Author Topic: If there is to be another Inaba style 4-koma... (Read 29172 times)

Fightest · « **Reply #90 on:** April 24, 2010, 04:24:08 PM »

Quote from: Halca on April 24, 2010, 04:19:37 PM

Should I like draw something to prove my powers? XDD

Sounds good!

Tengukami · « **Reply #91 on:** April 24, 2010, 04:27:42 PM »

Quote from: Fightest on April 24, 2010, 10:20:45 AM

Well, in the context of Touhous, who will these wives be, then?

That's just it. I don't know.

The only other dark past that I can think of would be some sort of incident that Ran was never able to resolve, one that was beyond her powers. She failed this incident because:

a) she was still a hot-shot rookie with something to prove, and made a bold move that cost someone else's life - like an ex-partner, for example.
b) she froze up and didn't know how to react, thus costing someone else's life.
c) the bad guy led her into a trap that she should have seen coming, thus costing someone else's life.

Halca · « **Reply #92 on:** April 24, 2010, 04:41:33 PM »

lol working on the Chen car scene right now. It's looking hilarious. Will probably post tonight~

OkashiiKisei · « **Reply #93 on:** April 24, 2010, 05:01:52 PM »

Quote from: Fightest on April 24, 2010, 10:20:45 AM

Well, in the context of Touhous, who will these wives be, then?

Chen's wife would be Kogasa.

Ran's ex-wife would be Youmu. They divorced and now Youmu has married to Yuyuko, a rich businesswoman.

Fightest · « **Reply #94 on:** April 24, 2010, 07:34:44 PM »

Quote from: Tengukami on April 24, 2010, 04:27:42 PM

That's just it. I don't know.

The only other dark past that I can think of would be some sort of incident that Ran was never able to resolve, one that was beyond her powers. She failed this incident because:

a) she was still a hot-shot rookie with something to prove, and made a bold move that cost someone else's life - like an ex-partner, for example.
b) she froze up and didn't know how to react, thus costing someone else's life.
c) the bad guy led her into a trap that she should have seen coming, thus costing someone else's life.

Well, I, for one, believe that the ex-partner thing is totally appropriate, and we already have someone for that - Yukari.

Halca · « **Reply #95 on:** April 25, 2010, 02:29:17 AM »

Too tired to finish it tonight, but enjoy a tiny preview.
I'll get cracking on it tomorrow. Is this enough to qualify me as your artist? o3o

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Fightest · « **Reply #96 on:** April 25, 2010, 09:33:59 AM »

Quote from: Halca on April 25, 2010, 02:29:17 AM

Too tired to finish it tonight, but enjoy a tiny preview.
I'll get cracking on it tomorrow. Is this enough to qualify me as your artist? o3o

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Sir, that is magnificent! I can't speak for anyone else, but I, personally, would be very happy if you could continue drawing for us!

Kinzo the Astro Curious · « **Reply #97 on:** April 25, 2010, 09:42:17 AM »

Quote from: General Okashii on April 24, 2010, 05:01:52 PM

Chen's wife would be Kogasa.

Ran's ex-wife would be Youmu. They divorced and now Youmu has married to Yuyuko, a rich businesswoman.

This, especially chen and kogasa.

EDIT : just read that comic. brilliant lol

Fightest · « **Reply #98 on:** April 25, 2010, 10:04:35 AM »

Quote from: Keith the Kappa on April 25, 2010, 09:42:17 AM

This, especially chen and kogasa.

You know what? I'll go with that! Otherwise Youmu doesn't really get a niche that isn't filled by more charismatic characters.

So! Backstory time, This Is Not Funny At All edition!

Panel 1: Rain beats down heavily. A large group in GPD uniform are standing in front of a simple gravestone. Everyone bar RAN is saluting. (Not sure who would be present, aside from Ran, obviously).
Panel 2: (Not sure what to put here, needs to be something very personal to RAN, like her clenching a blood-stained GPD badge, or something).
Panel 3: RAN is saluting, rain streaming down her face.
Panel 4: Show gravestone, which reads, each entry under the previous: Yukari Yakumo. Officer. Partner. Friend.

Hm, I can't tell if this is a bit camp or not. Looks good in my head, but I could be way off.

Kinzo the Astro Curious · « **Reply #99 on:** April 25, 2010, 10:18:02 AM »

It certainly wouldn't be your opening comic, but it could be useful later. Like one of those pull yourself together in the middle of a gunfight flashback scenes. Because everyone has time for a flashback when your behind cover.

Fightest · « **Reply #100 on:** April 25, 2010, 10:27:49 AM »

Quote from: Keith the Kappa on April 25, 2010, 10:18:02 AM

It certainly wouldn't be your opening comic, but it could be useful later. Like one of those pull yourself together in the middle of a gunfight flashback scenes. Because everyone has time for a flashback when your behind cover.

Oh, certainly not the opener. I figure the one with the Ran and Chen title cards would be the opener - it sets the mood and introduces the characters quickly and simply. The one with the funeral would be used much later, when introducing the major plot arc of the unsolved case that still haunts Ran.

Also, I feel like I should be able to recognise the mech type in your avatar. But I can't. It's bugging me.

Kinzo the Astro Curious · « **Reply #101 on:** April 25, 2010, 11:02:09 AM »

Its based off two types lol. The majority is pretty much a direct copy of one mech though, except the windows are taken from another and the body isnt the same shape as it should be.

Keep guessing, you'll get there eventually :V

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #102 on:** April 25, 2010, 12:38:17 PM »

Ima let you all finish, but I just wanna to come in here and say that the next comic being Rumia in a surrealist drama is the best idea ever.

Rumia would be taking orders from the Supreme World Attending Multispectrum Intelligence (SWAMI), a talking orb that she found in the forest. Each issue, SWAMI would give her completely nonsensical orders, saying they must be done for the good of Gensokyo. One set of orders, for instance, would be "Break into the schoolhouse and take the ink from Keine's favorite pen. Go to the road to Youkai Mountain and wait. At exactly 3:07 PM, Nitori will walk by. Splash the ink upon her back. Then you must go to Scarlet Devil Library, and find the Unwritten Books section. Find the book entitled, 'This Ocean Mokou.' remove pages 23, 40, and 87. Return to school and place the first two pages where you found the ink bottle. Then immediately consume the third with soy sauce."

Rumia, being Rumia, would follow the orders of this talking orb without question. Along the way she would encounter and completely overlook difficult philosophical concepts, encounter personifications of the mind and gnaw on them in greeting, and generally just be a combination of completely adorable and a sillybutt in surreal and absurdist situations. For instance:

Quote

Panel One:
A Faceless Figure labeled Justice stands to the left of an immense doorway:
Justice:"To pass, you must expose my lies."

Panel Two:
A Faceless Figure labeled Deceit stands to the right of an immense doorway :
Deceit: "To pass, you must reduce my words to truth"

Panel Three
Rumia stands in front of them, arms outstretched and smiling:
Rumia: "Hi, I'm Rumia!"

Panel Four
Rumia bites Deceit
Deceit: "GYAAAAAAH!"

The final issue would be watching all of the things that Rumia has done set into place a a huge, chaos-butterfly like series of events that would culminate into something utterly inconsequential and dramatizing it, such as a certain hen laying an egg at a certain place while general chaos reigns around her.

As for the identity of SWAMI, ~~Yukari fooling around again~~ we may never know.

This all being said,Subterranean Vice would also own. Just not as much.

Tengukami · « **Reply #103 on:** April 25, 2010, 05:02:54 PM »

Quote from: Fightest on April 25, 2010, 10:04:35 AM

You know what? I'll go with that! Otherwise Youmu doesn't really get a niche that isn't filled by more charismatic characters.

So! Backstory time, This Is Not Funny At All edition!

Panel 1: Rain beats down heavily. A large group in GPD uniform are standing in front of a simple gravestone. Everyone bar RAN is saluting. (Not sure who would be present, aside from Ran, obviously).
Panel 2: (Not sure what to put here, needs to be something very personal to RAN, like her clenching a blood-stained GPD badge, or something).
Panel 3: RAN is saluting, rain streaming down her face.
Panel 4: Show gravestone, which reads, each entry under the previous: Yukari Yakumo. Officer. Partner. Friend.

Hm, I can't tell if this is a bit camp or not. Looks good in my head, but I could be way off.

Yes, this is definitely flashback sequence material.

I think there are two options you could go with as far as the opener is concerned. You could have Ran showing up at the station to start her day, exchanging wisecracks with different cast members as she makes her way to her desk.

Or you could start immediately with the action - like maybe a Mexican stand-off on top of a tall building, Ran and the Bad Guy facing off, police cars and a crowd gathered below. Ran asks, "You may be wondering what a regular grunt like me is doing standing on top of a building, pointing a gun at someone who's got a gun pointed at me. I wonder the same thing. But I guess that comes with the territory when you're a cop in this hellhole."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #104 on:** April 25, 2010, 06:37:19 PM »

Quote from: Tengukami on April 25, 2010, 05:02:54 PM

But I guess that comes with the territory when you're a cop in this hellhole."

I see what you did there.

Fightest · « **Reply #105 on:** April 25, 2010, 09:37:10 PM »

Quote from: Tengukami on April 25, 2010, 05:02:54 PM

Yes, this is definitely flashback sequence material.

I think there are two options you could go with as far as the opener is concerned. You could have Ran showing up at the station to start her day, exchanging wisecracks with different cast members as she makes her way to her desk.

Or you could start immediately with the action [...]

Well... thing is, both of them feel a bit too serious-business for an opener, to me. This is a comedy strip after all. That said, nothing stopping us injecting some humour into the latter option. Also, shouldn't Chen also be there, or do you something else in store for her?

Halca · « **Reply #106 on:** April 25, 2010, 11:42:08 PM »

Applying finishin touches. Sorry for doing this so late, but I went out to see a movie today ^^;

Anypoops, quick Q~

For this panel:
Panel 4b: Title card, in loud, explosive font: RAN, GPD's Goddamn Babysitter, Seriously, Why Do I Always Get Them, Chief?

Are the words "Seriously, Why Do I Always Get Them Chief?" being said by Ran or are they part of the "explosive font"?

Halca · « **Reply #107 on:** April 26, 2010, 12:08:12 AM »

http://halca-ruru.deviantart.com/art/Gensokyo-Vice-161975648

Decided to just finish it already. If I messed anything up, it's in a format that can be edited pretty easily.

Tengukami · « **Reply #108 on:** April 26, 2010, 12:16:54 AM »

Awesome.

Halca · « **Reply #109 on:** April 26, 2010, 12:47:32 AM »

Fightest · « **Reply #110 on:** April 26, 2010, 07:20:34 AM »

Quote from: Halca on April 26, 2010, 12:08:12 AM

http://halca-ruru.deviantart.com/art/Gensokyo-Vice-161975648

Decided to just finish it already. If I messed anything up, it's in a format that can be edited pretty easily.

Holy moly, you deserve some good old-fashioned applause. It's pretty much perfect.

Okay guys, we need a series opener, stat!

MediumSoda · « **Reply #111 on:** April 26, 2010, 05:22:04 PM »

I would love to see how things go at the Moriya's place, but the SDM is cool too.

Tengukami · « **Reply #112 on:** April 26, 2010, 07:15:40 PM »

I think the coffee thing would be a good opener.

Panel 1: Chen and Ran, sitting in a car, sipping take-away coffee.

Panel 2: A car speeds by, someone leaning out the passenger window to fire shots at a car behind them.

Panel 3: Ran says, "Well, so much for the coffee break," and tosses the coffee cup off-screen.

Panel 4: Chen, soaked and irritable with a coffee cup on her ear. Ran, smirking sheepishly, says, "I guess with you as my new partner, I gotta remember to throw to the right now."

Halca · « **Reply #113 on:** April 26, 2010, 08:15:07 PM »

Off to work I go~

Fightest · « **Reply #114 on:** April 26, 2010, 10:16:14 PM »

Quote from: Tengukami on April 26, 2010, 07:15:40 PM

Panel 4: Chen, soaked and irritable with a coffee cup on her ear. Ran, smirking sheepishly, says, "I guess with you as my new partner, I gotta remember to throw to the right now."

Wait, to the right? Can't we localise for western audiences and make it the left? :V

Kinzo the Astro Curious · « **Reply #115 on:** April 27, 2010, 12:37:15 AM »

No, since the uk drives on the left.
I think japan does too but im not all that sure. and touhou's from there, so... :V

two good reasons for drive on the left side of the road :]

(Also, the answer you were looking for is blackhawk... i thought i might as well answer lol)

game2011 · « **Reply #116 on:** May 01, 2010, 08:09:13 AM »

Looks like this topic really has gone in a direction that I really wasn't expecting. Oh well, go ahead with the current cop-related 4-koma discussion if you all have no problem with it...

Tengukami · « **Reply #117 on:** May 01, 2010, 12:17:50 PM »

I agree a "canonically-based" 4koma would also be great, but if anything, you should be delighted that you inspired such a great idea here. And of course no one's stopping anyone from making a canon-based 4koma. So, pat yourself on the back for laying the groundwork for this new comic series!