Gulch
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Clarabelle Dust was born into a life of great privilege, in the city of Mae, on the artificial island of Torros. She was a good girl in every measurable sense. Polite, quiet, well educated. Taught to pity those less fortunate. She ate a slice of cantaloupe each morning, with a single pinch of sugar, while her parents and other butter-faced grownups discussed the practicalities of "rescuing" the fallen mainland. She knew little of their politics. They said the world was lost without them; the masses needed a Firm Hand. They said millions starved, ignorance was a disease, and they were the Cure. Clare knew only that her well-heeled shoes were a decadence, that her braces were an extravagance, that jellybeans and long baths and perfumes made her guilty in some fundamental way. It was on her eighteenth birthday that she found an outlet for this shame. She stabbed a police officer in the gut. He did not die, but it still felt like progress. Her parents swore it was a phase. It seems a revolution had begun in the city of Mae. The wise citizens hadn't noticed the signs, though, and were shocked to find it upon them so suddenly, with such fury; a serious threat to the Hope they offered the world. Clare joined the agitators, completely. The politics were still murky, but the actions at least felt pure. She bombed government installations, murdered politicians, exposed corrupt corporate traitors. It was a good time. She was happy...
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thanks man -- looking forward we're definitely addressing the concerns you had. and big grats on maps and legends, that was the one I voted for (I think I commented on you in your month saying so).
Wow -- that was something! I'm not 100% of what's all going on (and I sometimes had trouble keeping the characters straight), I'm hooked and wanna read more. Love the artwork and the setting details. Great work!
sham wish I had an answer for ya but I don't yet ;) thanks for sticking with us though.
so... How long until season 2?
I am in 'splodin animal withdrawal!
More? Come on folks don't leave us hanging. More!
thanks dean, appreciate it ;)
Hey guys, loved the work on season one and really hoping for more, let's see Gulch 2.0 soon!
you make some good points -- especially about the variety in angles/composiiton. it's definitely something I'll be working on. thanks for reading it and giving the feedback. :)
The second thing is that the coloring is very soft/blended. I think it feels too soft overall. You could get a whole lot more form and depth if you balanced more hard edges with the soft blending, especially in the faces. The line work of the art is pretty open so the colorist has the opportunity to create much more excitement by creating more dramatic lighting schemes. Lastly, you have a lot of panels where people are just standing around talking shown from a very basic two point perspective. If you drew these quiet moments from more dramatic angles with more dramatic lighting you would maintain more energy even when not much is happening action-wise. I think your work is good. Its right on the verge of incredible and I think you could just explode with power in your work if you incorporated the things I've mentioned.
I think in some ways you're teetering on the edge of greatness without quite arriving there. I think if you just pushed the envelope in a couple areas your work would become transcendent. First, by using the drab, desaturated color palette that you have you're setting yourself up to give selective highly saturated colors a lot of power. That's a very good thing that you're not doing too much. Your color palette is pretty cool overall, so highly saturated blues don't have quite as much power as warmer colors would. Sin City is an extreme but very effective example of what I mean.
Well, you asked for feedback, so here you go. First of all let me say that I think you're doing very well. Your anatomy seems pretty solid, your page composition is working pretty well and the color palette has a lot of potential. I haven't been reading the story so far because I wanted to see how well your visual story telling was working. It's OK so far. Here is my feedback/critique.
thanks guys -- if anyone has feedback or (gentle :) ) constructive crits that's all more than welcome as well. we've learned a lot from this experience and hope to keep learning.
Congratulations great work, waiting for you nes season :)
Congrats on 60 pages!
Congrats on the wrap up of season one!
Wow, so that's it for season one! Thanks so much for reading, be sure to let us know what you think.
I'm glad to see that reading our comic has helped you learn a new skill. use it wisely. :)
"Hrk hrk" :::inner-slug plops into bucket::: Ewwwwwww! And just as I popped a Gummy Eyeball into my mouth, too! ...erk...
Very cool story!
yes :)
And the trippiness continues.
You really like torturing us with this don't you.
great story here, and the art/coloring is stellar.
thanks olly -- it's not spontaneous combustion anyway, look for clues!! :)
Wow - I've never seen a guy so contrite that he exploded before. That's one hell of an apology.
Still loving the comic guys - keep up the great work!
GREAT JOB!!!!!! One of the best !!!
Got it pg 56 mouse in the sheets. Diggin ya'll's stuff. Definitley need more. Art, story, characters... ya'll are sick... keep it coming.
hehehe.. not exactly... look closely at some of his previous panels for clues about what happened. ;) we weren't SUPER obvious, but if you look you'll see.
Did that guy just... explode?
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Never leave home without your Anti-Spontaneous-Combustion suit! Never know when you and/or random fauna around you may explode.
OMFG D BEST COMIC I`VE EVER READ
thanks for checking out the comic curt, and for the nice words.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!1 I want more. It was amazing
thanks reggie :) appreciate it.
this comic is good im giving a shout to matt and gabe
that kinda thing seems to happen to clare a lot.
that kinda thing seems to happen to clare a lot.
Was that bullet laced with LSD, why is her gun sprouting vines?
page 57 rocks...the faces are exceptionally spot-on
glad you like it. as for pluck -- different strokes for different folks. :)
The color work here is great - what happened to PLUCK? It's like you guys took a step backwards.
twotimingpete - Weird, Lily hit 666 favourites a few days ago! lol
I randomly looked up at our favorites and they total "777". just sayin'.
thanks so much. if you like explosions, be sure to stay tuned. ;)
I really, really like the landscapes, cityscapes, and action/explosion scenes! esp. the ones w/vehicles! Extremely well done! Keep it up!
Haha, I do don't I!
I can't help it - they are so cute and they 'splode so good.
But I do read Gulch for more than just the the exploding animals. Honest!
I think shamem chimes in every time an animal explodes. :) we can count on him for that. and thanks famished for the vote of confidence, much appreciated.
Hey, this is starting to pull together nicely. I like how the vehicles are handled- as always the coloring rocks ;)
yeah, not a lot of life expectancy there. :) I'm sure there's a few duds, though, gratefully living out their lives in post apocalyptic basements.
Haha! Shamem, that's the wittiest comment I've ever seen on zuda
Those animals never get old.
Thanks for the good words Pete. Very cool :) Yeah I really cant wait to get a chance to breath and catch up on my Gulch...been stuck at page 39 for a bit. :)