Theo: That's pretty damned fantastic for a draft! I can only imagine how good it'd look with finished pencils/inks etc etc. Probably not necessary to have the inks, not until we get our property up and running anyway!

With regards to whether we're keeping this site as our ideas site or not, that's a good suggestion. We'll just keep this blog where we can bandy about our ideas and if we get something up and running, we'll get a proper website. OoOOo...getting excited!

Also, I'll leave it up to you to take artistic license over what actually appears on the panels. Everyone knows I can't draw and while I have a certain sense of positioning and camera angles and stuff like that, because you're the artist, you've had a better grasp of what looks better, storytelling-wise, than I do. I'm happy to just come up with the ideas and the crux of the story, but please feel free to make changes and alter stuff as you see fit.

With regards to the revised Ladiesman217 script, I think the 9th panel is probably unnecessary. With the original toothy grin, I think we get what Sam's intention is already. Plus, I really like that 8th panel, which further cements his predatory ways. But the 9th panel would seem a bit gratuitous...you know the saying "less is more"? If we leave out the 9th panel, we could leave it up to the imaginations of our readers...and they can think of some pretty nasty things!

LadiesMan217 first draft

First and incomplete draft.. :oP Apology to readers, for now you'll have to save the pic to see it in its entirety as 400 width doesn't allow much detail (e.g. the speech) to be seen properly.

Nonetheless, here's the 400 width one:

LadiesMan217

Wooo, hey Ian, did a bit of visualizing in my head and here's a little addition to your original :oD

Panel 1 - Barricade "interrogating" Sam.
(View from back with Sam down on his butt and his back facing reader, Barricade facing reader, in threatening pose)

Panel 2 - (Close up panel, side of Sam's and Barricade's faces)
Barricade: "Are you username LadiesMan217?"

Sam: "Uh..."

Panel 3 - Barricade advances more threateningly and asks more fiercely.
(Close up frontal face shot of a very enraged and impatient Barricade, with slight top of Sam's head at bottom of panel)
Barricade: "ARE YOU USERNAME LADIESMAN217?" (red LED eyes blazing)

Panel 4 - (Show top half of Sam's frightened face, sweat dripping down temple and forehead, focus is on his eyes)
Sam: "Uh, no...."

Panel 5 - (Show bottom half of Sam's face. Sam flashes a wide toothy grin at Barricade. Focus on evil predatory grin, showing bared teeth)
Sam: "I'm actually BotLover69."

(Panels 4 and 5 can be just Sam's full face, but split into two frames showing the two different emotions. Panel 6 just beside 4 and 5)

Panel 6 - (Barricade does a o.O face in surprise and (mouth in) revulsion)

Panel 7 - Barricade, with his arms out, leans back and slowly backs away from Sam.

Panel 8 - (Sam audibly "snaps" on latex glove on his right hand. Right hand in foreground, but not completely blocking Sam's face with evil grin)
Sam: "Playtime."

Panel 9 - (View of other part of "set", not showing Sam and Barricade)
Barricade: "Nuh..nuhhh... NOOOOOOOOO!!!!" (words go across panel)

End.

Hehehe..what do you think? Panel 1 and 2 could probably be combined together if necessary.

Hey Ian! Hmm, maybe this site can be where we throw our ideas and stuff in and maybe the preliminary gallery for our work till we get something like a www.28geekslater.com or something. Haha! Whatcha think?

Should we host the webcomics here or somewhere else?

Glad you liked it. Ideas were flying fast and furious in my brain and I wanted to get them all down, which explains the lack of descriptions barring the basic premise and the dialogue.

I like your interpretation of the Ladiesman217 script! Hey, I'm just thinking, if this does pick up like it might, did we want to send our communiques some other way and keep it so that this site becomes the actual host site of the webcomics, OR did we want to start another website just to host the comics?

I know I shouldn't be thinking TOO big, but I'm thinking PvP and Penny Arcade and stuff like that.

Haha, I love Ladiesman217 (poor Barricade), 300 vs Transformers and Chris Latta-mania. The rest are good too! But I love the ones I listed. :oD

Hey Ian! Love this one, hehehe... Fleshing out for some imagery, lemme know what you think too. :oD

Panel 1 - Barricade "interrogating" Sam.
(View from back with Sam down on his butt and his back facing reader, Barricade facing reader, in threatening pose)
Barricade: "Are you Ladiesman217?"

Sam: "Uh..."


Panel 2 - Barricade advances more threateningly and asks more fiercely.

Barricade: "ARE YOU LADIESMAN217?"

Sam: "Uh, no. I'm actually BotLover69."


Panel 3 - Sam flashes a wide toothy grin at Barricade. (focus on evil predatory grin, showing bared teeth)

(Barricade does a o.O face)
Panel 4 - Barricade, with his arms out, leans back and slowly moves away from Sam.

Barricade: "Uh ok. Sorry, my bad."

Fantastic art by Theo!

Theo: Absolutely brilliant! You're doing it more justice than I can do with the script! I don't have an artistic bone in me!

Think I'll stop with the ideas for now, since there are a lot of ideas I've just posted up so far. What do you think so far? Anything really good? Any stinkers?

Which one do you like the most?

300 Vs Transformers

Panel 1 - King Leonidas addressing his 300 Spartans, a la the famous scene from Braveheart.

Leonidas: "We have taken on ALL challengers and we have ruled the Box Office this year! We have shown that we're not just men, we're Spartans!"


Panel 2 - Leonidas continues.

Leonidas: "Spider-man? Pfah, what an emo weakling! Shrek couldn't tame us! The pirates were a bunch of sissy men! WE RULE HOLLYWOOD THIS YEAR! And Tonight! We will dine in hell! FOR SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"


Panel 3 - A huge robotic foot comes out of nowhere and stomps Leonidas flat. A speech bubble comes out from above (off panel).

Optimus: "Autobots! Transform and roll out!"


Panel 4 - The 300 disperse with random lines being uttered by random Spartans.

Line 1: "Well, it was good while it lasted."

Line 2: "Men in costumes just can't beat robots."

Line 3: "I can't believe Bay just pwned Snyder."

A miniaturised Megatron, hiding among the Spartans, turns to a miniaturied Starscream and says: "You fail me yet again, Starscream."

Are you Ladiesman217?

Panel 1 - Barricade "interrogating" Sam.

Barricade: "Are you Ladiesman217?"

Sam: "Uh..."


Panel 2 - Barricade advances more threateningly and asks more fiercely.

Barricade: "ARE YOU LADIESMAN217?"

Sam: "Uh, no. I'm actually BotLover69."


Panel 3 - Sam flashes a wide toothy grin at Barricade.


Panel 4 - Barricade, with his arms out, leans back and slowly moves away from Sam.

Barricade: "Uh ok. Sorry, my bad."

Transform and roll out!

And another! I'm on a ROLL today, haha!


Panel 1 - Optimus Prime, Bumblebee (the old one which turned into a VW) and a few other Autobots standing in a line.

Optimus: "Autobots! Transform and roll out!"


Panel 2 - all the Autobots except Prime and Bumblebee have transformed. Bumblebee looks at Prime and asks:

"Roll out?" The hell does that mean? Shouldn't it be "Drive", or "Speed away", or "Move forward", or "Let's go", or..."


Panel 3 - Optimus takes out his rifle/sword and shoots/chops off Bumblebee's head off his torso.

Panel 4 - The remains of Bumbleebee has fallen to the ground and you can clearly see his "feet" resembling the front of an old school Mercedes Volkswagon. Prime looks straight at the reader and says:

What? He was "bugging" me!


Off panel, or at the bottom right corner of the panel is the word: "ZING!" in bold font.

Chris Latta-mania!

And another!

Panel 1 - Chris Latta (the voice of Starscream and Cobra Commander) in the panel, delivering a monologue - (Theo: You might want to wikipedia him to see what he looks like)

"Hi, my name is Chris Latta. You may remember me as the voice of Cobra Commander from G.I. Joe and Starscream from Transformers. I was also the voice of Montgomery Burns in the first two seasons of the Simpsons."


Panel 2 - still delivering his monologue

"A lot of people might be wondering: Why wasn't I hired to do the voice of Starscream in the 2007 live action Transformers movie? I know a lot of you are big fans of Starscream and Cobra Commander, thanks mostly to my voice (which I'm sure is more recognisable than Peter Cullen aka Optimus Prime).


Panel 3 - still monologue

"Well, in case some of you don't know, I couldn't audition for the part. I've been dead for 15 years. That's how Hank Azaria got my role in The Simpsons..."

Some random dude sticks his head in the panel and yells: "You disappoint me again, Starscream!"


Panel 4 - Latta stares forward blankly.

Panel 5 - Latta about to leave the panel to chase down the random dude.

"Excuse me while I go kick some fleshling butt. And now you know why I wasn't a part of the movie. And knowing is half the battle. COBRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Demolisher 1st Draft

Wooo, ok, first draft to get a feel for panel layout etc.. how's it Ian? Have yet to finish the other panels from your script. :oP

Chronologically disabled!

Well, considering my contributions are ONLY Transformers ones...

By the way, this blog is set to Perth time. But whenever I post, I always change the time to reflect what time it is HERE before I click the "Publish Post" button, which is why the chronological order is screwed up. Do you want me to keep to Perth time to make things fit chronologically? I'll just edit the two Transformers posts to make it so.

Make it so. I feel like a Trek effort coming up.

LOL, ok, I think our diff time zone thingy just messed up the chronological order a bit. :oP

Haha, sounds good Ian! I like the Transformer ones! :oD Will go get some paper and start drawing soon. Hurhur!!!

Transformers webcomic contribution Take 2!

Hmmm...not that great, yeah? How about this one then?

Panel 1 - Optimus Prime and Megatron, in a scene from Transformers: The Movie (the 1986 cartoon version) about to engage in hand to hand combat.

Optimus: "One shall stand, one shall fall."

Megatron: "Why throw away your life so recklessly, Prime?"


Panel 2 - Optimus and Megatron, engaging in hand to hand cmobat.

Optimus: "That's a question I should be asking you, Megatron."

Megatron: "No! I'll rip out your optics!"


Panel 3 - The music/lyrics of Stan Bush's "The Touch" (from Transformers: The Movie) suddenly blares across the top of the panel.

"...You're at your best when the going gets tough, you've been put to the test but it's never enough...you've got the touch...you've got the power..."

Optimus and Megatron stop fighting momentarily and look upwards at the lyrical text.


Panel 4 - Optimus and Megatron walking off screen.

Megatron: "This movie blows. 'The Touch'? What the hell? Someone put us in a GOOD movie already!"

Optimus: "I heard Michael Bay was available. We need to do something about that pussy Bumblebee though...what a whiner. And who the hell calls their kids 'Spike' nowadays?

My first attempt at a webcomic script!

Somehow, I think we really should do something about the Transformers. After all, it's just it's only the biggest in-thing right now!

I was thinking something along the lines of that trivia stuff Theo put up in his blog?

Panel 1 - Devastator (the tank) is rolling across the street, crushing all manners of vehicles in its path.

"GRAH! I am Demolisher, puny humans! Feel my wrath!"

Panel 2 - Random editor sticks his head into the panel. He tells the robot: "Uhm, actually, since there hasn't been any Transformer by that name, we're changing your name to 'Brawl', since there's already a Combaticon by that name. Carry on."

Panel 3 - Devastator transforms and starts picking up humans and flinging them across the panel.

"GRAH! I am Brawl, puny humans! Feel my fury!"

Panel 4 - The same editor sticks his head into the panel again. He tells the robot: "Uh...just did some checking. Your name's listed as 'Devastator' in the movie, so that's what you're called from now on. Please continue."

Panel 5 - Devastator looks bemused and starts stomping on random vehicles.

"GRAH! I am Devastator, puny humans! Feel my power!"

Panel 6 - Same editor sticking his head in again. "Uh...I've been told by Hasbro execs that there's a Devastator already and he's one of the main characters in the next movie, so..."

Panel 7 - Devastator, obviously annoyed at the editor, tears his head off and chomps it down. Half of the editor's body can still be seen in the panel with blood dripping from the now headless neck.

Panel 8 - Devastator resumes the carnage.

"GRAH! I am annoyed at stupid continuity changes. Kill all fleshlings!"

Yikes! I had completely forgotten all about this blog. I'll contribute some ideas...when I have some! Hey Theo, you know what? Now we can actually WORK on something together again when I'm in Perth! Haha!

Kiasu Law

This scenario just got into my head while I was making coffee:

Geeks face off a bunch of kiasu aunties who are jostling to buy a PS3 for their kids/grandkids/nieces/nephews, and the aunties are formed together with their umbrellas acting as spears and shields (open umbrellas), with their "helmets" of permed hair or maybe even mohawks. And they're screaming against the geeks, "No retreat! No surrender! For this is kiasu law!!!"

Hmm, sounds familiar, no? Hahaha!!! Maybe we can fit that into the comic somewhere. Hurhur!

Ideas will come flowing from me...probably 28 days later

heh. Looks like I've got to change my font colour while this blog is still using the default black background! Feel free to change the background anytime you want to, Theo.

Anyway, my first post in this blog! And I didn't even know this blog existed until I came online this morning! Since I AM a self-professed geek (and not nerd...we know that geeks are so much cooler than nerds), it seems that this type of site would suit me to a T. Especially since I'll be one of those participating and contributing ideas to this blog, dedicated to "publishing" our very own comic/web comic/cartoon strip/web strip/potential movie in the making.

Sooooo...I wonder how we go about doing this? Surely we have to start from somewhere and not randomly post a blog entry (like I'm doing right now) asking about how we're going to do this?

Thoughts!

Introduction

Hello everyone! This "28 Geeks Later" idea struck me yesterday as I was reading the forums and came across a thread title "just watched 28 weeks today"

Most of us will know that 28 Weeks Later is a zombie movie of sorts, though personally, I've yet to see that and 28 Days Later. But seeing "Weeks" sorta opened my mind and my inner geek up.

Why not have a spoof comic or movie of sorts titled "28 Geeks Later"? :oD The idea of zombified geeks lusting after PS3 sets, various geek toys and stuff would be cool eh! All that while the hero geek tries to achieve something (which I haven't thought of yet) to save the day.

A brief introduction on the co-authors, both of whom count as the greatest friends I ever have:

Ian - [Script] An old church buddy whom, I believe, shares the same zany humour with me and fed on our regular diet of Animaniacs, Freakazoid, Army of Darkness (Ian introduced me to it, brilliant stuff!) and various other things.

Rees - [Colourist] Another good ol' friend! As of now, she's in NAFA and we used to have library sessions reading comics or trying to make something out of a Hell^Frog (evil me) character, but that's another comic for another time!

and lastly,

Me - [Line (f)art] Probably someone with a rather warped sense of humour, as yet an amateur "artist", if I may so boldly use that term. Anyhow, ideas and constructive comments will be most welcome!