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DeevElliott In reply to LJ--Phillips [2013-08-29 22:24:07 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, there's something about putting things together and doing it a little makeshift, no spanky new laboratory, just cutting and stitching animals on the dining room table.

Kinda leaves you with a warm fuzzy feeling or is that just the small dying animal that is a failed experiment dying on my lap?

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LJ--Phillips In reply to DeevElliott [2013-08-31 06:59:54 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes, although it's a fantasy setting, it seems more ....viable somehow, more possible when someone's doing in a make-shift lab. 

"or is that just the small dying animal that is a failed experiment dying on my lap?" Wow, your humor is dark, man. I dig it

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DeevElliott In reply to LJ--Phillips [2013-08-31 14:33:13 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha! Yeah, I can do dark, just not the 'Hostel' or 'Saw' type of dark. I like dark where it is something you can evnetually find a way out of or defeat, not 7 kids enter no one leaves type a dark.

And yes, when you have something as fantastical as Doctor Moreau and talking animals then what better a setting than the English countryside in summer, where you animals have to be unloaded by barge from the canal rather than some zeppelin.

Cheers,

- Dave

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LJ--Phillips In reply to DeevElliott [2013-09-02 05:08:04 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely - nothing more depressing then horrors in which no one survives.  A good dark comic or horror forces characters to develop in order to find their way out the

dark labyrinth. 

 It's far more disturbing than the zeppelin option and reminds me of what was happening with the Animals in Wicked.  By placing these twisted scenes in such an idyllic setting,  you've added a sinister touch of beauty to the bizarre and created an interesting contrast. It really works 

Best Wishes

-LJ

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DeevElliott In reply to LJ--Phillips [2013-09-03 03:31:01 +0000 UTC]

Cheers LJ,

Weirding Willows won't be a typical sado masochistic series like so many other American comics.  There will be horror, drama, thrills, love, laughter and fun. Not always in that order.

- Dave

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LJ--Phillips In reply to DeevElliott [2013-09-03 18:51:40 +0000 UTC]

Hi Dave

I like that classification. "Sado masochistic series" - it seems to fit. While I also enjoy darker comics, they have to be multi-layered and have moments of lightness as well. 

Weirding Willows seems to find a balance between many shifting moments and emotions

-LJ 

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DeevElliott In reply to LJ--Phillips [2013-09-04 17:22:38 +0000 UTC]

I'm trying to do that!  These characters will eventually come together as a family, drawn together by sometime mutual benefits.  They will learn to trust, to be guarded, to deal with pain, to hurt, to forgive and sometimes they will learn to laugh and be happy.  I have some surprises and shocks in store, but this isn't Game of Thrones, so most of these guys remain alive.

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LJ--Phillips In reply to DeevElliott [2013-09-05 07:17:01 +0000 UTC]

While I admire the intrigue and interlocking story lines of Game Of Thrones, I find the ongoing "killing-off" of many main characters distracting. I know some people say it mimics life but ultimately, writing is not simply about mimicking life. A good story manages to involve plausible characters (whether they be human or otherwise) and emotions while still adhering to certain dramatic structures which enhance the story. Randomly killing characters undermines that. Every death should mean something. I'm so relieved to know most of your characters will stay alive and look forward to reading many of their future adventures  

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LJ--Phillips In reply to LJ--Phillips [2013-09-03 18:54:57 +0000 UTC]

Many modern comics ape the darker, gritty comics of the eighties but lack their humanity or social commentary so the phrase

"Sado masochistic series" fits! So nice to see that Weirding Willows is taking a fresh approach. 

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