tact and pull things outta their rear ends because they don't have a valid complaint other than "it's on the top of the list!" are not worth listening to. To those people, I will tell you now: Saying "This comic sucks!" is not helpful and only shows others that you're a spiteful little troll whose only joy in their pathetic existence is to verbally harass a girl who does a webcomic. It's so very sad and I pity you! Poor baby! Show some spine and cite some actual valid reasons for disliking my comic, then I'll give you some respect. I can think of some good reasons to dislike my comic, doesn't mean I know YOUR reasons! And leave your pathetic, paranoid conspiracy theories that I am getting a helping hand, paying off people and attacking people that don't like my comic or siccing my fanbase on them to yourself, you silly sot. My readers are all decent people who have been very good to me and very loyal, and I try my best to please them by working hard on each page and improving my art the best I can for them, and I can't thank them enough for it. They supported me when I was down and brought me through the worst of times. To say that they read my comic just because it's "popular" is a terrible insult to me and to them. I'm far from saying my comic is any good let alone the best, but I certainly think it helps to be nice to your readers. There's no reason not to. And not being fake-friendly either, I genuinely care about everyone. I've gone out of my way to apologize to people, though I'm not sure if they even noticed. I don't even call them fans... I feel it demeans them. Anyone who reads my comic is a friend to me, and I care about them. I respect them, and I never water down a page just to get it posted. As for harsh critiques, I'll take them, but "I'm not not sugar-coating" doesn't equal "I'm going to be a total j*ck*ss now!" It is possible to not mince words without being a Grade A Jerk Extraordinaire. "The proportions sometimes look off, could use a few bold lines and work on the clothing" is a good critique. Bad? " I don't like how it's sort of anime. you should draw another style because I don't like anime. You can't draw because it's not american art and you're american so you should draw like one! Draw realisml" Good: "His left shoulder looks a tad off, looks skinny in last panel and you misspelled "nougat". Bad:" people only read this because it's shoved in their face on the main page. Only fangirls like this comic. I hate this comic because other people like it. It's exactly like JTHM because there's blood. there's too many characters and you should kill them off *suggests least favorites*. this reminds me of another comic on the web, aren't you ripping them off? *doesn't mention said webcomic because they are probably full of it* " You see, things don't have to be positive, they just have to actually be USEFUL to me. Nobody who reads CTV has ever attacked a commenter for a liable complaint. They have however defended me when someone was out of line. That said, I've never muted a comment, and since re-loading CTV's archives on DD, I haven't reported a single sniper vote, and there's been quite a few of them. I did however mute some poker spam. But that's it!
Will there ever be Charby merchandise?
Very likely, but the comic comes first, above all things. I don't want my comic becoming a commercial. I'm not quite as opposed as Bill Watterson was for Calvin and Hobbes (second mention! woo!) of having merchandise, but it it what the readers want, I'd be glad to see it. I want some myself ^_^
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Re: That's a FAQ! (beware snarkiness!) « Reply #4 on Apr 6, 2007, 1:05pm »
Where is Kellwood? Is it in New England? Or maybe one of the Carolinas? or on the Gulf Coast?
Where do Fae and Azalea sleep? Do they room with Mye, or just curl up in a corner somewhere? And, since they weren't invited to stay, why hasn't Menu chased them out (neither of them seem to bring in or prepare any food)?
Re: That's a FAQ! (beware snarkiness!) « Reply #7 on Jun 29, 2007, 12:56am »
Well i would like to vent just a bit. I love your art, your story (even the seamingly random). To witness your progression in both is inspiring and fills me with hope for my own ambitions. On another note! To put your self out there by openly displaying your art (and by proxy your very soul) is an amazing. To tell the truth it scares the crap outta me to even think about putting my work out there to be attacked and rendered limb from limb (even if it deserves it). So thankyou for your bravery. Phew!...that got heavy. Oh and i love Charbys wicked sence of humor!!!!!!
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Re: That's a FAQ! (beware snarkiness!) « Reply #8 on Jun 29, 2007, 2:02am »
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Do you "like" children?!
people are so terrible. But even with quotes around it, insinuating somethign sinister, words such as 'like' and 'love' have a massive array of meanings. I don't feel like getting into one of my rants about society and corruption and open-mindedness though so I'll stop myself here >.>
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Well i would like to vent just a bit. I love your art, your story... your progression... To put your self out there by openly displaying your art (and by proxy your very soul) is an amazing... So thankyou for your bravery. Phew!...that got heavy.
MY fanmail/gushing is SO much better. But then again mine is also much more awkward. At least now I'm sure I'm not the only one who does it >.>
Hark! The call of the heavens, the earth, the sea...
They summon me forth to defeat evil!
Waka, God's gift to man, is here! Bonjour!
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Re: That's a FAQ! (beware snarkiness!) « Reply #10 on Aug 2, 2007, 6:29pm »
Wow, I am glad that I found this because you answered some good questions. Some people have totally corrupt minds but just ignore their ignorance. Both of your comics are amazing and I hope to someday acquire some artistic talent though it probably will never be as good as yours . Don't ever let people bad talk you because you in no way deserve it.
Re: That's a FAQ! (beware snarkiness!) « Reply #11 on Dec 31, 2007, 12:19am »
Ok, if Vic's little brother was bitten by the vampire winner dog, why does he become a werewolf? I don't get how vampire venom = werewolf venom. Anyone care to explain? Or was it just done randomly for fun?
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I totally get what you mean on a lot of those points. This must've taken forever, thanks for clearing some things up ^__^
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. Don't ever let people bad talk you because you in no way deserve it. 