Nobody won yet. Chargen is still going.
He's a beginner in everything but that means we at last HAVE someone to fill the scrub jobs.
Undercover Comics #1
- Thread starter asphaltus
- Start date
- Original
He's a beginner in everything but that means we at last HAVE someone to fill the scrub jobs.
- Location
- Leeds
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Are you sure?
Do we need to include charectar choices to prevent them being overwrittten?
FYI:
After we see the hiring options we'd find that the hardest spot to fill is the writer(and keep in mind we'd change hires from time to time, if you change writers expect a reader revolt).
- Location
- Leeds
In other words yes we should otherwise the tally won't pick up the older vote.
- Location
- Outside the Box
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] woman
[X] Emily Powers
[X] Comic Writing (Coming up with an idea, making it into a plot worthy of a comic book)
[X] A Publishing Hub – Sales will slightly increase. Publishing costs will be slightly decreased.
[X] Invest $15,000 (Slightly printing increased base value; no effect on sales)
[X] Plan Cover All Bases.
-[X] Louisa Alcott - A former worker of Disney studios, who quit when she couldn't bear to paint thousands of nearly same paintings everyday. Her skills lie in inking and coloring. (but mainly coloring.) Cost – $7650/month
-[X] Finn Leibeck - A somewhat stoic man, Finn has an impressive resume of being a creator of his own newspaper strip. He quit because his 'Boss got annoying', and applied here because, 'The job looked good.'. He has better than average pencilling and lettering skills. Cost - $9310/month
Writing, penciling, inking, coloring, and lettering. This way all five jobs needed to make a comic are covered by people who are already skilled at it. And it only takes two employees! Also, don't forget the QM asked for employee votes to be in plan formatting.
[X] Emily Powers
[X] Comic Writing (Coming up with an idea, making it into a plot worthy of a comic book)
[X] A Publishing Hub – Sales will slightly increase. Publishing costs will be slightly decreased.
[X] Invest $15,000 (Slightly printing increased base value; no effect on sales)
[X] Plan Cover All Bases.
-[X] Louisa Alcott - A former worker of Disney studios, who quit when she couldn't bear to paint thousands of nearly same paintings everyday. Her skills lie in inking and coloring. (but mainly coloring.) Cost – $7650/month
-[X] Finn Leibeck - A somewhat stoic man, Finn has an impressive resume of being a creator of his own newspaper strip. He quit because his 'Boss got annoying', and applied here because, 'The job looked good.'. He has better than average pencilling and lettering skills. Cost - $9310/month
Writing, penciling, inking, coloring, and lettering. This way all five jobs needed to make a comic are covered by people who are already skilled at it. And it only takes two employees! Also, don't forget the QM asked for employee votes to be in plan formatting.
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asphaltus
Never bought a physical comic book
- Location
- New Delhi
What can I say? It's hard to create mechanics, okay? Being a publisher is just losing money till you strike gold and stick with it. Just imagine it's a bizarro world or something. At least you won't have to deal with inflation and the like as the years pass by.
This is wrong. There's a level 'untrained' below 'beginner' . All the other candidates have untrained in other fields which is not mentioned. Sorry for creating confusion.
An untrained adds nearly basically nothing except his/her bonuses.
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NúmenoreanNazgûl
Witch-King
- Location
- Minas Morgul
[x] man
[x] Daniel Goldberg
[x] Comic Writing (Coming up with an idea, making it into a plot worthy of a comic book)
[x] A Publishing Hub – Sales will slightly increase. Publishing costs will be slightly decreased.
[x] Invest $15,000 (Slightly printing increased base value; no effect on sales)
[X] Plan Cover All Bases.
-[X] Louisa Alcott - A former worker of Disney studios, who quit when she couldn't bear to paint thousands of nearly same paintings everyday. Her skills lie in inking and coloring. (but mainly coloring.) Cost – $7650/month
-[X] Finn Leibeck - A somewhat stoic man, Finn has an impressive resume of being a creator of his own newspaper strip. He quit because his 'Boss got annoying', and applied here because, 'The job looked good.'. He has better than average pencilling and lettering skills. Cost - $9310/month
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[X] Radiant Comics
[x] Daniel Goldberg
[x] Comic Writing (Coming up with an idea, making it into a plot worthy of a comic book)
[x] A Publishing Hub – Sales will slightly increase. Publishing costs will be slightly decreased.
[x] Invest $15,000 (Slightly printing increased base value; no effect on sales)
[X] Plan Cover All Bases.
-[X] Louisa Alcott - A former worker of Disney studios, who quit when she couldn't bear to paint thousands of nearly same paintings everyday. Her skills lie in inking and coloring. (but mainly coloring.) Cost – $7650/month
-[X] Finn Leibeck - A somewhat stoic man, Finn has an impressive resume of being a creator of his own newspaper strip. He quit because his 'Boss got annoying', and applied here because, 'The job looked good.'. He has better than average pencilling and lettering skills. Cost - $9310/month
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[X] Radiant Comics
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Issue 0 - Prologue (Part 3)
asphaltus
Never bought a physical comic book
- Location
- New Delhi
***
"Is that all?" You ask Fred, as both of you stare at the pages spread out all over the desk. "It's kind of a lot, isn't it?" You ask.Fred looks at the pages, then looks back at you. "Is it? That's all I could think of right now."
"Well, nobody wrote this many names before." You pick one of the pages. "Let's start, shall we?"
"Zeus?" You point at the first word. "What's he got do with comics?" Fred looks to see if you're joking. "He's the main greek god, sounds imposing. What's wrong with Zeus?"
"It shows we lack imagination. There must be thousands of businesses named after Zeus! And, it places us at the rear end of the yellow pages, along with all other Zeuses. I don't like it." You state.
"Let's not be too hasty." He grimaces. He must have really liked that name. "What about the others?"
"Athena?" You stop at another. "Think that is already taken." Fred mutters a curse under his breath. "Aphrodite? Places too much emphasis on romance. Apollo - Wait, did you write all the gods?" You begin reading the first page completely. "Not all of them," He weakly protests.
"Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Hera, Hestia, Hephaestus, Thetis, Metis, Nike…, yeah, sure seems like you didn't." You place it away from the rest of the pile.
"Well, they are not bad names." He defends.
"They're all Greek Gods!"
"Hey, you said, 'write what comes to your mind', and I did!"
"Well, I didn't know you had such a love for Classical Greek!"
You both take a moment to stare stupidly at each other."Let's just look at the other names," You suggest after a while. "Yeah, let's do that." You pick up another page.
"Osiris. Horus. Thoth….."
***
In the morning, you had a new appreciation for how much Fred cared about ancient gods and mythologies, and a realization about what he considers is a good name. You shudder at the thought if he ever had a kid.
But after a lot of back and forth, a lot of ancient greek, latin, germanic, celtic and nordic names and phrases later, you had both been convinced to choose one. Well, mostly it was he who needed to be convinced. You were the one who proposed it, after all. But ultimately, you did have a name for your comic book company.
[] Comic Company Name
And it was perfect.
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A/N: An update at a different time to attract new viewers. All votes remains open for 12 hours more. And please don't worry about tallying. If you voted earlier, and added only the new vote, it's fine. If you updated your vote, that's fine too. I'll look through each vote carefully (first quest, first vote after all), so that nothing is missed. And with this we end chargen.
- Location
- Leeds
[x] Comic Writing (Coming up with an idea, making it into a plot worthy of a comic book)
[x] A Publishing Hub – Sales will slightly increase. Publishing costs will be slightly decreased.
[x] Invest $15,000 (Slightly printing increased base value; no effect on sales)
[X] Plan Cover All Bases.
-[X] Louisa Alcott - A former worker of Disney studios, who quit when she couldn't bear to paint thousands of nearly same paintings everyday. Her skills lie in inking and coloring. (but mainly coloring.) Cost – $7650/month
-[X] Finn Leibeck - A somewhat stoic man, Finn has an impressive resume of being a creator of his own newspaper strip. He quit because his 'Boss got annoying', and applied here because, 'The job looked good.'. He has better than average pencilling and lettering skills. Cost - $9310/month
[x] A Publishing Hub – Sales will slightly increase. Publishing costs will be slightly decreased.
[x] Invest $15,000 (Slightly printing increased base value; no effect on sales)
[X] Plan Cover All Bases.
-[X] Louisa Alcott - A former worker of Disney studios, who quit when she couldn't bear to paint thousands of nearly same paintings everyday. Her skills lie in inking and coloring. (but mainly coloring.) Cost – $7650/month
-[X] Finn Leibeck - A somewhat stoic man, Finn has an impressive resume of being a creator of his own newspaper strip. He quit because his 'Boss got annoying', and applied here because, 'The job looked good.'. He has better than average pencilling and lettering skills. Cost - $9310/month
asphaltus
Never bought a physical comic book
- Location
- New Delhi
VOTE TALLY:
Well, looks it got confusing for a while there. I am officially confirming these as the results, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. First chargen -
{x} Woman
{x} Emily Powers
{x} Comic-writing
Second Chargen -
{x} A Publishing Hub – Sales will slightly increase. Publishing costs will be slightly decreased.
{x} Invest $15,000 (Slightly printing increased base value; no effect on sales)
And it looks Plan Cover All bases takes it by one vote, so your employees will be Louisa Alcott and Finn Leibeck.
The vote for the company name is still open, and there might be an update in an hour or two. (If my muse doesn't fail me.)
Well, looks it got confusing for a while there. I am officially confirming these as the results, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. First chargen -
{x} Woman
{x} Emily Powers
{x} Comic-writing
Second Chargen -
{x} A Publishing Hub – Sales will slightly increase. Publishing costs will be slightly decreased.
{x} Invest $15,000 (Slightly printing increased base value; no effect on sales)
And it looks Plan Cover All bases takes it by one vote, so your employees will be Louisa Alcott and Finn Leibeck.
The vote for the company name is still open, and there might be an update in an hour or two. (If my muse doesn't fail me.)
- Location
- St. Petersburg
It will, if you uncheck 'newest votes only', which is there precisely for that reason.
A name choice after mocking the tastes of both protagonists is a terrible idea to attract new viewers. Those were better names than I would have come up with!
- Location
- Leeds
Just suggest something they didn't offerIt will, if you uncheck 'newest votes only', which is there precisely for that reason.
A name choice after mocking the tastes of both protagonists is a terrible idea to attract new viewers. Those were better names than I would have come up with!
[X] Odin.
- Location
- St. Petersburg
Well, if we are talking deities associated with death, I haven't heard Hades being mentioned yet. A river of literal brain bleach might become relevant considering the expertise of our crew!
Hmm, why not name it after Argo? It's Greek, starts with an 'A', and it is symbolic of many things...
Hmm, why not name it after Argo? It's Greek, starts with an 'A', and it is symbolic of many things...
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Issue 0 - Prologue (Part 4)
asphaltus
Never bought a physical comic book
- Location
- New Delhi
***
Issue #0Jan 1947
"Welcome one and all." You address the motley group of Fred, your new employees, a few friends, some acquaintances, and what you think is a random passerby who managed to wander in.
"Today officially marks the first day of our business," You pause meaningfully, trying to remember the words you had hurriedly written the night before. "- and I'm glad you're here to witness it. Whatever you see here -" You wave a hand at the newly made desks and chairs, the stack of beautiful white pages, the pristine typewriter and your heart can't help but soar. "-was achieved after a lot of hard work and – I won't deny it - an even greater amount of luck." Polite laughter. "Few of us are ever so lucky to have their dreams fulfilled, and I can't help but feel blessed to be among them." A light smattering of applause.
"But standing here, right now, I have to say, it doesn't feel like I have achieved my dream." You take another pause. "It feels like it is only beginning." Some thoughtful murmurs. "And hence I had a realization. You never achieve your dreams – you just replace them with bigger ones." There's laughter once again, but more genuine this time. "It's a lifelong journey that doesn't end. And in light of that, I want to make you all a promise. No matter the challenges or difficulties that I face, I won't stop pursuing my dreams. No matter how distant the goal may seem, I won't stop walking. No matter how futile the effort appears, I will still give it my all." You look around and nod. "And I implore you all to do the same. Thank you."
***
"That was a nice speech." Fred exclaims as you lean back in your chair. "Of course, I am a writer. That's what I do." You say. "You were good as well."
He waved it off. "I just repeated what Mr. Hatham used to say when he created a new division." He chuckled. "Heard it so many times that it got memorized. So, what's this?" He hefts a book from the veritable stack of magazines, periodicals and tradebacks that lies beside your desk. "Been studying lately?"
"Actually, yes," You reply. "You can't cut wood without sharpening the axe."
"You read them all?"
"Well, mainly the –
Choose 3 genres. Ranked-Choice Voting.
[] Fantasy
[] Science-Fiction
[] Superheroes
[] Military
[] Mystery
[] Spy
[] Romance
[] Horror
[] Classical
[] Comedy
[] Wild West
[] Write-in (possible QM veto)
-ones, cause I like them best." You respond. "And why be a jack of all trades when you already are a master of a few?"
"Indeed, oh wise one." Fred mock responds. "Do you have any other seeds of enlightenment, Great Master Powers?"
"Why, of course." You swat him with a folded periodical. "Wise saying number two: No one likes a sarcastic sidekick, Mr. Hanz."
***
"Is this – Is this aboUt workiNg oVerTime?" The shrill voice with the odd inflections belongs to Louisa Alcott, your inker and colorist. She, as usual, looks like a nearly nervous wreck, about to collapse any moment. Her fingers are splotched with ink, are completely white otherwise, a somewhat incongruous detail which has always strikes you as ominous.
"No, Louisa, it's not," You remind her gently (you don't really believe she would cry if you raised your voice, but why risk it?). "Technically, you haven't even working yet. No, we are here to discuss your duties and responsibilities. Speaking of, where's -"
"ight." A soft voice, this time belonging to Finn Leibeck, your tentative penciller and colorist. In fact, he speaks so softly that you have never heard the first syllable of anything he says. Which is a disturbingly comical contrast to his huge body. " 'm here." It looks even funnier when he sits down next to anxious Louisa.
"And I am here as well!" Fred pips from behind you. "All present and ready!"
"Very well." You nod. "Shall we get to work?"
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A/N: I really, really wanted to get started on the main thing, but somehow, it just didn't fit. I think I will update the character sheets along with the official ideation phase update sometime in the next 12 to 14 hours... so please look forward to it. The rate of updates will also slow down... can't afford to tally and write it in the same day. Looking at a 2 weekday + 1 weekend schedule.
- Location
- Leeds
Is this set in an anime universe where everyone has a strange speech habit?
Anyway
[] Science-Fiction
[] Superheroes
Are probably locked in because we're SV and its in our blood.
Whats the third one though?
Anyway
[] Science-Fiction
[] Superheroes
Are probably locked in because we're SV and its in our blood.
Whats the third one though?
asphaltus
Never bought a physical comic book
- Location
- New Delhi
It was supposed to be funny....NOOOOOOOO
. Well, actually it was supposed to be a serious discussions, but somehow it ended up like this. And it was a lot longer too, with the MC coming up with names like "World's Finest Comics", "Superlative Comics", "World's Ultimate Comics," but that would be too much characterization than the players might like, so I removed it. Basically, Fred doesn't have a naming sense.Was actually in the rough draft. It went something this -
"Zeus? Poseidon? Athena!" He clicked his fingers as he said the last one.
"Aren't those names are already taken?"
"Hephaestus? Hermes? Hestia?"
"Good for blacksmiths, postman and housewives associations."
"Demeter? Hades? Persephone?"
"Please stop."
"Isis? Odin? Shiva?"
"Now you're just mixing them all up."
"Achilles!"
"Don't want his heel."
"Odysseus?"
"Got lost, you know."
"Cassandra?"
"No one believed her."
"Antioch?"
"Who the hell is that?"
Yeah, it got unfunny fast. (Btw, if you somehow vote for a God that isn't mentioned, I'll write an interlude how he/she is the only God that Fred disliked and didn't put on the list.)
I write a lot of dialogue, and this makes it easy to identify them. And no, they won't generally speak like this, it's just, you know, making a character recognizable by giving them extreme characteristics at first, and then developing them more.
- Location
- Leeds
I like the idea that we chose it just to spite him.
I'm teasing don't worry too much.
- Location
- England
[3] Fantasy
[2] Science-Fiction
[1] Horror
Shame I missed the initial votes, this quest is right up my alley.
I voted for these because superheroes is q bit overdone. You can do a lot of fun things wth 40s-50s sci-fi, especially as it evolves over time. Same with Fantasy-things got weird and wonderful around that time.
I picked horror because soon the comics code will come around and I wanted to explore what will happen when one of our best/popular works, the horror genre, loses the seal of approval.
Do we try and keep it going underground, or force ourselves to change radically?
EDIT: Company name: [X] Undercover Comics
Cause you read the comics under you're covers...cause they're scary. Also, the stories are under the cover of the comics.
[2] Science-Fiction
[1] Horror
Shame I missed the initial votes, this quest is right up my alley.
I voted for these because superheroes is q bit overdone. You can do a lot of fun things wth 40s-50s sci-fi, especially as it evolves over time. Same with Fantasy-things got weird and wonderful around that time.
I picked horror because soon the comics code will come around and I wanted to explore what will happen when one of our best/popular works, the horror genre, loses the seal of approval.
Do we try and keep it going underground, or force ourselves to change radically?
EDIT: Company name: [X] Undercover Comics
Cause you read the comics under you're covers...cause they're scary. Also, the stories are under the cover of the comics.
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- Location
- Leeds
Vote for genre with numbers and no we're still discussing.
asphaltus
Never bought a physical comic book
- Location
- New Delhi
Interesting choices. One of them is actually rising in popularity at the moment (which gives you higher sales).
Have another hint (cause I like Nevill's anti establishment vote) :
Superheroes were generally considered on their way out in 1947, (but you can buck the trend!) so their popularity might be lower!)
Also, now that I think about it, it's slightly similar to Bakuman, isn't it? There's also the rival characters who have yet to appear...
You'll get a chance to stop that fire before it burns down everything. (can't say how much successful you would be, though, deck is stacked against you)
Also, please vote by numbers.
The name vote is still open.
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- Location
- Leeds
[3] Fantasy
[1] Science-Fiction
[2] Superheroes
Lowest is our preference right?
Sci-Fi is where we get the forum name from. Superheroes might be on their way out, but we've got hindsight to know how to bring them back into pop culture. Fantasy I can be persuaded on.
Also for a comic name how about: Appropriately Accelerated.
- Location
- England
Ok, added the numbers. Put in my vote for a company name-Undercover Comics.
- Location
- Pittsburgh PA
- Pronouns
- He/Him
[1] Fantasy
[2] Science-Fiction
[3] Horror
[X] Undercover Comics
[2] Science-Fiction
[3] Horror
[X] Undercover Comics