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Strawberry Shortcake and WilyKit, from my post-Apocalyptic 80s toy storyline.Shortcake's the humorless leader of the Rebellion against Brainy Smurf. Never far from her is Kit, a strange, cat-like child found near her dead twin brother after the war. She's emotionless and mute, but follows Shortcake everywhere she goes.
*2019 Edit:Β This story is now available as a free webcomic!Β Check it out at www.therevivalcomic.com !
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Also saw your work from the article on io9.com.
Really great stuff. A lot of people say steampunk is cliche and old news, but I honestly haven't seen enough of it around to believe that. Most people don't even know what it is.
We need more steampunk/apocolyptic stories in mainstream entertainment, people, not less!
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Thank you! I totally agree. It's funny, though--I'd been drawing characters like this for years without even knowing there was a style associated with it! I'm a little out of the loop.
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I registered here to comment. IO9.com the sci-fi site linked your reimagineings of the 80s cartoon characters like this one and I have to say the concept alone is one of the best things I've seen in a while.
This is the kind of reimagining we could be using in Hollywood vs. just replaying the show filmed at night. I would love to see your concept come out in the form of a podcast-novel like 7th Son or the other successful ones should you ever bring the concept beyond the pictures you've drawn.
Oddly compelling to this kid that grew up int he 80s. Just such a rich story to play from. The 'Brain' as the reimagine of The Smurfs made me excited at the whole idea.
Run with it please 
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Wow, thank you, sir! I'm really honored! 
I totally agree with you! I'm dying to break into Hollywood and start making stuff that people haven't seen before! I would LOVE to turn this story into something like that. Or a graphic novel, or a regular novel, or something. Rest assured I'll be trying my best to make something out of it!
I was a total toy nut as a kid, so toy nostalgia is HUGE for me! I'm having blast doing this series! Right now I only have a backstory and character descriptions written out, but I'm hoping to develop it into a more substantial story arc. If you know of any sites or companies that might be interested in seeing this, by all means let me know! I'm not exactly sure where to start. I was thinking of sending the whole thing to ToyFare magazine, just to see what they'd have to say.
Anyway, thanks again! I'll be posting new characters soon. And I'll look into posting these pictures as prints for sale (somebody else requested that as well). And welcome to DeviantArt! ^_^
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seriously awesome. are you writing the story? or perhaps illustrating it as a comic? because the awesome levels on this project are in the red zone
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YES! I was shooting for the red zone! 
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make copious notes and if you do it on the computer back them up frequently. as a writer, i cannot tell you how important it is to keep current backups of your story files available in case of catastrophe. good luck with the endeavor.
a comic book would be the most optimal format, however, it may not be feasible if the "story" portion is long... sometimes it's tough to pare down a long scene into one or two images. you may want to consider an illustrated fic - using your graphics as chapter headers, or placed within the text to illuminate a specific moment.
anyway, again, best of luck to you.
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Thank you! Yeah, as a digital artist I know the score when it comes to backing up files! Learned it the hard way a few times!
Yeah, I kind of feel the same way on the story's format--besides the fact that I'm more of a concept artist and less of a comic artist, so I'm not sure I'd have the chops to make an entire comic book anyway. I'd love to see this as a cartoon or movie, but that might be jumping the gun! But we'll see! There's still a lot of work to do before I even get far enough to consider this stuff. For now I'm just gonna have fun with it.
Thanks again!
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Gracias!
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Saw your art on io9.com. Really interesting concept!
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Thank you! I just saw that article myself--very cool! It's an honor.
I'll be adding many more characters in the near future!
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Saw your art on io9.com. Really interesting concept!
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Congratulations on your art being featured on io9!
This is a really wonderful idea- I hope to see more!
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Thanks so much! I felt surprised and very honored!
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Ha, ha! Thanks!
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Hmmm a gun used as an axe .. AWESOME
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Ha, ha! Thanks! It's great for when you're not sure if you're in a "choppy" mood or a "shooty" mood!
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Lol, losing a eye and losing her iconic strawberries would make her definitely humorless.
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Indeed! I'm still working on her backstory, but she'll have a very good reason to be pissed off!
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Bad-ass, man. Wonder what happened to Lion-O's sword...?
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Kit carries a strange artifact around her neck that she won't let anyone touch. Guess what it is!
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Ooooo, secrets revealed!
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I want to say more, but I'd spoil it! I mean, I don't know what's going to happen with any of this, but if it's a graphic novel someday, I don't want to ruin it for you!
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that's great, man.
So 80's!
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Thanks! I'm hoping I can do something with this story one of these days!
How's your 80s-spoof project going? What is it, if you don't mind me asking?
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It's going great, I just need to put more hours in it, thats all.
It's a project I'm planning to submit to ZUDA comics online.
It's 8 pages.
I've penciled my first page, I'm going to see if I can get 4 pages done this weekend.
It's a story that kind of opens a time capsule from my childhood.
Like a crappy 80's kid movie that wasn't released in theatres.
Not that I'm saying any of my stories are worthy of ever becoming a movie. lol
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That sounds sweet! I'd love to see that! What kind of story are you doing to tie all the characters together? It sounds really cool!
I love nostalgic things like that! I was abolutely obsessed with toys when I was a kid, so it was natural to do a series revolving around it! But I think I'm quite a bit older than you, right? Your childhood toys might be a little bit different than mine!
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Yeah, the toys I'm kind of basing them off of are around Late 80's Early 90's type stuff.
I'm doing a story that mainly revolves around two brothers with imaginations.
One kind of says the big idea's and the other writes them down.
But yeah, Other idea's may show from my personal background. I'm not sure.
I'm trying to do my best with 8 pages for Zuda.
It's tough trying to edit the story without taking too much of it out.
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That sounds cool! I'm intrigued.
Zuda? That's like an online comic book thing, right?
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yes it is. Usually when someone or some team enters the competition.
You won't know if you're accepted after 2 months which is a drag.
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Oh, it's a competition? How does it work? Like, the winner gets to have their comic featured on the site or something?
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Yeah Basically, If you get mentioned in the competition it's $500
If you win first place $1000.
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Wow, that's pretty sweet! What do you have to submit in order to enter? A few pages of your comic?
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the standard 8 pages, B&W or color artwork.
They tell you the dimensions about uploading them as pages for the site.
The right proportions.
They send you a W9 to fill out after you've gotten the email saying you're accepted.
I thought it was a cool thing to try out, seeing your name on a DC check can leave you feeling pretty good. lol
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That's awesome! So you've won before? What did you submit?
I just might have to look into that...
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It was middle of June in 2009 I think.
It's called Sketch me Deadly.
It's a noir Spoof I did for an assignment at the Joe Kubert school.
I was one of the few who managed to finish it in class.
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That's awesome! Congratulations! Your story sounds coo, too.
What do they do with it, then? Do they give you the money to continue the comic, or is it like they buy it from you, planning to do something with it themselves? In other words, do you still own the rights to what you submit?
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Here's a link for ya. I know they may have some part of it since you (the competitor)
are using their site to show your work.
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Sweet! Thanks, man! I'll check that out.
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I've never heard of Wilykit lol.
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Have you ever watched the Thundercats? It's 80s cheese to the max!
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No, I don't think I really did. Maybe once or twice. But I was interested in other cartoons at the time lol.
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Gotcha! I liked Thundercats as a kid, but I wasn't a loyal fan. Same with He-Man. Transformers and TMNT were my thing. My obsession, really!
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I loved transformers 
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Nice! I have a ski mask with Raphael's face on it. Probably the nerdiest thing ever!
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Haha! Oh gosh I don't have anything to compete with that.
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Yeah, I still have all my TMNT toys from when I was a kid. Nerd!
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Haha! I never had any little toys from shows. Not even now. I might get something when I go to Tora-Con in April though. :9 Did you ever play any Zelda games?
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