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LittleRocker
June 23, 2009 7:22 AM

Hey fellow comic makers. I've come to the point in my comic creating career where I've simply lost ideas on making comics. Now many of you might be feeling the same as me. I, like to make every comic funny. I can't stand it when one of my comics is not funny to me or my readers. This is probably why I haven't made as much comics as I could. So, what I'm saying is WE need new ideas. I was thinking all of us on the site could start maybe a HUGE comic set. The comics dont have to connect to each other so it could be like a random comic set. Where we use possibly the same characters but with different struggles. We could all come up with a storyline aswell.

Anyways, tell me whatcha think.

C you later alligator.

HELP BEEKO!

 

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LuckyGuess
June 24, 2009 2:11 PM

A couple months ago I deleted an assload of crappy comics that had been accumulating over the years.

Many were from a time period where I was making multiple comics every day.

Just saying.

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LittleRocker
June 24, 2009 2:59 PM

Yea, I understand, and I often have fell into that trap.

It may not be a good idea.

But its all I could think of.

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Beeko180
June 24, 2009 4:53 PM

Here are some ideas of which i felt obligated to post for you.

 

You could always make a humungous mini-series like I do. You know, find a plotline and through-out the series make jokes, for example:

/comics/Beeko180/462889/

 

I based that series around Frank winning back his wife, by finding her the holy grail. It's easier to make jokes with a plotline than it is to not. And other things to find ideas are to simply look closely at the characters and the backgrounds for images you could make a joke about. Other than that, I have no idea what you could do for more ideas.

 

Other than that, I have no idea how to help you.

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biped
June 24, 2009 9:42 PM

quote:

LittleRocker wrote:

I, like to make every comic funny.


I like to make every comic stupid.  If it's funny, that's just a bonus.

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Beeko180
June 25, 2009 12:08 AM

quote:

Beeko180 wrote:

Other than that, I have no idea what you could do for more ideas.

 

Other than that, I have no idea how to help you.


 

Well shit, I said basically the same thing twice, sorry.

 

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LittleRocker
June 25, 2009 6:23 AM

Haha

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Injokester
June 25, 2009 8:19 PM

I've hit writers block a bunch of times, I find the more you write the easier it gets, so if you're stuck then start writing crap and see if it leads somewhere (just write the scripts in Word if you don't want to publish them or start a non-donor account to play around with). Even crap can be re-written into something good later when you're inspired, so it won't be a waste.

I'd also go for an every day concept that's got a lot of flexibility so it's harder to write yourself into a corner - such as a workplace setting (office, news readers, bookstore, etc...) rather than anything too specific like aliens on a spaceship or fish in the ocean.

Another trick is to "steal" existing characters from tv shows or movies and write a script using them (it's basically just a fan script, but you can mix and match characters from different shows and put them in a different setting). Later go back and change the names, catch-phrases, etc... so that they're unrecognisable.

This is a really handy way to get yourself going again as a lot of characters will write themselves - you know how they would behave in any situation and you just put it down on paper.

An example might be to take Bender from Futurama, Quagmire from Family Guy, Sparks from Sealab and Tim from Home Improvement. Pretend they're all mechanics working in a garage, write the script on that basis, and later change their names to Jim, Steve, Ted and Dave, then make them all human.

That's how Melvin came to exist - he's how I imagined Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force would look if he was an office worker.

You might want to step outside the limitations of Stripcreator as well and just write without having to worry about the limited character/background selection, only being able to put 2 characters in a frame at once, etc... and just write a script as if it was for a cartoon. You can adapt it later easily enough (or try a different format)

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