Here's the deal ...

Lately I've become a regular reader of about ... ten web comics. I have also been mulling over a story idea I've resurrected from something I started back in 1979. And by started, I mean I wrote about 30 typewritten pages and let it drop. That said, I really like the characters. The story, though not terribly well thought out before, is coming along quite nicely, now. I even have an idea for an interesting twist that, of course, I can't reveal (because that would be giving it away, you know).

So, here's the deal. (I guess I said that, already.) I think my story idea, which is SF (and perhaps fantasy, as well) would make a really cool and interesting web comic. It has humor, likable main characters, action, adventure, danger, heroism and failure (you need both), and a pretty satisfactory ending. Shoot, it could even be a furry-themed story, which in a way could be an interesting counter twist, when the time comes. Of course it doesn't have to be furry, but even if not I can easily see it being done in a nice, clean manga style.

Yes, it's full of your standard tropes. No reason to deviate from the standard patterns. One thing it probably won't be, though, is some kind of episodic cartoon (a never-ending series of short episodes, like most sit-coms). This story will have a beginning, a middle, and an end. And then we will go on to other things.

But there's a small problem, here. I am not an artist. I can draw, sort of, but I am not someone who would/could draw this web comic. Writing it is no problem. That's something I can do, but to make this whole web comic thing work means having a collaborator. So the problem is finding someone to draw this thing. I have an artist in the family, but I'm not sure I should ask her.

There are lots of people out there who can draw. Maybe one of them would like to volunteer. Regardless, I am going to start writing the "screenplay" and sketching storyboards. Then we'll see.