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2018-08-08, 01:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
I've been playing around with making some fan-comics! I am to say the least obviously not an artist, but I can just about hack together a bad knockoff of an early-GiantITP style, which is what I've done, and I've been doing a bit of world and character building for this that I hope you'll enjoy. Updates are likely to be dependent largely on when I get time to work on it, I'm not intending for this to be any more than an irregular and humourous narrative, and I hope you enjoy it.
It's currently titled "Mountain Leopards", though I may change that if I find something I feel fits better. Much of the setting design is just cribbed miscellaneously from stuff I look at in my day job, and I'm a slightly obsessive world-builder so I'll be happy to be asked things about any of that side of it (albeit that there's many elements I haven't pinned down yet, it's still early days; if something gets into the comic it's likely to have had some thought, though). It's not intended to be a "gaming comic" like OOTS is, and I'll probably avoid rules jokes as I don't know the system well enough to make them, but the mock-fantasy stuff, punchlined dialogues, and of course rough art style are all OOTS based. Questions/thoughts/feedback always very welcome :)
The Comics
Spoiler: Read the Comics!
Spoiler: Ep 1: Narrative Voice
Spoiler: Ep 2: I Shot the Cleric (but I didn't shoot the Missionary)
Spoiler: Ep 3: The Man Upstairs
Spoiler: Ep 4: Service de-liver-y
Spoiler: Ep 5: Travel Proposal
Spoiler: Ep 6: Best Foot Forward
Spoiler: Ep 7: It's probably a Maille-ard
Spoiler: Ep 8: An Uncomplicated Fellow
Spoiler: Ep 9: At least it wasn't a wink-face
Spoiler: Ep 10: Some of them want to use you
Spoiler: Ep 11: In Charge
Spoiler: Ep 12: Now You See Me
Spoiler: Ep 13: It's Half The Battle
Spoiler: Ep 14: No Rescue In Sight
Spoiler: Ep 15: Meaningful Conversation
Spoiler: Ep 16: Faay, Enchantress
Spoiler: Ep 17: Spies In All Four Walls
Spoiler: Ep 18: Administration of Justice
Spoiler: Ep 19: The Beard Helped, Though
Spoiler: Ep 20: Baggage Handling
Spoiler: Ep 21: Hystrix indications
Spoiler: Ep 22: Appropriately spiky
Spoiler: Ep 23: Meat Shields
Spoiler: Ep 24: Shields Meet
Spoiler: Ep 25: Cracks Opening
Spoiler: Ep 26: Should've Toad The Line
Last edited by Jubal_Barca; 2020-01-26 at 10:07 AM.
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2018-08-09, 05:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
Since no one else has commented on this, I figured I'd offer my feedback: I rather like the art style. It's not as refined as others out there, but it's got a certain charm. (It also keeps reminding me of another fancomic I've read, but I can't place it yet).
However, ironically in light of his complaints in the first strip, I have to say that I'm finding Botso's unique speech font to be a little bit of a nuisance to read.
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2018-08-09, 08:09 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
Thankyou! Are the other fonts OK? I think after strip 1 I need to keep Botso having a unique font, but if I can work out a better option I can switch at some point.
And yes, the art style may or may not improve over time I guess! I mainly wanted to play with the dialogue writing so I'm trying to keep the art quick-ish to produce, I'm glad it works well enough. :)Last edited by Jubal_Barca; 2018-08-09 at 08:10 AM.
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2018-08-11, 06:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
Update time :)
Spoiler: Ep 4: Service de-liver-yFounder of Exilian, do come and visit:
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Articles I've written: An Unexpected Bestiary (and Part 2 thereof), Realms of Myth: Somalia, Race vs Species, and Dark vs Light morality.
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2018-08-12, 03:09 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
Is a "toastmaster" a real thing that I haven't heard of? Because it sounds like an amazingly absurd invention and I want to give kudos.
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2018-08-12, 04:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
I can't alas claim any credit at all, it's a real thing: the term was generally used for a master of ceremonies at events, especially in the US, from the mid C19 to mid C20.
Here what I'm using the term to refer to, though, is really a tamada (თამადა), a role which actually fits the term "toastmaster" more literally than the usual English usage, it's literally someone elected/chosen to lead a feast or drinking party and stand up and propose a series of toasts through the evening (thus setting the pace of the drinking) as well as telling jokes, raising the mood of the party, etc. :)Founder of Exilian, do come and visit:
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2018-08-20, 04:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
New comic :)
Spoiler: Ep 5: Travel ProposalFounder of Exilian, do come and visit:
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2018-08-25, 10:54 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
And there were more comics, and maybe someone beheld the comics, but they knew not whom, for they looked upon the comments and the chambers were empty therein.
Spoiler: Ep 6: Best Foot ForwardFounder of Exilian, do come and visit:
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Articles I've written: An Unexpected Bestiary (and Part 2 thereof), Realms of Myth: Somalia, Race vs Species, and Dark vs Light morality.
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2018-08-25, 12:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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2018-08-25, 05:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
I'll also note that, yeah, I'm following this even if I don't comment on every individual comic. (Right now the story is still setting up, so commenting often might seem premature).
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2018-08-30, 07:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
Thanks for the welcome :) And I'm sorry if I sounded snippy or anything, I think just being very very new to this format I'm worrying a lot every time I put a new comic out as to whether it's at all worth reading/is any good etc etc, and so I get a bit spooked by the quietness. :)
I'm not sure if I'll get this Saturday's done on time, I'm only halfway through writing it, but fingers crossed...Founder of Exilian, do come and visit:
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2018-09-02, 09:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
Update time, one day late :)
Spoiler: Ep 7: It's probably a Maille-ardFounder of Exilian, do come and visit:
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2018-09-02, 08:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
[flatjoy]Wooo, an elf.[/flatjoy]
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2018-09-03, 03:53 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
He might just have a strange ear-growth defect, you never know.
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Articles I've written: An Unexpected Bestiary (and Part 2 thereof), Realms of Myth: Somalia, Race vs Species, and Dark vs Light morality.
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2018-09-04, 07:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
And he has an axe.
This could be a lot worse.
He could've had a bow.Awesome avatar (Kothar, paladin of Tlacua) by Linkele!
Originally Posted by William Shakespeare, King Lear, IV.i.46Originally Posted by Howard Tayler
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2018-09-30, 08:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
Had to go and do some Real World Stuff. I'm back, as are Varam and Rusudan :)
Spoiler: Ep 8: An Uncomplicated FellowFounder of Exilian, do come and visit:
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2018-09-30, 06:44 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
...huh. So he actually does just have an ear-growth defect?
I was starting to worry that this was dead. Glad it's not.
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2018-10-01, 05:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
I feel that anything I say on the ear question may get heavily interpreted so I'll avoid doing so! I think the more important thing to note here is that Rusudan didn't come to the same conclusion based on his ears that a lot of the readers did - not all the norms and mythic standards of western style fantasy will necessarily be known let alone obvious to ordinary Datvietians, whether or not they exist/apply in this world overall. :)
Varam is going to stick around as a main cast member anyhow so we'll be hearing more from him (even if what we're hearing is "meh" or the sound of a big thwacky axe a lot of the time!) We've now met three of the four characters I initially sketched out when I was coming up with the ideas for the comic - it'll be a little time yet before we meet the last of them.Last edited by Jubal_Barca; 2018-10-01 at 05:29 AM.
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Articles I've written: An Unexpected Bestiary (and Part 2 thereof), Realms of Myth: Somalia, Race vs Species, and Dark vs Light morality.
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2018-10-06, 11:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
New comic! :)
Spoiler: Ep 9: At least it wasn't a wink-faceFounder of Exilian, do come and visit:
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Articles I've written: An Unexpected Bestiary (and Part 2 thereof), Realms of Myth: Somalia, Race vs Species, and Dark vs Light morality.
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2018-10-22, 05:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
My schedule is now totally broken, but ah well, here's another comic:
Spoiler: Ep 10: Some of them want to use youFounder of Exilian, do come and visit:
Other hats include historian of medieval Georgia, folklore/myth nerd, creator of strange monsters like the Wendless Wolls and Afelyn, designer of odd games, & fan of the eclectic. And a green top hat, somewhere.
Articles I've written: An Unexpected Bestiary (and Part 2 thereof), Realms of Myth: Somalia, Race vs Species, and Dark vs Light morality.
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2018-10-22, 05:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
Varam is really starting to grow on me. He's kinda a twerp, but still.
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2018-11-04, 10:51 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
And number 11 appears!
Spoiler: Ep 11: In Charge
Yeah, Varam has ended up being a much snarkier character than I originally envisioned - he was going to be a lot more miserable and flat out gloomy-nihilistic, but he's ended up being more at the doesn't-give-a-damn snarky end of the nihilism spectrum instead mostly because that makes him much more fun to write.Founder of Exilian, do come and visit:
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Articles I've written: An Unexpected Bestiary (and Part 2 thereof), Realms of Myth: Somalia, Race vs Species, and Dark vs Light morality.
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2018-11-18, 09:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
New comic is up.
Spoiler: Ep 12: Now You See MeFounder of Exilian, do come and visit:
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Articles I've written: An Unexpected Bestiary (and Part 2 thereof), Realms of Myth: Somalia, Race vs Species, and Dark vs Light morality.
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2018-12-10, 12:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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Is this going to keep updating?
Like I said before, the lack of comments does not reflect lack of interest on my part, just a feeling that I'd like to get to know the setting and characters better before speculating about them.
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2018-12-10, 05:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
Yes, I'm definitely planning to do more, it's just likely to be a bit of a fits and starts job, I think - I've just had a run of two academic conferences in a row which has knocked out any comic-writing time I had unfortunately. I should be able to get some more pages done over Christmas. :)
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Articles I've written: An Unexpected Bestiary (and Part 2 thereof), Realms of Myth: Somalia, Race vs Species, and Dark vs Light morality.
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2019-01-06, 07:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
New comic is up.
Spoiler: Ep 13: It's Half The Battle
How're people finding the fight/movement effects in the last couple of strips? Do I need more or fewer of them?Founder of Exilian, do come and visit:
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Articles I've written: An Unexpected Bestiary (and Part 2 thereof), Realms of Myth: Somalia, Race vs Species, and Dark vs Light morality.
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2019-01-07, 03:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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The only thing I'd object to is the SLICE effect in this latest strip; it doesn't show up well against the gray background.
Good to see this back BTW.
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2019-01-12, 09:30 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
Thanks, that's useful :)
I'm also wondering about comic length - I've ended up with a five row format which is quite a lot of comic per page (OOTS has about ten panels per page, I have more like thirteen or fourteen). I'm trying to work out a) if it matters if I switch between four and five row comics (that is, does it feel odd if sometimes pages switch to more/fewer panels), and b) if the five row format feels too long per update at all, both for me and for the reader. I worry that four doesn't give me enough time to say stuff, but five is a bit of a grind to make. Thoughts welcome!Founder of Exilian, do come and visit:
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Articles I've written: An Unexpected Bestiary (and Part 2 thereof), Realms of Myth: Somalia, Race vs Species, and Dark vs Light morality.
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2019-01-20, 12:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
New comic is up! :)
Spoiler: Ep 14: No Rescue In SightFounder of Exilian, do come and visit:
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Articles I've written: An Unexpected Bestiary (and Part 2 thereof), Realms of Myth: Somalia, Race vs Species, and Dark vs Light morality.
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2019-01-31, 04:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Mountain Leopards: An Adventuring Story
New comic up :)
Spoiler: Ep 15: Meaningful ConversationFounder of Exilian, do come and visit:
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Articles I've written: An Unexpected Bestiary (and Part 2 thereof), Realms of Myth: Somalia, Race vs Species, and Dark vs Light morality.