Dan Goldman ([info]dangoldman) wrote in [info]act_i_vate,
2006-10-20 00:46:00

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Anonymous

October 20 2006, 06:34:12 UTC 5 years ago

Violence IS contagious.

Chris, I want "Remember me, you hive-mind motherfucker?" on a t-shirt. "That fat one is gonna kill him an' eat him up" being only slightly less marketable.

Dan, did you model 718 on Mos Def? I see the inevitable silver screen adaptation as a likely vehicle for him. The Hasid at the end, on the other hand, definitely resembles you if you go all born again on us.

Ken A.

[info]dangoldman

October 23 2006, 19:34:30 UTC 5 years ago

the face is Mos, the body is me, the ears are Mickey Mouse... wait until that hoodie comes off.

[info]gdwessel

October 20 2006, 06:37:37 UTC 5 years ago

Huh. Wow. I'm impressed and frightened simultaneously. Good stuff here.

[info]dangoldman

October 23 2006, 21:31:45 UTC 5 years ago

thanks, man... the confusion of this opening subway sequence is intentional; it'll all make more sense when we come back to it, I promise.

[info]lukkucairi

October 20 2006, 09:32:33 UTC 5 years ago

OK, I'm insomniac, wake up to check my iTunes downloads and got your email. Thereby going from "Schoolhouse Rock" to this. Oddly, now I feel like I'm trapped in a time warp of 1985 New York.

Congrats man -- and that Hasid really does look like you :-)

[info]dangoldman

October 23 2006, 21:50:40 UTC 5 years ago

I am in fact the model for the Hasid. I like to "skin" myself and act the characters out as part of the process.

[info]kingsnake

October 20 2006, 11:37:14 UTC 5 years ago

lovin' it so far...

Yeah, it's gotta be mos def or at least part mos :). This is dope. and I second the 'hive mind' t-shirt.

[info]dangoldman

October 23 2006, 21:51:38 UTC 5 years ago

Re: lovin' it so far...

the Elves of T-Shirtland are listening intently to these message boards. who knows what the future holds.

[info]bertozzi

October 20 2006, 12:56:12 UTC 5 years ago

I love the Possession-Symbol on the faces.

My one suggestion is to pull the frame out for at least one panel during action sequences. You're introducing a shitload of characters at once and it'll be eaier to follow them all if you show a "relationship shot" (all characters in fight in the same panel). This is different from the establishing shot, which you don't need since you already set the scene.

[info]man_size

October 20 2006, 16:07:33 UTC 5 years ago

What Nick said about "relationships." Action sequences are a bitch when you have more than two people to establish. Bone up on your Woo and Scorcese, hell, even DePalma has a lot to offer [after all, he ripped off the master of staging, Hitchcock].

Despite the jumbly confusions of characters suddenly appearing [you could fix that by adding a splash page to show where everyone is sitting and standing before the first attack] this hive-mind stuff is truly savage. The conceit that violence creates a ripple [domino] effect is compelling, but add an infectious quality to the chaos [electric graffiti] and then FEED off its pain? Well, that's just evil. An evil 718 must abolish post-haste!

Bring the pain.

[info]dangoldman

October 23 2006, 22:15:57 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you, Nick. That's very simple and very good advice.

[info]phrawzty

October 20 2006, 13:41:33 UTC 5 years ago

I'm confused.

Confused and heavily intrigued.

Good work. :)

[info]dangoldman

October 23 2006, 21:55:11 UTC 5 years ago

All will be revealed in the next 15 pages... this is just the online premiere of the first issue of a much longer series. Glad you're intrigued; we're more formally introducing our main players in the coming weeks.

[info]mikedawsoncomic

October 20 2006, 14:06:59 UTC 5 years ago

This is really nice looking. I really like the visual style - it definitely captures that feeling of riding the above ground orange-line - well, without all the fighting and possession going on - I've never experienced that. Actually, I barely ever go on that subway, so maybe I'm wrong, maybe that kind of stuff happens all the time...

[info]unicornlove

October 20 2006, 15:19:54 UTC 5 years ago

Fresh. i, too, am a little confused. but, so far, in a good way.

[info]lalato

October 20 2006, 15:52:22 UTC 5 years ago

Holy TASER GLOVE, Batman! The Zombies formerly known as People are heading this way! ;)

--sam

[info]d14n

October 20 2006, 15:53:15 UTC 5 years ago

The text at the bottom vaguely reminds me of William S. Burroughs. I'm really digging this.

[info]benchilada

October 20 2006, 17:43:12 UTC 5 years ago

Shitacular!

Want those gloves...

Also: birds?

[info]lil_fatty

October 24 2006, 03:18:48 UTC 5 years ago

Wow the violence is just awesome. I really like your panel designs. Your whole layout has this aawesome movement and energy to it.
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