FU COMICS
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176 pages
FU COMICS
Rules of Engagement:
1. No bodiless narration. Voice-over acceptable.
2. Curated sound effects only. No cartoony “zap” or “kazoowie” or “boom” or anything that ends with “thoom,” et al.
3. No overt expository dialogue. We show, and we don’t cheat by telling what we can show, i.e. DRAMATIZE.
4. Realistic physics (or meta-physics) concerning fight choreography.
5. Treat fight scenes (and fight choreography) as dramatic opportunities to further characterization, plot and over all narrative.
6. Every scene is time-stamped. In case we find we’d like to go back and insert a parallel or supporting narrative, we shall never lose our footing and placement within the grander storyline.
7. No time travel to the past. No ret-cons. This tactic is so plebeian at this point. We won’t cheat. If we do something, we stick to our guns, and move forward. People can still come back from the dead, but we will have to work harder for it.
8. No multiverse or alternate Earths. Again, a tired conceptual system. Just one universe and it’s infinite. ALTHOUGH, within the PROBABILITY SPACE of the IDEAVERSE, a multiverse exists, but it is a meta-physical multiverse, not a physical one.
9. Covers will be used as meta-panels spanning several tracks (issues) that relate to the same scene. They will look like covers, i.e. advertising, but they shall also move the story forward. I guess you could say we have no covers, our books are naked. WE HAVE NAKED COVERS.
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THIS IS A META-COMIC. (Please read last post for more context.) A meta-comic is like reading visual music. The story is not linear. It jumps in accordance to my instincts in alignment to my vision on what YOU the reader should experience next. I am not concerned with spoon feeding you with my world building. My world building is 15 years worth, it’s solid, and we will get there. I have non sequitor pages here and there, which may not make sense until several issues later. In this visual musical, there are essentially 3 species of NOTES: Character, Plot, and World. A character based issue is slower than a plot-based issue, and a world-based issue will have its own dynamic of character and plot, independent of the main narrative, but also supportive. Too many comics breeze through their plot and leave their characters behind. This is an immersive universe. Immersive as FUCK. PAY ATTENTION TO THE TIME STAMPS. Enjoy!
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The CORE IDEA behind the Work is defined by 2 concepts. 1. In Will Eisner’s book COMICS AND SEQUENTIAL ART, he describes his approach to the page as a META-PANEL. And I thought, why can’t we stretch that concept to absorb the entire comic issue or arc or the entirety of the narrative? But HOW? Enter the Key, and Concept 2: Orson Welles’ approach to editing movies. He said, I paraphrase, “I can’t make a movie until I understand its (visual) musicality.” Musicality is the secret ingredient to turning a meta-panel to a meta-comic. What is a META-COMIC? (to be contd.)
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(contd.) is a metaphysical thesis, but that subject’s for another post. I hope you keep an open mind, because I am going to challenge your expectations on what a comic book can be. Enjoy, momos! =)
