Tiempo
Tiempo is © Mario Espinoza Rojas
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This comic is the history of a watchmaker. He is tired and old due to working very hard all of his life. He manages to finally make his last great work. When he is finished, he decides to give it a rest.
Of own will decides to wait for his death.
Marks the end of an epoch and the beginning of a new one.
Beautiful.
Brilliant! This was my vote this month. Espero ver mas de Tiempo o otros comics tuyos en el fututo Mario!
The obvious is its got really good art...the not so obvious is his ghost becomes the protagonist in part 2... good job you should be proud.
This art is incredible! Is the story over? Are there more pages coming or what?
oh, i get it now! thats really cool! the art is still cool too!
iceman, you need to check page 7 closer. The shadow cast across the bed is from the guy next to the window who is the guy in the bed. That is, the clockmaker died in his sleep, with his last clock next to his bed. Tiempo -- his time was up.
hi, nice art, i really like the art. but, dont get me wrong, but what happened? the dude fixed a clock, went to bed, and woke up. i dont get it. very nice art though
Nice work, love the art!
The complete visual aspect of this, brings a new look to the comic format. I really like it. Very nice.
I really the how the story is told completely visually.
I really like this comics
Amazing, Just Amazing, beautiful :D
Maravilloso, le quedo perfecto este comic.
Quiero ver mas trabajos tuyos :D
!Bien Hecho! This was beautiful artwork combined with a haunting tale. Your entry really stands out and sticks with me,that's why you got my vote. I could really see this as an animated short, not because I think animation is superior to comics, only because sound would be the only way to add to this wonderful tale. !Bien Hecho amigo!
great to see something sequential from you having followed your work on devart! this is really well conceived
I have "read" this several times. Great art and storytelling. Tiempo is by far the best entry this month. You have my vote.
wow! This set really impressed me; you managed to beautifully tell a touching story.
Now I'm wondering where will you go from here.
Beautiful. Colors, lines, compositions... Wow.
Beautiful - A simple story that is universal, sad and up-lifting. Great job
This one is beautiful. The art is amazing and it has easily the best colors and composition in all this month entries.
The weak point it's, at least for me, that it being a wordless comic it feels is a too quick read (if a wordless comic can be read... you know what I mean). Besides, without reading the synopsis, it's feels very auto conclusive, specially due to the last page.
I'd like it a lot more whit some words, but I'm sure the artist decided this was the best way to tell the story, or maybe just the best way to start it.
Also I didn't realize he was finishing the biggest work of his life (because I read the synopsis after the comic). It may be I lost some detail there, but maybe it needed to be a little bit stressed so it doesn't seems like there is no place for the story to go after page 8.
I always put my alarm on snooze to avoid dying! Too busy gawping at the art to notice what the story was supposed to mean - great short story, but winner? ongoing? Probably not.
I like the new school art style.
I have only one thing to say. This is like Teachers from last month. Pay attention to each panel as if it were a page in a novel. If you read it quick you missed it.
Excelent art. Congratulations.
Wow! Very moving. I love that the watchmaker sets an alarm clock to tell him when to die. Where does it go from here?
Interesting, but the lack of words made it go by way too fast. But your art style is great and is definetly worth taking the time to soak in. The ending was a great twist but I kind of feel like we didn't need to go through 7 pages to get there. Your panels are great because they remind me of storyboards from a movie. But again, it just seemed to go by too fast, even when stopping to absorb the art.
Some of the art gets lost in the vibrant color, but otherwise a nice diversion.
I really like both the art and the story and feel the match is right on. I think the story-telling could be a little more targeted but I really dig on the fact that you told the story with no words and told it well! Great job! My only criticism is that it either doesn't leave you anywhere to go or doesn't present much of a cliffhanger ending to bring the audience back. I'd love to see more!
I am not sure where this goes but.....WONDERFUL!!!
I think you could of condensed the last 2 pages more to one and left us with more story. I know it conveys a long time, but not in the first 8 pages.
You have my vote so far. I really enjoyed your artwork and i am interested in the story as well.
I think you should re-write your plot summary, revealing less and taking more care with words.
This is off to a promising start. I was reminded of Clyde Fans by Seth until he went off... You should be proud of this work, and I share your likely dismay that the insipid cat comic is currently number one. I sense a loaded vote, but could never prove it and probably shouldn't raise it. I guess I've gone reckless.
the art is FANTASTIC but i'm not too interested... is there much more to do with this? good luck
The resizing and subsequent blurring of some of the panels was distracting but the diagonal flow in some of these pages worked suprisingly well. I like the drawing style but I think this is the wrong story to tell when you have the spotlight.
Hola Mario, fantastico arte, un poco rapida la secuencia pero muy buen trabajo, suerte.
It was very hard not to vote for this comic. I love the art and the story. I just have to wonder what happens next. I mean, the guy's dead! I like these eight pages but I don't really want to see what happens next. I still like this comic, but I won't vote for it.
Just read the bio and see you're from Costa Rica. Well, I may just have to vote for you based solely on that.
it's very interesting. compliments!
I totally agree that this looks like a Dreamworks short. Which is a high compliment. That said I'm not sure I'd want to see any more of this. Sure it tells a "complete" story and while I found the art striking the story itself didn't pull me in. I guess because I don't really care what happens next.
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Like a dreamworks short, I saw it, I appreciated it but now I'm ready for a different main feature.
Hello Mario, i went back and reread this, then re-reread this to see if i thought it warranted such high praise from some folks here. To me it didn't, and I'll tell you why. Of course Ill is right about the great sequential art. The art/colors reminded me of Eric Naguyen from Strange Girl, and Grandpa from the courage the dog cartoon. All the plain white on all the screens didn't do much for me. You should have used a background color, or some random clock imagery, to perk things up and prevent a white-out. Maybe you wanted contrast, but this is too much contrast for me. I guess if you win it will be clockmaker in heaven, or some kind of helpful ghost/angel? What is the watchmaker's name by the way? I don't think any words would add to this story, so right call on the silent treatment in these 8 screens. If you win would the comic remain silent, or would whatever his name is speak? I doubt I am the reader your aiming for, a hallmark special comic story just doesn't grab me. Okay you made a clock, you died, and flew off into the golden light, all well and good but I don't feel the need to read more.
This title definitely has my vote. I adore the lovely pastel colors, the cartoony style, and most of all the wonderful story that does not rely on cheesecake or action to deliver. I wish you the best of luck with your entry!
Beautifully drawn. I don't see how this character's story can continue after these 8 pages... But as a stand alone piece, I love it.
There's a real peaceful sentiment to the whole thing.
Nice art and very daring to do a comic with no words. The colors make the panels a little hard to follow in a few spots were my eyes had to search for where he was and what was happening, but overall this is very nicely done.
Just to point out, that that isn't the old man jumping out of the window in page 8, if you look at page 7 you can see the old man is still sleeping, what jumps out of the window is a version of him in his uniform, a representation of his life as a watchmaker.
I get from the comments that alot of people didn't notice that.
I love it! Many compliments!
I wanted to come back and point out that this is SO good for the sequential artwork and the scene changes. Pay particular note to the fact that most panels continue viewing an object from the prior panel, as in the second page where the view is of the sign with the window in the background, then the window with the man in the background, etc...
Another really nice transition is when he stands up after fixing his clock and you see the bannister on the left, followed by an image of him descending those stairs with an image of the nightstand at the bottom, followed by an image of him in the lower level with the nightstand and the bottom of the stairs again.
By continuing to show more than one familiar object in successive panels he helps the mind triangulate the old man's movement through the house. That sequence could have been very confusing in the hands of a lesser storyteller.
Wow! Just beautiful. I love great sequential work. This is awesome!
Tienes mi voto :)
This is fantastic and I love it.
Excellent. I love the effect of reading drawings with no words. I hope you win.
Excellent. I love the effect of reading drawings with no words. I hope you win.