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Reality: Superheroine "Origin" Comic

01 Oct 2014 16:16 - 01 Oct 2014 20:01 #38355 by lfan
Prob slipped past most people's radar, but its up on comixology:

www.comixology.com/Reality-1/digital-comic/147855

Artwork isn't the best, but I think most here would like the underlying concept! :P

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01 Oct 2014 20:14 #38360 by Agent00Soul
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The artwork is definitely the weakest link. And she does seem to figure out her powers a bit too quickly for my liking, but it's definitely SWM material! Some nice FMG and flying sequences. Thanks for pointing it out!

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01 Oct 2014 20:37 #38361 by lfan
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No prob......yeah it definitely seemed rush, but I have a sneaking suspicion it was a one-shot which is why they did everything so quick. Even so, as you alluded to, some nice uber-feats. Just wish they were drawn tighter.....

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02 Oct 2014 01:36 #38373 by TwiceOnThursdays
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Based on this, I'm buying it and will read it later. ;-)

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02 Oct 2014 02:06 #38374 by Caylane
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lfan wrote: No prob......yeah it definitely seemed rush, but I have a sneaking suspicion it was a one-shot which is why they did everything so quick. Even so, as you alluded to, some nice uber-feats. Just wish they were drawn tighter.....

ElF


I have no idea how the comic industry works. But they did say on their facebook they intend for this to be a series. Dont really know if that holds any water though.
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03 Oct 2014 01:04 #38385 by willow
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I am curious where the money is coming from for its development. Several comic series have used KickStarter to help fund each issue or book. If this is self-funded with hopes to recover costs through sales, then Part 2 will solely depend on the profits of Part 1. Another series that I follow, Tomorrow Jones, started as a Kickstarter project and is now on its third issue.

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03 Oct 2014 02:05 - 03 Oct 2014 02:08 #38386 by castor
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Comics tend to work about three-4 months behind-someone writes the book one months it goes through some editing, then it takes about a month for the art to be done and the cover, then they fine tune and send it to printing before it reaches the shelves. The art is the hard part is one reason most books are about 22 pages-one page a day plus weekends.

Typically once this happens each step goes onward-the writer does the next issue, penciler starts drawing while the previous book is in printing so it works out monthly.

So if they want to keep doing a monthly series...they would have to start already. They could be doing oneshot it to see if theres intrest in more.That doesn't always work out but who knows.

Budget wise A comicbook for DC or Marvel costs about 10-20 thousand to produce, highly varaible in terms of printing and distirbution. Indies can cost less-its a lot based on what you pay the artists.

Personally the art doesn't look great to me, and that's less rushed then i think style-but well who knows.

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03 Oct 2014 04:52 #38388 by TwiceOnThursdays
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The economics and the timing change a bit when you are dealing with just electronic versions of the comic. For one you don't have to sink costs into printing the book, and hoping you sell enough of them to recoup that printing cost. You still have to pay for the writer, the artist, the inker, the colorist and the editor. And make back what you spend on advertising.

And you have got to get onto some of the platforms: Comixology, Amazon, Drive Thru (etc). At some point it'll probably be as simple to get on Comixology as it is to get on Amazon. I see amazon bridging those worlds since they own Comixology now.

And the 'Time to the printer" is just making sure you wrap up your page images into the correct format for submission.

But you are probably still going to sink $10k/issue. But if you did, I'd hope you'd get better art than was delivered here. You can find better artists/inkers/colorists combined on DA, the problem is that they probably can't work speeds of 1 page/day.

Speed is something learned though. The more you do something, the better you get, and the faster you get. I know some artists faint at that deadline -- but it's possible to achieve.

That said I enjoyed Reality #1 -- the art is the weakest part of this. And probably the easiest to actually fix.

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03 Oct 2014 11:40 #38390 by koopa
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The drawings were subpar but I really enjoyed it ! Thanks for the info Lfan!
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12 Mar 2015 18:04 #40933 by darker_nite
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Hey,

This is Tony McDougall, the writer of Reality. Thanks so much for your kind words. The comic will be a 5 issue mini-series and issue 2 will be out in a month or two. I'll post on here to let you all know.
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12 Mar 2015 19:19 #40937 by lfan
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Great news, Tony! And thanks for stopping by! For those that want to know a little more about the book, here is a pretty good review featuring some sample art:

www.geekthenews.com/2015/02/26/gtn-reviews-reality/

You can still purchase it on Comixology or on Amazon Digital.

ElF

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12 Mar 2015 21:24 #40940 by darker_nite
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Thanks for the plug.

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13 Mar 2015 01:12 #40946 by TwiceOnThursdays
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I'm definitely in for buying the next issue, so I'm glad that you'll let us know when it comes out.
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13 Mar 2015 01:32 #40947 by jnw550
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I will also be in for more issues. I also agree that the art could be better, but the premise is good enough that I'd still like to see more.
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13 Mar 2015 02:50 #40950 by lfan
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jnw550 wrote: I will also be in for more issues. I also agree that the art could be better, but the premise is good enough that I'd still like to see more.


Well, that is at least 3....I'm in too! :)
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13 Mar 2015 11:11 #40957 by Grayface
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Make that 4!
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13 Mar 2015 13:01 #40959 by darker_nite
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Thanks you guys. I really am humbled by your support.
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19 Aug 2015 18:08 #43722 by lfan
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In case you missed the front page article and Q&A, Reality #2 now available on Comixology for only 99 CENTS!

www.comixology.com/Reality-2/digital-com...TGlzdC9pdGVtU2xpZGVy

Check it out and support our own darker_nite!

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19 Aug 2015 19:01 #43724 by bach2990
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have it now, good.

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19 Aug 2015 22:24 #43728 by SHTL
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Downloaded, really liked, just hope to now wait too much until #3...

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23 Aug 2015 17:59 #43841 by Thoth
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Execellent! Can't wait for #3. I don't know what your time frame for future releases is but I hope it's sooner rather than later.
Also I only recently signed up for Comixology, anybody have any other suggestions for good independents?

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23 Aug 2015 18:49 #43845 by TwiceOnThursdays
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I picked up issue #2.

I'm enjoying the story so far, and I'm definitely in for the next issue.
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30 May 2017 19:23 #54386 by lfan
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Reality # 3 drops this week on Comixology and here is your EXCLUSIVE SWM Preview:







be sure to support your independent ubergirl artists!!

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30 May 2017 20:10 #54391 by TwiceOnThursdays
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Now I just have to remember to buy it tomorrow....

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30 May 2017 20:45 #54395 by Woodclaw
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I don't know anything about this series, can you give me a little more details?

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