A ride down a rabbit hole...

[secondlina]

 This started off as a crazy week. My boss' wife gave birth yesterday, so he went on paternity leave. As a result, I got "promoted" and got half of his job on my shoulders. It's definitely more fun then tech support, but considering I have to do his job and mine now... the hours are gonna get long. At least for these next two weeks methinks. It's a little girl though. They don't have a name for her yet, so they just call her "À Venir" for now (french for "To be determined" and a word game that also means "future").

Aside from that, you're probably thinking, "Gee Isa, you haven't posted anything funny in a while. what HAVE you been up to?"

Only the most awesome thing in the universe.

I've been working with dqbunny on a webcomic story. We both work on the story. We finally got the story sorted out. And we have a date for the webcomic to be launched : Sepetember 2010. That's what we are aiming for folks. 

What's the story of this webcomic? 

The webcomic, called "Namesake" goes as thus : "Did you ever wonder what would happen if you could really tumble down the rabbit hole and reach another world? Namesake is the story of two sisters who discover that traveling between worlds is real and necessary to keep the universe in balance." 

The power of traveling thru worlds is passed down thru a name, and those who are named that way are chosen as the "universe" requires to fill out the gaps in the "stories". So you have "namesakes" or Alice (wonderland), Dorothy (Oz), Jack (Jack and the beastalk), Wendy (Peter Pan), Gerda (The snow queen). Various fairy tale worlds and stories are used, and the whole thing is going to be a mix of drama and humor (i'm good at those). The "Namesakes" in the story aren't the "originals" from the fairy tales. They are, if anything, spiritual descendants. 

The whole story follows a pre-made plot and will come to conclusion. So it's not an endless comic. 

I will post over the next few weeks/months progress on the webcomic pages and sketches in between my other funny day-to-day humor and fandom. I hope you guys are as excited as I am.

Here are the current character designs. It's sketchy, but it's the definitive designs.

Jack :

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Warrick, the wicked warlock of the west



Wendy and a card soldier :



Alice! Alice was build for SPEED. I wanted her tall, graceful and awesome. and looking like she could beat you in 5 seconds.



And finally, the main character Emma, destined to visit a mystery world. 



I know a few people have something against fairy tales stories being re-used and re-told. I hope you guys will be awesome enough to give this story a chance when it hits the web. No matter who wrote it, no matter what the drawings look like, it has a lot of potential. and I hope you guys will be a part of the readers. God knows you are all so encouraging and loving on this journal!


That's all for today folks!

-Isa

Comments

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

Ha, I thought all parents decide on the name as soon as their baby is born.

I am looking forward to the results of this webcomic! It already looks awesome sauce. :D :D :D

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

More and more parents seem to be taking more time. They kept the baby's gender a secret to themselves. That might be why they don't know yet.

[vonandmoggy.livejournal.com]

Yaaaaaaay for wonderful new stories! I can't wait to read it! :D

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I can't wait to draw it!

[angelchan-2004.livejournal.com]

Heeeee. I can't wait to read it!

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Thanks :D

[pharoah999.livejournal.com]

looking forward to it!!

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Cool!

[kokumi009.livejournal.com]

EXCITINGLY AWESOME!
if tim burton can pull it off, i think you guys can, too!
Namesake will be a great adventure from start to finish!
i'm liking alice already. :D

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

You would like Alice. LOL. She is made of badass. Totally your type of character.

[pip25.livejournal.com]

Awesome! :D I like the diversity of the character designs.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I tried really giving them diverse body types and facial details. I,m tired of comics where everyone looks the same.

[spankingfemme.livejournal.com]

It sounds made of win baby! =D I'm excited to see where you guys go with it! Your Warrick character is a spitting image of what I imagined a D&D character I created 12 years ago to look like! So crazy! Did you steal him from my head? LOL! XD

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

*hides patented brainscan* ......nooooooo.

[spankingfemme.livejournal.com]

*looks around for your stolen art acuser* LOL! Has she contacted you since that whole debacle? Pfft! *rolls on floor laughing*

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Sounds interesting!

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

You are a very strong fairy tale lover. I hope you'll forgive the "inacuracies" XD

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I'm okay with reimagining, as long as I get the sense that the creator loves and gives tribute to the original rather than just trying to profit by it. In your case, there's clearly a love of the source material!

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

And that goes double for me as well. Isa has a lot of the fairy tale love, while I bring in the historical aspect love, including other really awesome stories such as Shakespearean plays, etc.

It's actually been a wonderful education on my end, digging deeper into the stories behind the fairy tales. I've developed a huge love for Charles Dodgson and Alice Liddell, for example. I'm with you - the best reimaginings come when the creator has a true love for the work.

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I agree, the back stories and fascinating. I've learned a lot about L. Frank Baum, for instance, and I think Dodgson's and Alice's backstory would make a great tale all by itself.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

A lot of the biographie books are interesting, despite most of them pegging him as a pedophile!

Lewis, Alice and Mr. Baum will be seen in various flashbacks. They be characters :D

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Sounds more interesting by the minute!

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to see this! The character designs look great. ^_^

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[auriga]

I'll be looking forward to seeing it! With the two of you working on it, it's gonna be awesome for sure. ^__^

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

I have no idea how it's going to turn out, but we love the story. and we are going to try. hopefully others will feel the same too.

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Of course I'll be awesome enough to give it a chance before just casting it aside for retreading familiar territory. I can promise you that at least. (And if you don't mind my not being a cheerleader and giving you my honest opinion on it once I do read it, I'll give you that as well.)

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Honesty is, as always, the best policy. I fully expect you guys to give me you honest opinion once you read it. I appreciate your opinion, always!

I'm not really trying to gather cheerleaders *laughs* I guess i'm just really hyped up about the project, and it probably sounds like that in my post. Then again, being hyper about something is what motivates you to work on it.

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what she said. We're both super excited about the project because we both think it's a great story and it's a big accomplishment for both of us personally.

I know this type of story won't be for everyone, but I'm glad you're willing to give it a shot! Honesty is appreciated because otherwise we won't grow as writers/artists.

[chrismata1976.livejournal.com]

Cool will the hatter be in this also? (Tarrant?)

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

The hatter will appear as a background character. He's not scheduled as a main character.

He won't be dear old "Tarrant" though, the Tarrant version of the Hatter is unfortunately copyrighted to Tim Burton. I'll have my own personal version. Giant hats are a must though.

[anna-nimmie-tee.livejournal.com]

I'm a HUGE fan of re-told tales with interesting and imaginative twists, espeically anything with Alice. Oz and Peter Pan also are high on the favorites lists. I really look forward to your efforts!

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

AWESOME!!

And I speak of the webcomic, not the new job stresses, BTW...

I definitely will check it out!

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[izo-chan.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to read this! As I was saying to dqbunny -- it sounds amazing and I'm really looking forward to seeing how it turns out. :D Your character designs are great. Good luck to you both! I hope it's a total success!

[engelen.livejournal.com]

I think your premise sounds interesting! :D