Player Versus Comic

Centralising the Comics

2010-10-20T10:59:00.000-07:00

I'm going to start putting all the comics up at my main website. It has better gallery and image functionality, whereas blogger is quite awkward to navigate.

This is the home page, where I'll be posting pages as and when I do them.

And this is the gallery page. They're all in here, and are going to be as I do them.

This just makes more sense really.

PvC: 47, J&L 28

2010-10-12T07:31:00.000-07:00

I actually really like this page. Came out pretty well.

Coincidentally, this is my 50th post (but only my 47th page...)

PvC 46: Jim and Luc 27

2010-10-05T13:29:00.000-07:00

PvC 45: J&L 26

2010-09-30T03:01:00.000-07:00

It's a couple days late, I know. I don't know why I forgot to upload it, but forget I did. It's odd, I actually kinda like how this page turned out. Well, whatever.

PvC 44: Jim and Luc 25

2010-09-21T07:48:00.001-07:00

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I forgot to do a page last week. Whatever, this is this week's.

Callback, btw.

PvC 43: Jim and Luc 24

2010-09-07T07:57:00.000-07:00

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Here's a page, it's up late today because I totally forgot I'd done it. I'm sharp I am.

PvC 42: Jim and Luc 23

2010-08-31T06:42:00.000-07:00

PvC 41: Jim and Luc 22

2010-08-24T08:41:00.000-07:00

PvC 40: Jim and Luc 21

2010-08-17T13:57:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's up late today (although at least it's the right day) but I was out all day in London.

Enjoy though.

PvC 39: Jim and Luc 20

2010-08-12T05:16:00.001-07:00

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It's late or something. Whatever.

PvC 38: Jim and Luc 19

2010-07-20T11:47:00.000-07:00

PvC 37: Jim and Luc 18

2010-07-13T09:51:00.000-07:00

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So, yeah, I almost forgot to upload this today.

I really am special.

PvC 36: Jim and Luc 17

2010-07-06T05:09:00.001-07:00

It's a couple of weeks late, but screw it.

PvC 35: Jim And Lucien 16

2010-06-15T01:41:00.000-07:00

So here it is, the final page of chapter 1 of Jim and Lucien.

Bit of a cliffhanger. Don't worry, I'm sure the resolution is mundane and uninspiring.

I haven't decided yet whether I'm going to jump straight into part 2 next week or do something else so as to break it up a bit.

Also, I've started tagging all the jim and luc posts so you can just click the tag and it'll show you all of the pages so far so you can read straight through. I'm probably going to sort out some sort of download with them all compiled though, for my benefit more than anything probably.

PvC 34: Jim and Luc 15

2010-06-08T05:27:00.001-07:00

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That last panel was a pain in the arse.

Just saying.

PvC 33: Jim and Luc 14

2010-06-01T05:27:00.000-07:00

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Well what's this desert land all about?

PvC 32: Jim and Luc 13

2010-05-25T06:12:00.000-07:00

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I think I ought to say up front, that I imagined each chapter/part or 'issue' as it were of Jim and Lucien would be about 16 pages long.

16 pages gives you enough room to tell a story, but provides a challenge of economy. Can you tell a complete story in 16 pages? Yes of course, but it isn't easy. Now I'm trying to tell a complete story in this time frame, just pieces of one, but it's a fun challenge trying to set it up so that individual parts stand out as being 'about something/someone in particular' but work together as a whole.

I only say this, because at page 13, I'm nearing the end of the first part of Jim and Luc and I didn't want to spring what might seem initially like arbitary divisions on people.

Anyway. Enjoy. I guess.

PvC 31: Jim and Luc 12

2010-05-18T06:11:00.001-07:00

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Alright, I think this page isn't too bad. At least, it looks good as a thumbnail.

A little commentary, in case I don't get a chance to put it in, I reckon Lucien's eating what he would call a 'Millennial Ploughman's'. That's Frazzles and Dairylea spread.

PVC 30: Jim and Luc 11

2010-05-11T06:17:00.000-07:00

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I love that I'm 11 pages into this, and I still don't know what I'm doing.

28 - Gotta Trap em All

2010-04-20T06:38:00.000-07:00

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This week, most of the people I know have been imprisoning wild animals. Which is pretty strange.

Number 27: Persona!

2010-04-13T05:38:00.000-07:00

I've been playing Persona 3: FES for the last week or so. To explain it would take up more space and time than I care to use, but suffice to say, it's really weird.

PVC 26: Jim and Luc 10

2010-03-30T14:15:00.000-07:00

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It's up late today. Not because I was late doing it, I just plum forgot to upload it.

Whatever.

PVC: 25, Jim and Luc: 9

2010-03-23T04:20:00.000-07:00

Comic 24: FFXIII killed me (in the game)

2010-03-16T05:41:00.001-07:00

Sorry I didn't do a comic in the last couple of weeks, I really wasn't sure what direction this was going in. I'm still not, but I thought that this was a funny enough idea.

This Week Mattew, I'm Going To Half-Ass It

2010-02-23T06:26:00.001-08:00

I kinda did this one last minute. It doesnt help that I'm still struggling with my Wacom. I still don't feel that comfortable with it.

22: Jim & Luc 8

2010-02-16T04:36:00.000-08:00

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I drew this on my new monitor. But because it's sort of at the side of me rather than directly in front of me, drawing on it seemed kind of awkward.

This page isnt too bad, but no shading as it took too long to get the lines down.

21: Well, That's What My Shepherd Looked Like

2010-02-09T06:01:00.000-08:00

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Well I've been busy playing Mass Effect 2, and Valentine's Day was coming up, so I thought I'd make a joke about the two.

I'll let you know when I make it.

PvC: 20 It's a Pun, I Swear

2010-01-26T05:59:00.000-08:00

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Just think about it.

What kills vampires?

PvC: 19 Jim and Luc 7

2010-01-19T01:50:00.000-08:00

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Hey there folks. It's up on time today, but only just as I decided to redraw it sort of last minute. It looked really bad but this one's better (but not by much haha).

PVC: 18 Jim and Luc 6

2010-01-12T08:24:00.000-08:00

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PVC: 17 Jim and Luc 5

2010-01-05T05:16:00.000-08:00

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I'm retroactively calling the Christmas Cartoon as PvC 16. This might have something to do with a photoshop document called 'comic16' already having existed on my harddrive and confused me into thinking I was one ahead.

I didn't do the shading effect this week. Frankly it was killing me. This week however, you will understand how it makes all the difference to the lineart.

No Week This Comic

2009-12-30T10:07:00.000-08:00

Between work and festive cheer, I didnt get any drawing done, so no comic this week as you probably guessed already.

Hope you have a Happy New Year and we should be back in operation next week. Cya then!

Merry Christmas

2009-12-22T15:33:00.000-08:00

Told you I had a little bit of Christmas Cheer up my sleeve. Enjoy!

Sup Homies

2009-12-22T10:00:00.000-08:00

Hey there.

No comic this week, I'm afraid, but I do have a little christmas surprise that I was hoping would be finished yesterday in time for today. No dice though.

Hopefully it'll be up tonight for your amusement.

PvC: 15 Jim and Luc 4

2009-12-15T02:46:00.000-08:00

Lucien finally turns up in this one (briefly), which is good. It feels like it was about time.

PvC 14: Jim and Luc 3

2009-12-08T08:46:00.000-08:00

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Jim's acting like a bit of a prick this week, I know. But it's only page 3, we ought to give him a chance to develop a bit :P

In other news, not been up to much, just work and chilling out (and nothing in between lol). Been watching Shameless. Up to series 5 now. Have to say, it's a great show, but I don't know how much of it I believe. It's become a bit of a cartoon show, with gangsters living next door and everyone's a scum bag of some sort.

PvC 13: Jim and Luc 2

2009-12-01T04:48:00.000-08:00

Page 2 of my Jim and Lucien comic. The first is here.

Yeah, it's not really funny, but whatever...

PvC 12: Jim and Luc 1

2009-11-24T05:30:00.001-08:00

When I started this webcomic thing, originally I was going to do just one-shots about games or whatever.

But I've had this idea for a longer comic rattling around in my head for about 6 months now. I'd always intended to do this seperately from PvC, but I don't really have the time to do two comics at once.

And I thought 'fuck it, no-one's reading anyway'.

Too Late

2009-11-17T08:25:00.000-08:00

For the uninitiated among you, Modern Warfare 2 has a level-up system as part of it's online multiplayer. You level up by killing other players and performing objectives. Level ups unlock weapons, attachments, perks (very much like the Fallout perks but less imaginative) along with game types. The fact game types unlock means that most of the higher level players are actually out of your way to begin with (so the 'Gryphon' scenario rarely occurs) but of course the most popular game mode, Team Deathmatch, is unlocked at the start. So prepare to be mown down by missiles constantly.

Afternoon

2009-11-10T09:21:00.000-08:00

Hey there, I've not done a comic for this week. Ive been incredibly busy with my new job at Game. (just a shop not in head office or anything). And I've been playing Dragon Age (and it's great).

Comic 10: Sea Devils Part 2

2009-11-03T04:00:00.000-08:00

I'm sorry.

Comic 9: 'Fury of the Sea Devils' Part 1

2009-10-27T10:25:00.000-07:00

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This week's comic got too big too fast, so I chopped it up into seperate parts. This is the first.

Whenever I mention Naga to my friends, we always argue about the pronounciation (it's NAH - GAH btw).

I'd just like to take the time to advertise my website; Chief Illustrator. This is where my portfolio is (and the art is slightly better in general :P)

Comic 8: Cold Reality

2009-10-20T10:34:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's a bit late in the day. Been a bit busy today.

No colour either. I won't lie about that, I'm just lazy.

Also, I'd like to thank wow.com for showcasing my last comic on their weekly round up. This one probably won't make it because it's not WoW related (although I have a plan for a great one next week).

Player Versus Comic 7: Cold Reading

2009-10-13T05:50:00.001-07:00

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Hey there

Here's your weekly dose of stupid served straight from my harddrive to your monitor. I don't know what happened with the backgrounds halfway through.

Go figure.

Anyway, upcoming games that I'm looking forward to are Brutal Legend which looks pretty enjoyable (and by enjoyable I mean metal) and Dragon Age because Bioware have made enough games that I enjoyed that they get a free pass to sell me whatever. I'm not really sure what to expect from it, but even if I don't like it, they've totally earned the ability to sell me a couple of crap games.

Assasin's Creed 2 is also coming out soon but I fear it might get lost in the holiday shuffle. I can only play so many games at once. Makes me wonder why they bother to sell them all at this point in the year rather than just stagger them about a bit, especially as the summer typically has few releases (and in the one time of the year when all kids are off school and want to play video games, but go figure).

No Comic This Week

2009-10-06T09:23:00.000-07:00

Title says it all.

I did start a couple but they were awful and I ran out of time for this week. But I'll be back next week with a totally rad comic. I promise.

Player Versus Comic 6: Out to Lunch

2009-09-28T14:56:00.000-07:00

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I actually coloured it in this week! Although I drew it all in one day and might have rushed it just a tad.

I still think that I can do better in photoshop colour wise. I picked up some books (Bold Visions and Fantasy Workshop) on digital painting so I could get a little better at it. The books look amazing, with some spell binding art on the inside, although from what I've read so far, I still don't know how to make my brushes in Photoshop 'paint'. Lowering opacity seems to work, but there ought to be a better way.

Anyway, on to the comic.

For those of you not familiar with the game, Aion lets you get your character to set up a private store so you can sell your wares. Whilst your character is like this, you can't afk out of the game, so to avoid the considerable launch week queues, players just set up 'afk stores'.

Of course with everyone doing this, server queues start to get ridiculously long (on several nights at 9 hours long).

Comic 5: Batman + VideoGames = ???

2009-09-22T05:44:00.000-07:00

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This week's comic is inspired by Batman: Arkham Asylum.
Allow me to apologise for the lack of colour. I was kind of...busy.

The game itself does feel like this sometimes. It is illogical that Batman would have started this adventure equipped only with Batarangs (even if it's an infinite supply of said batarangs). I mean, what is that utility belt for any way?.

I didn't really enjoy the game itself that much. It's servicable, and treats the ip with respect, but I kept feeling like I'd played it all before. And better.

Player Versus Comic 4: Coffee Complex

2009-09-14T13:43:00.000-07:00

I downloaded and finished Shadow Complex over the weekend from the XBLA network, and had a ball.

I really enjoyed the element of exploration and the excitement of each new secret item found. I also really liked the combat in this game, where the game itself is played on an x,y axis but sometimes enemies come out of the z axis and you have to aim INTO the screen to kill them. It was pretty interesting, and a lot of fun to do.

That said, the navigation of this secret complex is pretty unbelievable...

Player Versus Comic 3: I Hate PvP

2009-09-08T07:38:00.001-07:00

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I recently started PvPing on my warlock (as I just cant be bothered to raid on two characters).

I have also discovered, that for some reason WSG is the laggiest BattleGround.

Player Versus Comic 2: Sucks to be the New Guy

2009-08-31T08:06:00.001-07:00

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Sorry for no comic last week. Hopefully I can do these more regularly in future.

Player vs. Comic #1: The Lunacy of Tirion Fordring

2009-08-18T09:12:00.000-07:00

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This is a new comic I'm going to keep to. It'll be, probably, another gaming comic, but will probably feature WoW the most as I spend a lot of time playing that.

Here's hoping you like it.