Mine has a rather...complicated backstory to it, something not many of the people commenting have, it seems.
Way back when in 8th grade, one of my good friends started making comics using classic Mega Man sprites, particularly the Robot Masters. He also took, fused, and otherwise manipulated some of them to make 8 beings that were new. These were the "authors" of the comic, and they represented his good friends. My character's name was Lord Regal. Now, my friend loves to get into things, but he never really keeps them up, and within a couple months, his comics stopped. However, the name stuck in my head, until I wrapped it into my online life. I'm Lord Regal pretty much everywhere now, or Lord Regal94 if Lord Regal itself is taken. Look for the luminous chess piece...every place that has an avatar aside from here, that's what I use. I'm also trying to write a book about the revised "authors" (I took the names and recreated them all from scratch to create their current form...no robots involved now), so there's that too I guess.
Fascinating! Is there a place where you have uploaded these comics, I'm sure they would be interesting to read. And, your book for that matter!
I don't have any of my friend's comics, as he would print them out and show me. Mine I typically didn't finish, because they were more story-like, and eventually there'd be too many sprites for the tool I used to handle and it stopped working right for that comic. As for the story...I'm loathe to show any of it online...I've read that if you put something from anything you've created online, if someone steals it before you publish it it's not something you can legally pursue. Therefore, my book stays with me
I will show you what the original Lord Regal looked like though. I apologize for the poor quality...for some reason my friend wouldn't give me the hard image, but rather gave me a print of three of the most common ones he used, meaning I had to scan it into my computer. Note that the current (book) rendition is quite different from this:
Actually, from what I hear, the 'if someone steals before you publish' thing isn't true, at least if you can prove they stole it. No, the only thing I remember hearing was that if someone steals your work before you get a publishing contract, then many publishers won't let you publish it with them because of first print rights or something.
Way back when in 8th grade, one of my good friends started making comics using classic Mega Man sprites, particularly the Robot Masters. He also took, fused, and otherwise manipulated some of them to make 8 beings that were new. These were the "authors" of the comic, and they represented his good friends. My character's name was Lord Regal. Now, my friend loves to get into things, but he never really keeps them up, and within a couple months, his comics stopped. However, the name stuck in my head, until I wrapped it into my online life. I'm Lord Regal pretty much everywhere now, or Lord Regal94 if Lord Regal itself is taken. Look for the luminous chess piece...every place that has an avatar aside from here, that's what I use. I'm also trying to write a book about the revised "authors" (I took the names and recreated them all from scratch to create their current form...no robots involved now), so there's that too I guess.
Fascinating! Is there a place where you have uploaded these comics, I'm sure they would be interesting to read. And, your book for that matter!
I don't have any of my friend's comics, as he would print them out and show me. Mine I typically didn't finish, because they were more story-like, and eventually there'd be too many sprites for the tool I used to handle and it stopped working right for that comic. As for the story...I'm loathe to show any of it online...I've read that if you put something from anything you've created online, if someone steals it before you publish it it's not something you can legally pursue. Therefore, my book stays with me
I will show you what the original Lord Regal looked like though. I apologize for the poor quality...for some reason my friend wouldn't give me the hard image, but rather gave me a print of three of the most common ones he used, meaning I had to scan it into my computer. Note that the current (book) rendition is quite different from this:
Actually, from what I hear, the 'if someone steals before you publish' thing isn't true, at least if you can prove they stole it. No, the only thing I remember hearing was that if someone steals your work before you get a publishing contract, then many publishers won't let you publish it with them because of first print rights or something.
I think the Grizzles should of kept Lionel Hollins... He's a damn good coach.