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Much like J.R.R. Tolkien did with his storytelling in The Lord of The Rings (not that my meager webcomic can even compare with a great work of literature such as that), I'm telling my story in chunks. Events overlap with one another to some extent in my comic, but there's no real easy way to bounce back and forth between Gabor and Fairuza's tale, Jo and Mitsuki's tale, Faisal and Raheema's tale, and so forth, without causing massive amounts of either A) head trauma, or 2) whiplash.
There is definitely more story to tell on the Flat Side of Isifni, but before I can continue telling you that story, I have to tell you what's happening on the Flip Side of Isifni first. That means learning about what happened to Aziza after Raheema zapped her, what's happening with Faisal managing reconstruction of the bike shop, and of course, what's happening with Madeline on her journey into north Africa. (Whoa, remember Madeline?)
There is indeed a madness to my method. If I didn't have to worry about making money at my day job so I can eat food and pay rent, I'd be able to tell this story more quickly. But for now, I'm stuck with simple weekly updates.
I hope you do stick around for the ride though. It's going to be great!
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Well, *I* think it's going to be great at least.
Thanks for your question! Please feel free to ask me questions related to my comic. (I promise, no spoilers!) -
That question needs a verb and a properly spelled pronoun.
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It's a tie between Kyle MacLachlan as Agent Dale Cooper, and Winona Ryder as Lydia Deetz.
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I'm not really much of a cosplayer, but if I had to I would go as Ace, companion of the seventh Doctor. I always liked her, and I liked that she always called him 'Professor'.
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I'm currently reading 'Permutation City' by Greg Egan. If you enjoy cyberpunk, or pondering the nature of self, give it a read.
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My dream car is an East German Trabbi that runs on rotten vegetables and gets over 200 miles per gallon.
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Film: The Navigator (not the Disney one, but the Down Under one)
Song: Gloomy Sunday (any version, but I'm partial to Dimanda Galás' version)
Book: A Flower Does Not Talk (a book about Zen)
Comic: Hopeless Savages (because it's awesome)
Website: Umm, no idea.
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I'll take the gasoline and a lit candle (is it Roman?), and use my imagination after that.
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As long as I'm promised eternal release from this living death from which I suffer, I'm in.
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I have a drawer with a handful of school papers from my childhood that my mom kept for me after I moved out. It's probably a good thing that she saved *something* of my youth, because I destroyed everything else. I shredded my high school yearbooks and burned the pieces. I threw away so many other things, things I don't even remember at this point. I don't know what it was that I was trying to escape by destroying my few possessions of youth. I hardly remember anything before age 10, and my teenage years were lost in a blur of depression and self-loathing.
One thing that managed to stay with me since I was 10, 11, 12 (can't remember which year exactly), is my teddy bear, Kingsley. I got him in, let's say 1985 since I don't remember the exact year, as a christmas present from my maternal grandmother. It wasn't a particularly meaningful present. I had no significant bond with my grandmother, nor was I particularly interested in teddy bears. I guess she got me one because I was the only one of her four grandkids who didn't have one.
Could I bear to part with my, uh, bear? I probably could, actually. But for whatever reason, he's pretty much the only thing I have left from my childhood (other than the drawer of my elementary school homework, which I could totally get rid of).
I don't know right off the top of my head if there's anything abstract that I couldn't bear to part with. I'd have to give it some more thought. -
Probably National Geographic. That magazine is brilliant because it covers so many different subjects between its pages. I've seen culture, science, sociology, psychology, history, archaeology, and so many more subjects, all with the fantastic photography you come to expect from National Geographic. This year they're doing a full-year special on the subject of seven billion people on the planet. I'm looking forward to reading about it.
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I distinctly recall two key sources in my life which inspired and taught me to draw. The first was Commander Mark on the PBS show "The Secret City". I watched that show every week while it was on. The mural was the coolest part and it inspired me to start drawing space and sci-fi themed drawing. The other major influence was Ed Emberley's drawing books. These were step-by-step instruction books for drawing all sorts of things. It was designed for kids using a very simple geometric line style, but with just a few lines and shapes, these books taught kids to make all sorts of amazing things with lines on paper.
As for how I got so cool? Well ... I just try to be myself. -
Euler's number comes to mind. But I'm also fond of i, π, and 42.
The equation e^(i*π) = -1 has always blown my mind. Euler's identity. I've even contemplated getting it tattooed on my body because it's just that cool. -
Mostly as a social experiment I suppose. It would be interesting to see how people interacted with me if they made the assumption that I was, in this example, a straight guy.
The challenge would be in posting tweets that would be convincing as whatever persona I chose to adopt.
Another reason why I might do such a thing would be to try and express another aspect of my own personality that I felt never receives any airtime in my regular day-to-day identity. Twitter would be a way to express that identity in some small way, 140 characters at a time.
But the big thing why it would be easier to have a Twitter alter ego as opposed to a real-life alter ego is that it doesn't require a physical form to go with it. I can't *be* a straight guy, obviously. I tried, and I just kept getting attracted to lesbians anyway.
I don't know. I guess it boils down to my big desire to have the same mutant superpower as Mystique: the ability to shapeshift. If I could do that, then I could be anyone I wanted to be. That would be incredible. -
Her father is Danish, and her ancestry is Scandinavian, but she was born in Portugal. I worded things a little better with Gabrielle a little farther down the page, saying that she is Irish, but born in Greece.
Jo is (very loosely) based on me, because I was born in Portugal and I have Scandinavian ancestry. I mean, vikings get around. You know? ;) -
What if I say "no"? Then you'd feel really stupid for having already asked me a question. Or what if I said "yes, but you only get to ask one". Then you would have used up your one question asking me a really lame question about whether or not you could ask me a question.
And then there's the issue of "can" versus "may". I'm sure you're perfectly capable of asking me a question as evidenced by the fact that you *did* ask me a question. So clearly you are able to ask questions, and given that you asked a question of me, then it is safe to conclude that yes, you can in fact ask me a question, because you already did. But there is the inference there that you don't necessarily mean are you *able* to ask a question but rather if it is *permitted* to ask a question. On Formspring, it's expected to ask questions, so it's a safe to assume that it is in fact permissible to ask questions of people. Whether or not you receive an answer is another story entirely. -
Define "weird". I live in Eugene, and it's pretty weird by national standards.
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Answer #1: I really like gouda, asiago, ridiculously sharp cheddar, many cheeses from the deli which I can't remember the names of just now, swiss, and probably many more.
Answer #2: I don't have any questions just yet, and I hate asking stupid or mundane questions of people. But that's just me. -
I'm rather fond of comedic horror such as Evil Dead II, Shaun of the Dead, or Zombieland. Yes, all three of those feature zombies or the undead. I enjoy zombie films, but I'm also fond of vampire films. Sadly most vampire flicks these days couldn't really be considered 'horror'. They fell into the much broader category of 'supernatural' some time ago.
I think zombie movies have struck a chord with twenty-first century film audiences because of an anxiety we have of social collapse, in addition to the more traditional interpretation of zombies as mindless consumers. There are zombie walks, zombie weddings, zombie video games, and so on. The western world loves zombies for some reason, but it's only when they're combined with a dash of humor that I can really appreciate them. This is mostly because I don't do suspense.
In fact I *hate* suspense. Films that have slow pacing for long stretches only to have the killer, alien, demon, leap out for a split second for a bit of gore and screaming really doesn't work for me. I watched Alien on fast forward just so that I could get to the point and see the bloody thing without having to go "oo, oo, oo, is it around *this* corner?"
Another genre I enjoy that isn't necessarily halloweeny but definitely falls into the horror and supernatural categories is apocalyptic films. The Prophecy was fantastic, and I did enjoy Constantine despite the wooden nature of Keanu Reeves. (It was all about Tilda Swinton as Gabriel in that film!) And Catholic doom and gloom really makes for some excellent film imagery. And when combined with intelligent writing and a great story, such as the television series Brimstone, I have to give religious apocalyptic films two thumbs up (except when they suck, like Legion did).
As for favorite monsters, the classic silver screen monsters are definitely at the top of the list with characters like Nosferatu, the Invisible Man, Boris Karloff's Mummy and Frankenstein, the Wolfman, and of course Bela Lugosi's Dracula. But I have to admit I'm also a fan of a fair amount of kaiju, though Americans just don't do kaiju right. (Although Cloverfield was kind of interesting despite the nausea-inducing camerawork.)
Halloween is definitely my favorite holiday of the year. It's a shame that I don't pour more energy into a good costume. But that's because I don't get invited to halloween parties. -
The thing that drew me to your character in the first place was your use of 'natural log' as a derivative of your name. So I would have to say that *math* reminds me of you. Math is geeky, sexy, intelligent, and able to explain the mysteries of the universe. Or it can make crass jokes on calculators, but we'll just let that one slide.
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ellejohara’s Bio
I drink booze and draw comics and illustrations.
