Modacity: The Series?

[thehoodedsmack]

Maybe I'm just a sucker for praise, but I figure what the hell, I may as well show these off.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f141/thehoodedsmack/THEGHOST.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f141/thehoodedsmack/LLAMAJUICE.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f141/thehoodedsmack/SNAFUBAR.jpg

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f141/thehoodedsmack/BODZILLA.jpg

These are concepts I made a few months back, which were promptly uploaded, forgotten about, and rediscovered.

They were initially going to be pitched as a regularly updated web-series. What I would now like is a yay or nay from you, the intended audience, as to whether or not pursue this endevour.

Your thoughts.

[Limited]

Do more..

NOW :O

[BobtheGreatII]

Win.

[Inferno]

Me! Me!

[klange]

I should so totally post a reference of myself for you, 'cause I so totally deserve to be in on this, right? Heh, heh?

[Rob Oplawar]

I'd read it.

@Bacon: only people with maxed out rep bars get to be in web comics.

[Roostervier]

how do you explain llama juice? :raise:

[klange]

I'd read it.

@Bacon: only people with maxed out rep bars get to be in web comics.
Fine, I'll just go write my own webco- oh wait, I tried that already. :gonk:

@Rooster: It's more a question of "why doesn't Llama have maxed out rep bars?"

[teh lag]

somehow i don't think that this will fare much better than agay's comic, in longevity or comedic value

[Inferno]

You just have to have a light green bar. Not maxed.

[Disaster]

I'd read it.

@Bacon: only people with maxed out rep bars get to be in web comics.
:saddowns:

[klange]

You just have to have a light green bar. Not maxed.
Way to get yourself in on the action.


I think it'll do fine. It's a different direction than the original comic.

[thehoodedsmack]

somehow i don't think that this will fare much better than agay's comic, in longevity or comedic value

This is of course a chief concern. The appeal of it becomes less for the series itself, and more of "do me, do me!" And if that's the case, I'd rather introduce some standing site mascots in order to prevent the onslaught of caricature requests.

[Llama Juice]

@Rooster: It's more a question of "why doesn't Llama have maxed out rep bars?"

'cause you guys don't +rep me enough. :3

I say go for it, make a comic or two and see how it goes :P I'd like to see what you'd do with it :P

E: at any rate, can I use your banner as my sig?

[Inferno]

I'm angry at inferno for some reason. I guess I'm PMS'ing

FTFY + I know.

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I would totally read that comic regardless if I'm in it. I just want to be.

[klange]

This is of course a chief concern. The appeal of it becomes less for the series itself, and more of "do me, do me!" And if that's the case, I'd rather introduce some standing site mascots in order to prevent the onslaught of caricature requests.
You could, of course, plan ahead, set some rules for who gets in, and then prepare to put everyone that fits into that category into at least one strip. Or you could always outsource the comic to the forum and let us help.


/k *nf3*

[blind]

im the lead character

[Inferno]

im the lead character
^^

Also its a alternate reality where blind is a admin. Good story element.

[thehoodedsmack]

You could, of course, plan ahead, set some rules for who gets in, and then prepare to put everyone that fits into that category into at least one strip. Or you could always outsource the comic to the forum and let us help.

If you guys want, I'll do up a few, see how it goes, and let the community judge from there. The idea of community collaboration also intrigues.

@ Llama: Go for it.

[teh lag]

This is of course a chief concern. The appeal of it becomes less for the series itself, and more of "do me, do me!" And if that's the case, I'd rather introduce some standing site mascots in order to prevent the onslaught of caricature requests.

Therein lies a major problem. I don't think it's possible to have an accurate set of "mascots" for a site like ours without everyone clamoring to be included. I suppose you could just take site staff and the most active users, but already that's a huge cast to maintain... there's also not so much to be had in the realm of jokes imo. Agay's comic was "heh, what if the CONSPIRACY was REALLY A CONSPIRACY?" and the jokes got progressively more stale as it went on. In something like this, I think we could only laugh at, say - caricatured Ghost not caring about the site or caricatured Robert Graham coming back as an alt or caricatured Teh Lag talking about Touhou or caricatured Timo lining everyone up for pictures - a few times before those get old as well. And then once we've dried up inside-joke references, we're moving into nonsensical humor that really has nothing to do with the site at all.

Maybe I'm just a killjoy though... I get a mildly pretentious vibe from a community as small as ourselves turning itself into a "heh look at us and how totally zany we all are"-type webcomic.

[ICEE]

ICEE: that guy no one cares about but he posts as if he were funny anyways

[Sel]

since when is snaf white

[Ki11a_FTW]

for bod you have to have him with his shirt off like his youtube videos haha

[Syuusuke]

since when is snaf white

since brown stopped existing in smack's computer

duh

[El Lobo]

Those are really cool and well done. Interesting concept.

:lobo:

[Masterz1337]

Why not call it Modacity: Legends and turn it into an anime?

[PopeAK49]

Oh God...

[Llama Juice]

Why not call it Modacity: Legends and turn it into an anime?

'cause then he'd have to animate a flashing colored background behind the comics.... and that's just more work.

[Masterz1337]

Na, he can just draw an animate it once nad use it for 5 years, and then he can jsut revese it so it appears there's more than on.

[ICEE]

^ or negate the colors

[Atty]

make mine or i ban you

[kid908]

make me or I ban you too. :realsmug::rolleyes:

[Limited]

No comic is complete without an English person in it.

[TomClancy]

I'd read it.

[ExAm]

I'd read it too, loving the idea. Is it my turn to pander for a character of my own now? :downs:

[rossmum]

the fuck is mine

[Mass]

I kind of agree with lag.

I think you should just make caricatures for us to laugh at, because there is little to no comic potential in the boring generalizations of users, and a web-comic is more work than you ought to take on just to make a few people chuckle (almost.)

[Reaper Man]

Where am I? :saddowns:

As for characters, the people I view as the representative of modacity are

bod
noobinator
atty
llama juice
snaf
the staff
ross (he's mad http://img30.imageshack.us/img30/9819/rossc.gif)
CN
Innergoat

These are the people I see in pretty much every thread.

[Reaper Man]

As for episodes, they can be like the illustrated FML's, find a significant thread of that week, and present it in comic form.

[Llama Juice]

For the different comics you should take stuff that recently happened on the forum and retell it in comic form, that'd be swell.

I can't believe nobody else has come up with this idea yet!

[Warsaw]

Oh man, the CMT thread would be a prime supplier for content. XD

[flibitijibibo]

Some-a you don't seem to remember Murphy's Law.

[Heathen]

Cartoon bod ftw.

Do me.

[Ifafudafi]

Cynical as I am, I really think there's not much you could do with a webcomic about the site. Disregarding the fact that you'll offend anyone who isn't included, the dramas and inside-jokes aren't really enough to last more than a few strips before you have to start extrapolating and just making stuff up, which would really just turn it into another generic comic nobody cares about.

(That, and the last artist's interpretation of myself was a sea otter with a pizza for a head with a giant brain tacked on.)

[Rentafence]

Cynical as I am, I really think there's not much you could do with a webcomic about the site. Disregarding the fact that you'll offend anyone who isn't included, the dramas and inside-jokes aren't really enough to last more than a few strips before you have to start extrapolating and just making stuff up, which would really just turn it into another generic comic nobody cares about.

What do you know about literature? What are you, an English teacher or something?

[El Lobo]

I'll be the dead guy.

:lobo:

[p0lar_bear]

I'd like to see this happen.

Personally, my beef with Murphy's Law and Serious Business was that they were abruptly cut off due to Aggy getting banned on both occasions. There was going to be more, but then there wasn't. If things started going downhill with the series, or if it hit a logical end and you made an actual end comic (much like Concerned, Bob And George, MS Paint Adventures's Problem Sleuth), that would be okay.

As for people featured in the comic, it shouldn't be a federal fucking issue. The artist decides who should show up in an issue, and if you're not in it, don't get butthurt about it, and simply don't try for it.

e: my god those caricatures are perfect. Especially loving SnaF's and Bod's.

[Kornman00]

Do it. Do it now.

[neuro]

I'd read it.

@Bacon: only people with maxed out rep bars get to be in web comics.

if everyone -rep spams the people who are in, will they die in the series?

[p0lar_bear]

if everyone -rep spams the people who are in, will they die in the series?

I can see this joke being used in a comic.

[SnaFuBAR]

you'll probably depict me as smashing some kids snap-tite model or something ):

[Bodzilla]

Oh so just because i stick it in n00bs pooper i'm dead on the inside

WUT IS DIS

[Bodzilla]

somehow i don't think that this will fare much better than agay's comic, in longevity or comedic value
thats cause in aggys i never got to say a freakign werd before you cunts banned him


FFFFF

this will be win.

[Heathen]

How am I not in every thread?

[Heathen]

Love the stolen rooster teeth style though. :/

[PopeAK49]

If you make a white man in a native parka, then that would be cool.

[NuggetWarmer]

Sounds like fun. I'd read it even if I wasn't in it.

[n00b1n8R]

http://kudossurf.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/196217268_1703431390_amc-mp-starsky-hutch-benowen.jpg
Do it.

[Bodzilla]

i actually say DO IT


true story.

[Trinx]

Llama Juice I made it better 4 u
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/82/llamajuice.png

[MetKiller Joe]

I say do it. Give em some color and you would be good. I think you have plenty of fodder for jokes considering what goes on in the forums.

[rossmum]

if you do make one for me, may as well dress me in the hearts and bunnies since i think we all know i'd never take the damn things off if i wasn't forced to when off duty :downs:

[Llama Juice]

If you do one for Ross, will you give him a http://i20.twenga.com/2/tp/16/68/796164705602511668.png but with a full sized prop to it?

[Rosco]

i cant wait to see cn3089s

[TVTyrant]

You guys need one of me. You have no fat people!!

[Corndogman]

I think it will only work if you use certain people with distinct personalities, not just the most frequent/oldest members, because frankly there will be no variety. Bod and Ross will be good, as well as a few others like SnaF, Aerowyn, KM00, Reaper, Llama, blind etc.

[TeeKup]

Do one of me. Do it. It could be really funny.

[blind]

12345 I should be in this I am both vibrant and sexy

[Kornman00]

brings back memories of the 'ol Aggy days with his gmod comic thingy

i cant wait to see cn3089s
I believe you meant to say "i cant wait to cnnumbers" :saggy:

[SnaFuBAR]

brings back memories of the 'ol Aggy days with his gmod comic thingy

I believe you meant to say "i cant wait to cnnumbers" :saggy:

i vote we change his name to seacucumber for a week

[sdavis117]

i vote we change his name to seacucumber for a week

I second this motion.

[Inferno]

Thirdtacular.

[flibitijibibo]

ThirdFourth'd.

[klange]

Fifth'd.

[TVTyrant]

C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

We need Ross and Blind. Blind for lulz, Ross for brains.

[klange]

and have him as the only anime style character!
Make him a Strike Witch :3

[Corndogman]

We need Ross just to make fun of his plane obsession. :downs:

[Rob Oplawar]

If you get burnt out or simply fall behind, you can always fall back on guest comics. There are several people around here who would be good for one or maybe two comics. *coughs*me*coughs*bacon*coughs*
Hell, that might actually be a more appropriate way to approach the whole thing. Aggy made a couple, now you make a couple, then somebody else makes a couple, and on down the line. Perhaps it's even a good thing that they've been spaced so far apart- even a once-weekly comic might be too much. D:
Just thinking out loud.

[thehoodedsmack]

Just an update: still considering story ideas. The most frequently thought is that the comics will consist of a number of reocurring, sometimes interchangable casts, which alternate depeding on the story arc. Need to figure out whose personalities play off one another first.

Also considering the idea that only people who donate to the site get in. Do something good for your community, get something back, ya know?

Another thought is an animated series. I've done Flash work before, and it might turn out better appreciated than a sometimes-updated series of half-assed jokes. Off to do some character models. Will update when I'm ready.

[Llama Juice]

If you're doing flash, will we voice act our own characters? :P

If you do flash that'd be awesome, assuming you'd let me steal a clip to toss on my youtube page :P haha

[Rob Oplawar]

I request for my character to be voiced by Nathan Fillion.

[rossmum]

doing what any of these scrubs suggested for me will result in the wholesale destruction of yourself and all you hold dear, just a heads-up

[Inferno]

Make rossmum a airplane. A pink airplane. A airplane being raped by a ant lion. That kind of airplane.

[ThePlague]

I wanna be in it :(

[PopeAK49]

Or make him a drunk bush pilot.

[Gwunty]

I should randomly appear in corners
why?
cuz thats what I do here
thats how I roll~

[PopeAK49]

The modacity stalker...Wait a second!

[Corndogman]

yeah, but it kind of helps to have context so you know the tone you should voice it in. I agree though it would be nice if you didn't already know the whole thing.

[Heathen]

i vote we change his name to seacucumber for a week
I say do it.

Now I cant read it any other way.

[TomClancy]

Make him a Strike Witch :3
Oh that's cold.

[klange]

Oh that's cold.
I play dirty.

[Kornman00]

Kind of like how your avatar looks like it has something in between it's legs?

[Llama Juice]

I'd read it.

@Bacon: only people with maxed out rep bars get to be in web comics.


how do you explain llama juice? :raise:


Rooster: It's more a question of "why doesn't Llama have maxed out rep bars?"

I has maxed out bars now.

You don't have to hold off on making the series anymore Smack. It's cool.

:P

[Rosco]

Neat. Ghostie looks cool. Bodzilla looks like that one prick from that internet based comic about 2 guys, one whom of which is a gamer and the other is a down to earth prick

[thehoodedsmack]

Update and closure:

Over the last couple days, I have tried my best to restart this project. However, due to personal time allocation, I'm sorry to say that the comic will have to be put on hold. Trust me when I say I'm not just bailing out. The first arc was to feature a reinvention of Snaf's Monthly Modeling Challenge, where members would be forced to use real-world materials to create their designs. It wasn't that bad a story, if I say so myself. Ross was gonna make a plane out of Play-Doh.

Anyways, I'm currently in the middle of a few things: I'll be going back to school soon, and I'm also taking a bigger role in managing my family's painting business. On top of that, I don't even own a scanner. I have to sketch out each panel, take a picture of it with my webcam, then trace all that. It takes a lot more of my time than I'd like. So until I can find free time to devote to this comic, it's going to be put on hold.

However, if anyone else wants to take up the job, you're more than welcome. I'd like to see a community series come together, no matter who the artist is.

I'm sorry to everyone who got their hopes up over this. I'd like to return to it someday, but unfortunately life throws us some curveballs sometimes. In the meantime, maybe I'll consider doing holiday specials or something, if I get time to doodle in class. ;3 Thank you for your understanding, and thank you for your support.

[Llama Juice]

/wrists.

[Rob Oplawar]

my ref:
http://spacebrick.net/pictures/blog_gallery/portrait.jpg
/shameless repost

[klange]

my ref:
/shameless repost
Waitaminute... Aren't you the one who actually said this to me when I told you to post a reference picture somewhere? :raise:

[Rob Oplawar]

The difference is, you're not a girl. I have to do whatever a girl tells me to do. True story.

Also, how you make yourself show up as banned? Hax. Unless you really are banned. In which case, good riddance.
e: oh, you just disabled rep. you sly devil. :P

[Rob Oplawar]

Yah, but I can't use those on this computer.
Well, I could set up a virtual windows machine... I think they'll let me do that...