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Comic: Dreamland

Dec 07, 2007 17:21

Well, after getting such a positive response, I'm definitely continuing this story!

Chapter Title: Highway in the Sky, Part B
Author: Quod Scripsi
Rating: Blue Cortina for mild slash (Gene/Sam)
Summary: A hideous triple murder leads Sam and the rest of CID on a spiralling investigation into Manchester's seedy and glittering underbelly.
Spoilers: ( Read more... )

fic, pairing: sam/gene, fic type: slash, fanart

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sytaxia December 8 2007, 08:58:13 UTC

This is absolutely wonderful - a very intriguing story and very good artwork! I love the detailing in the backgrounds, and the way that you set panels up is very clean and reminiscent of comics of the era - no splash pages or ingrained panels like are found in graphic novelizations today - it really makes it feel like 1973, in so many ways. There is a typo in panel 20, "morge" should be "morgue," but I can't find any others... You really do have a great talent, and the tie-straightening in panel 3 captures Gene's body language perfectly.

quod_scripsi December 9 2007, 00:14:26 UTC

Thanks! I'm glad you like the more traditional panel set-up, I was worried people would find it too boring!. I'm with you, I can't stand splash pages and the such. They're good every once and a while to make an effect, but not every page.

Thanks again for the comment!

--j

PS: Completely off-topic, but will we be getting a new Jabberwocky chapter soon? I'm going through withdrawls... ;-)

sytaxia December 9 2007, 18:37:25 UTC

Definitely - I love Alan Moore's Promethea, but the layout in that book is maddening! Maddening, I tell you! Every issue, nothing was ordered in a sensible fashion...

And there will definitely be more Jabberwocky soon - work has been a bit hectic of late, so I've barely had time to pop in and catch up on comments and such, plus I've had a few short fics to finish that I promised a few people, but I swear, I haven't given up on it, and I'm really hoping on having a lot more posted by the end of December (at least five parts, I hope). The big project at work is nearing completion, so I should have more time soon... Sorry abotu the wait...

Butting in... sorry! draycevixen December 10 2007, 17:13:10 UTC

Of course Moore probably isn't responsible for the lack of frames. :D I'm a huge fan of both "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and "V for Vendetta" both loaded with beautiful frames. "V for Vendetta" is one of my personal favourites as I love David Lloyd's work -- so much to look at in every frame, so much expressed by body language.

*butts out*

Re: Butting in... sorry! quod_scripsi December 10 2007, 19:30:10 UTC

V for Vendetta is my absolute favorite graphic novel ever. I've lost count the number of times I've read it.

The frame set-up and artwork in V is one of my big inspirations for this comic (the other would probably be the equally lovely Road to Perdition)and I'm constantly drawn to Lloyd's use of strong shadows in his work. He does seem to pack in so much detail without being cluttered in his panels. In fact, our dear Mickey White here was based heavily on Mr. Finch in V. Lloyd manages to create characters that have such "ordinary" looking faces that they sort of stand out when placed in a comic.

--j

Re: Butting in... sorry! draycevixen December 10 2007, 19:41:42 UTC

*jumps up and down* I just don't think Lloyd ever gets enough respect. Everyone always talks about V4V as Moore's work and they don't pay enough attention to the fact that Moore himself says so many of the major visual points were decided by Lloyd. There is a flow to his work that is amazing, often just a subtle change of line suggesting a hidden meaning. I have friends who've met Lloyd and are lucky enough to own some of his original artwork *Not normally an envious person but, damn it!*

I thought I recognized Finch but I didn't want you to think that I'm a complete nutter... just an incomplete one. :D

I used to write "V for Vendetta" fan fiction

Re: Butting in... sorry! quod_scripsi December 10 2007, 22:28:56 UTC

V, I find, is just the perfect blend of words and art in any comic I've read. I don't think I would love V as much if it weren't for the art. Moore and Lloyd created such a perfect rhythm between the images and the words. Nothing feels choppy when I read it. Then of course there are those wonderful panels where there are no words, just great cuts between characters (like when Rosemary finally met Susan at the end.) Oh, and then the whole "Vicious Cabaret" sequence at the very beginning of Book 2!

Probably the one thing that I love the most about V's artwork is that it seems like it should be "dated", but yet it fits so perfectly into the period they set it in. Seriously, if the events of V panned out IRL, it seems that 1997 would look just like it did in the comic. I never feel like I'm reading something that was written in the 80s.

Everyone always talks about V4V as Moore's work and they don't pay enough attention to the fact that Moore himself says so many of the major visual points were decided by Lloyd.I know! Hell, wasn ( ... )

Re: Butting in... sorry! draycevixen December 10 2007, 22:41:51 UTC

Yes, the Guy Fawkes disguise was Lloyd's idea.

I agree totally that the work is not dated -- In that regard it is like any other good novel. So many graphic novels end up dating badly.

He does a lot of "guest" work for people. His last full length piece was Kickback, which he also wrote.

You can see some pages from it here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1593076592/ref=sib_fs_top/105-1982276-4796413?ie=UTF8&p=S006&checkSum=xN4xjET5BR1hcMzHN6HUgxW2z82PZ0%2BDigkiXAgZzcE%3D#reader-link

Re: Butting in... sorry! sytaxia December 11 2007, 04:41:35 UTC

Oooh - you know, I think I can tell that you were inspired by "Perdition;" the inking format really does feel like it did in those books...

I didn't catch Mr. Finch at all, but then again, it's been far too long since I last read V or Watchmen... *adds to list of things to do once Jabberwocky is done*

Re: Butting in... sorry! sytaxia December 11 2007, 04:40:00 UTC

I doubt that Moore is responsible for the frames in Promethea, that is true - while some comics authors spell out every panel in a script, Moore tends to work more as a partner with the artists that draw his books.

I definitely love the artwork and distinctive styles of both V and LoXG, and I love the way that LoXG allows itself to simply follow a panel-by-panel format, just like quod_scripsi is using here and like the ones that were used in V and "The Watchmen."

Re: Butting in... sorry! draycevixen December 11 2007, 05:41:03 UTC

Ah The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. An example of fan fiction that someone *actually* got paid for! :D

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