Bam! Namesake Launch!
Oct. 5th, 2010 12:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
secondlina
So Namesake is officially started! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOO!
Where can I find this mysterious comic?
www.namesakecomic.com, three times a week!
We also have an official lj at : http://namesakecomic.livejournal.com/
What’s it about?
Namesake is the story of Emma Crewe, a woman who discovers she can visit other worlds. She finds out that these are places she already knows – fantasy and fairy lands made famous through the spoken word, literature and cinema. Her power as a Namesake forces her to act as a protagonist in these familiar stories as she figures out how to get home.
But as she travels, she discovers that those controlling her story have their own selfish goals in mind - and her fate is the key to everyone's happy ending.
Join Emma, her sister Elaine and their friends as they tumble down the rabbit hole.
If you like, adventure, humor, stories of friendship, fairy tales and fantasy, this is the webcomic for you.
You guys!
Thank you so much to all of you for your many encouragements during the developing process. I mean really. You guys are the greatest friend-list a girl could ever ask for. I love you guys.
A few of you asked me if they could help. Honestly, the best thing you can do to help is check out the comic. And if you like it, talk about it! Word of mouth and friendly support are priceless gifts and really, really useful.
Caution : contains feelings!
It’s hard to describe how I feel right now. I’ve been bouncing off the walls all day. I’m nervous about this. It’s more than a book in a way. I’ve published graphic novels. And with them the process kinda ends with the launch. Here, the launch is, instead, the beginning of a long commitment. This is the beginning of something I’m going to be working on continuously for a good while. I’m scared of failing. But I’m also confident that a good story, good art, good support from awesome people and good marketing could make this something great. However this project ends, I know it’s going to be a crazy learning experience. I look forward to spending time with these characters. And I hope you all do too.
Cake and fairy tales for everybody!
And special thanks to
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dqbunny , the best co-author ever. - Isa
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Date: 2010-10-05 03:44 pm (UTC)No, actually. All i've learned about comics, i've learned while reading comics and listening to comic artists talk. My training is in pure visual arts (read : I paint big-ass paintings). I have art training, but not sequential art training. I do have some training in cinema though. That helps!
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Date: 2010-10-05 12:06 pm (UTC)*goes to read*
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Date: 2010-10-05 03:30 pm (UTC)And I'm glad for the Tu-Th-Sa update schedule. More comics need to happen on those days.
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Date: 2010-10-05 03:49 pm (UTC)Thank you so much for the pimping! It helps so much!
I think Namesake would be appealing to Yu+Me dream readers. Dreamlike worlds? Check! Strong female protagonists? Check! History? Check!
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Date: 2010-10-05 05:19 pm (UTC)I'm looking forward to your new webcomics too! Let me know if you ever want a "guest art" for meaty yogourt! I love the character designs!
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Date: 2010-10-05 07:07 pm (UTC)I,ll take you up on that. Maybe later when the story is more advanced (that way you have a larger pool of characters to choose to draw!). I would love to have guest art chapter pages. It would be awesome!
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Date: 2010-10-05 03:32 pm (UTC)I just finished reading the comic thus far and it's fabulous! I can't wait to see where it's going and how Alice's story ties into Emma's.
It's really exciting to be around to see the launch of this thing. The great art combined with the great story makes me think that Namesake could become one of those few web comics that make it to the big leagues. And it will be fun to be able to say "I was there from the beginning" when it does.
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Date: 2010-10-05 03:56 pm (UTC)"I knew Isa back when she was drawing comics about knowcking boots with her boyfriend!" *laughs*
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Date: 2010-10-06 06:44 pm (UTC)The whole ties with Alice are pretty neat. :D
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Date: 2010-10-06 07:05 pm (UTC)What are the other two?
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Date: 2010-10-07 03:47 am (UTC)Désolée d'avoir manquer le lancement officiel, je m'en vais de ce pas lire namesake!
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Date: 2010-10-07 12:24 pm (UTC)And, just to make sure I don't miss an update, I've created an LJ Feed for it:
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/namesake_comic/
Just created so it'll start populating later. This way, whenever I'm checking my LJ friends, I'll see it here :)
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