Your Idea for an Anime/Manga

[HoundedbyHeaven]

Apil ko. Ako lang himo story kay murag layo na kaayo inyo drawing skills sa akoa. Dugay na kaayo ko wala ga draw. hehehe. Mag practice sa ko. hehehe

Well, post some works first and let's see if we're really not just as good as you after all, hehehe.

Oh, and like I told that other guy, tell us more about your writing, dude. What genres do you prefer in writing? Have you written a comic-book story before? If so, can you share these with us?

Peace.

[HoundedbyHeaven]

Sandugo is nice. Was this ever published and released locally? I'm a fan of local comics. I don't know how to draw but I can pretty much make story lines.

Like I told that other guy, tell us more about your writing, dude. What genres do you prefer in writing? Have you written a comic-book story before? If so, can you share these with us?

Peace.

[zerk]

As are all superheroes, one way or another (hehehe). I mean superhero comic-books pretty much began in the US, anyway. One veteran Filipino comic-book and animation artist I know who works in the US actually encouraged amateur Filipino comic-book artists to create more non-superheroic comic-books because the Americans have dominated the genre already.

Peace.

Thanks.

Some of the best superhero comics were created by non Americans like Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman (more famous for his non superhero books though). You don't have to be an American to create superhero comics.

OT:
if you've read marvelman aka miracle man by alan moore. yeah, it's a blatant rip-off of captain marvel aka shazam, it was meant as a parody. but it was a nice read. so was watchmen.



http://nerp.deviantart.com/art/Sandu...lamid-62519656 - very familiar

zuma... now, that's orig. not superhero though.

[vemp]

or Combatron..which is a Megaman rip-off.

[diem]

[color=navy] Hey, just to make things fun around here: a challenge.

Comics feature an average of 6 panels a page. Sometimes, 6 panels are all it takes to tell a story.

I've written a short piece that I hope that some of you could illustrate then post your end-product here in this thread (or in the other Comics thread in the Arts and Literature Board). It will be wonderful to see how different artists interpret and depict the same story.

Of course, the artists doesn't necessarily have to follow the character descriptions and original layout as depicted by the script. As long as they remain true to the story's content, they are free to make any changes that they feel is best and fits their artistic style and sensibilities.

COMIC SCRIPT CHALLENGE:

TITLE: "Signal Lag"

PANEL 1: Inside a modest bedroom, a thick-set, balding man (in his fifties, dressed in a dark polo shirt and jeans) stares out in space.

SFX: <Beep beep bip>

PANEL 2: On a bedside nightstand, there is a cellphone. (ex. looks like a Nokia 3310 except call it a "Bokia" or "Nokus") It's LCD screen is glowing with "A MESSAGE RECEIVED". A latex gloved hand is in mid-air, reaching down for it.

SFX (cellphone's message alert) <Beep beep bip>

PANEL 3: The old-bald man holds the cellphone in his latex gloved hand. He's seems to be reading its LCD screen. His expression is thoughtful yet bleak, underlip pouts out in disappointment.

PANEL 4: Close up on the cellphone's LCD screen. The text reads: HON I'M SORRY. I NEED YOU. IM COMING BACK 2 U. I LUV U.

PANEL 5: As the old-bald man looks at the cellphone in his hand, there is another person in the room. A younger fellow, dressed in a dark shirt and jeans including latex gloved hands, crouches on the floor. He turns to the older man with a question on his face.

YOUNG MAN: Ano iyon?

PANEL 6: The young man stands slightly facing the old-bald man, taken an interest on the cellphone in the old man's hand. We see the official letters on the back of his shirt uniform: "S.O.C.O. " Scene of Crime Operations(!)

The old-bold man is staring forward at something else. Sadness and disappointment make deep frowns on the older man's face, making him look tired.

There is also a policeman in uniform standing by the door, staring at the same thing as the old-man.

Both the old man and the police man face the fourth person in the bedroom who was hung to death, an apparent suicide. All we can see is two feet floating in the air, limp and lifeless.

SFX (the young man's approach) <step step>

SFX (near the hanging, dead feet) <kreeek kreek kr..>

OLD MAN: Ang kanyang kaligtasan... pero huli na.

[vemp]

Ahhh this is awesome. I'll see if I can work on it ASAP.

[diem]

[color=navy]^^Thanks vemp. Hoping forward to it. For everyone to try to do!

I'll post such comic script challenges(for four-panel strips to six panels) frequently here for fun and variety.

[HoundedbyHeaven]

Comics feature an average of 6 panels a page. Sometimes, 6 panels is all it takes to tell a story.

Sometimes, even one (hehehe).

I've written a short piece that I hope that some of you could illustrate then post your end-product here in this thread. It will be wonderful to see how different artists interpret and depict the same story.

I admire the fact that you did not indicate the suicide's gender. I'm thinking of something to make the guessing a little bit difficult. I'm undecided between posting a thumbnail sketch of my page first or not. I guess I'll have to make up my mind once I'm done sketching.

Yeah, I think its about time we apply our sequential art skills working from a script not of our (entire) making if we want to start doing it like the pros.

Thanks, man.

P.S.: I've been repeatedly watching the Hannibal Lecter films last week and now your script comes along, hehehe.

[cmontoya]

@diem: You're good! I hope one or two people can really bring your script to life. Sometimes I wish more comics were of the serious kind. It's fun to read
things like Ultimates but at the end of the day, one realizes that it's just too far fetched. I mean a domestic invasion after an alien one?

@HbH: My wife and I recently watched Hannibal Rising and it was disturbingly good. The French actor who played the younger HL was perfect. We both loved
the sexual tension between him and his older aunt-in-law. So erotic.

[diem]

[color=navy]@HbH, you're welcome bro. Hope this becomes an enjoyable exercise for us all who are interested in making our own comics.

@cmontoya, thanks bro for your kind words. I share the same hope with you. I am also eager to share my versatility as a writer

So in connection to that, here are a couple of common popular jokes that I've turned into comic scripts, just for fun. Same rules apply. The artists don't necessarily have to follow the character descriptions and original layout as depicted by the script. As long as they remain true to the story's content, they are free to make any changes that they feel is best and fits their artistic style and sensibilities.

COMIC SCRIPT CHALLENGE #2:

TITLE: "IN-LAWS"

PANEL 1 (3-split) (a) A church bell tolls. (b) A flock of the Faithful enters the church (c) A Mass is being celebrated inside the church.

CAPTION: Ang Huling Lingo ng Sanlibutan.

PANEL 2 A bolt of lightning appears out of nowhere. It burns a flaming pentagram centered by a circle of demonic runes on the floor before the altar.

SFX : DOOOM! sshhhk sshhhhkk!

PANEL 3 People run in screaming terror as a huge hand burst out of the flaming pentagram.

MONSTER'S BUBBLE: FREEE!
PEOPLE (various bubbles) AAAAAIIIIIIEEEEE~! Argh!

PANEL 4 The hand belongs to a Dark God rising out from a fiery hole of the ground. This maybe the Devil, or an ancient Forgotten God of Despair and Destruction! The Horned Lord of Nightmares. It stares with hate at the people, as small as ants compared to it, fleeing in fear.

The pews are nearly empty except for one man, sitting calmly at directly the front of the rising God of Death and Darkness.

DARK GOD: Tumakbo kayo pero wala kayong kaligtasan! Ito na ang katapusan niyong lahat..! Mawawasak ang mundo niyo at... (shock) ?!!?

PANEL 5. The Diabolical Entity places its terrible visage eye-level to the lone man who remained, sitting in the front pew. The Diabolical Entity's huge maw is open in a roar but the man appears unfazed.

DARK GOD: Bakit ka nagpaiwan? Nanginginig ka sa matinding takot at sindak? Handa ka na ba sa iyong malagim na katapusan?!
MAN: Okay lang ako, hindi ako natatakot sa iyo.
DARK GOD: Anong klaseng sagot iyan? Dahil sa takot nababaliw ka at hindi mo na alam ang kaharap mo.
MAN: Alam ko kung sino ka at hindi ako natatakot sa iyo!

PANEL 6 The Demonic God roars in frustration at the man who turns away and we see a resigned look of irritation on his face as if the man's confessing something he didn't want to.

DARK GOD: BAKIT??! Bakit ka hindi natatakot...?!!
MAN: Tseh. Asawa ko ang ate mo!

MINI-PANEL #7: The Demonic God becomes a pale ghost-like wimpy caricature of its former terribleness. It appears as meek as a lamb as it's eyes are now blank with shock and disbelief like this (O_o). The man also becomes a caricature of an irritated fellow, veins thick and out.

DARK GOD: Aaah...UHH..~
MAN: Kung bibisita ka, dapat tumawag ka muna!

COMIC SCRIPT CHALLENGE #3:

TITLE: "IN-LAWS version 2.0"

PANEL 1 - On a long country road, a lone car drives under a dark cloud.

SFX: Vrooom vroom

PANEL 2 - Inside the car, the dark cloud's source is revealed to come the angry aura of A COUPLE. They seem to be in a rude feud or lovers quarrel. The woman sits with her arms and eyebrow crossed, watching her partner as he sits hunched over the wheel gripping tight with too hands. Their expressions are both unpleasantly ugly.

PANEL 3 - As if we're in the backseat of the car, we see a carabao rising from its mudpool through the windshield. The couple see it too. The man even points to it with a toothy and mean grin to his companion.

MAN: Kamag-anak mo?
SFX (man's chuckle) <hehe>

PANEL 4 - The car is passing the carabao who seems to be in a wonder. The woman turns to the driver with a meaner smirk on her face while the man continues on driving, hunched over, hands gripping the wheel utterly in a darker mood than before.

WOMAN: Oo nga-- ang biyenan ko.
SFX <woman's chuckle> hihihi
SFX <man's growl> grrr.