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12:16 AM

Mon Nov 16, 2009, 6:56 PM
  • Mood: Tired
  • Listening to: work
  • Reading: work
  • Watching: work
  • Playing: work
  • Eating: work
  • Drinking: work
SO LIKE :iconcaptain-feces: IS DOING COMMISSIONS, BUY HER DRAWINGS.

I'll be working the Fremont Anime fair again this December 5th, so come on down, say hey, and check out my work.

That's all for now.

EDIT: ALSO MY COMPUTER CORD IS OFFICIALLY DEAD, GOOD NIGHT SWEET PRINCE.

> CCCC

This means I'll be on less for like...IDK half of the week until I can run off to SF on wednesday. Mother nut.

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  • Current Residence: Dividing my time between a rock in the Pacific and a tree on the west coast.
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*Akiraine 4 days 6 hours ago
Thank you for the fave!

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~Tofubeast 4 days 6 hours ago
No problem! It's great to see Discworld stuff.

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~C-2-158 Nov 11, 2009, 3:36:06 AM
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Ya see' its like your typical heroes journey (monomyth[link]) fiction book, but with a shiny cover, and it focuses on a setting that isn't often mainstream with easy-to-identify-with characters. VERY much like Harry Potter, the Matrix, Chronicles of Narnia, Wizard of Oz, and just about every other popular shonen manga in existence (dragon ball, one piece,fma etc). It is the execution, the story and character archetypes already exist, its all execution.

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~Tofubeast Nov 11, 2009, 12:27:32 PM
I'd think that Star Wars would be the most typical example, since Lucas actually sat down and studied those two specific books that deal with the Hero's Journey. I wish I could remember what the titles of those books were, since I can't at the moment, but yeah.

Naruto does have those typical elements of the Hero's Journey, yes--if you simplify it down to its bare bones. You could say the same with any shonen manga.

However, I say that Naruto is a typical shonen cliche story because it follows the archetypes and elements that were established before.

Take Fuuma no Kojirou, [link] which has the typical annoyingly chipper longshot hero along with his indifferent rival and the nice love interest--or Flame of Recca [link] which is pretty much the exact same thing. Both of these came before Naruto (FnK was in the eighties in Shonen Jump, while FoR was in the nineties in Shonen Sunday.) I haven't read FnK yet, but since the artist did Saint Seiya, it should be pretty good. FoR was OK. The artwork wasn't the greatest, but it pretty much set the groundwork for Naruto. FoR was competing with Yu Yu Hakusho when it was serialized, so some elements are similar to that as well. orz.

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~C-2-158 Nov 11, 2009, 2:08:26 PM
Right! What I am now beginning to think about, is if all of these series are so similar in nature, then what makes some more popular than others. Mastering that concept, I think, is the key to success in the comic book world.

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~Tofubeast Nov 11, 2009, 3:56:39 PM
Although from my perspective, I care less about generating the same generic uninteresting formulaic crap, and care more about making something different, new, and enjoyable for both me and the reader.

And therin lies the illustrator's issue.

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~C-2-158 Nov 11, 2009, 7:47:32 PM
It's already over. There are no new stories to tell. No new people to describe. That is the simulacra, the hyper-reality we can't escape... now, how you choose to portray what already exists is what is important. Within that selection you can make new and interesting things.

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~C-2-158 Nov 3, 2009, 10:14:03 PM
That was an interesting series of thoughts, but besides the metaphor to evolution, and simple conjecture, there is no logical evidence that superheroes are going to disappear. Not just American super heroes but also manga heroes are totally mainstream right now.

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~Tofubeast Nov 4, 2009, 10:14:01 AM
I agree. They're kind of cemented into the American subconcious, and part of our popular media. Superheroes will probably change (and I welcome that eagerly) but probably not disappear off the planet.

Maybe now once globalization starts kicking into high gear, we'll finally get to see our Superman VS Goku dream match at Jump Festa/Comic Con?

(ps Goku would so win.)

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My OCT punches other OCTS in the face. ~HenshinScrambleOCT
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