| usedbooks | Jerry was the very first villain in this story. It was tricky planning the nuances of that first story arc, but I think it set a decent precedent and helped me sort my plans for the story. Jerry also set a precedent for the villains, proving to be deceitful and completely merciless from the get-go.
I wrote in a jailbreak for the sole purpose of bring Jerry back so I could get rid of him. To me, it was a symbolic action, putting to rest my old way of writing disconnected plotlines and giving way to deeper character developments, including in-depth back-stories and Fudo's renaissance. Jerry was also the first character to be killed off in this story (not counting flashbacks), so he helped me break new ground for the dark and serious. (I think of Jerry's death as "growing the beard" -- at least, I hope it is.)
The mystery surrounding Jerry's death was actually a mystery to me initially. I had planned it to be a new facet of Tristan's character, an intimidating dark person hidden under the comic bumbler. But it just didn't sit well with me. Since I already planned to bring Fudo back and included his warning to Seiko, it made more sense to use him (and we finally got to see him kill someone). Instead of casting a shadow on Tristan's character, this slaughter helped bring Fudo's character more "into the light." -Posted on Mar 27, 2009 |
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| User: usedbooks | | | I can't speak for the others, but for UB, the name "Jerry" came off a work roster in graduate school over two years ago. Heh.
Maybe they're copying me. ~_^ -Posted on Mar 28, 2009 | | User: patrickdevine | | 5 | | Seriously, has anyone else noticed all the dead characters named Jerry? It happened in Used Books as well as Salt the Holly, Six Degrees and Uper Dave. I dunno I think it's weird. Maybe it's a webcomic meme that I don't know about or something. -Posted on Mar 28, 2009 | | User: usedbooks | | | | Oh, and in my story extras (do those exist in UB??) don't usually die. The safest thing to be in this world is irrelevant. ~_^ -Posted on Mar 27, 2009 | | User: usedbooks | | | That's the right tense. Rise, rose, did rise, has risen... Yep. XD -- Raise is a transitive verb. It would not be properly used here unless you said "the predators raised the base" instead of "the base rose." Raise must take a direct object.
I always cut away scenes for really violent stuff. I'm not into seeing it or drawing it. I think there is a lot to be said for the classic cut away and allowing imaginations fill things in (especially for someone who can't draw... Heh.)
You can get away with a lot of violence and not trigger censors. Detective Conan is a kids' show, and a guy is decapitated in the first episode. -- But anime has different standards than we Americans. -Posted on Mar 27, 2009 | | User: JustNoPoint | | | | Ugh... raised... why do I still say "rose" darn Arkansas talking... -Posted on Mar 27, 2009 | | User: JustNoPoint | | | When I meant "relevant" I was referring more to a random Joe dying.
Kinda like all the people that died in my comic when the base rose from New York. Extras dying.
If you go back and make an extra more important later... that's your fault XD
And don't get me started on being more violent... I am afraid my next page will give me a "M" rating if an admin sees it.
I hope my 300 page comic can have 4 pages of really violent images without getting an M... O_O -Posted on Mar 27, 2009 | | User: usedbooks | | | QUOTE:
So, was it easier to write a bio on a dead character? :P
I'm not sure death has much to do with it. Jerry was easy to write because he had no depth.
Other dead characters will be much more difficult, especially when it comes to not revealing any spoilers. Misaki, for example, remains very much a mystery. Chances are after I get her bio done, I'll have to redo it a few times as the story progresses. Death is relative, no? Jerry is "true dead" because there is nothing more we can say about him. Misaki lives on in flashbacks and has not yet revealed her entire story...
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You'll notice dead characters have shorter bio pages too! Like here! ^^
Technically, his bio is short because he was an unbelievably minor character. He's been in two chapters. He didn't have syndicate connections. He didn't even get a last name. Some of my living minor characters will have even shorter bios.
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Sounds like his death helped formulate a lot of new ideas.
It made me a more violent writer. -_- That battle was just brutal to Seiko. -- Then I topped it. It's a downward spiral. (I think Meredith could've made Jerry weep...)
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if anyone of relevance has a death
Relevance is unneeded. In my comic, death makes people relevant. Just wait until next Thursday when you find out the relevance of Alex's family's cook (who appeared alive on only a single page). ;-) -Posted on Mar 27, 2009 | | User: JustNoPoint | | 5 | So, was it easier to write a bio on a dead character? :P
You'll notice dead characters have shorter bio pages too! Like here! ^^
Man, I was on a tv tropes kick today thanks to Patrick's link on my page.
Sounds like his death helped formulate a lot of new ideas. You're probably like me and if anyone of relevance has a death you like to make it amount to SOMETHING. And not just be simply to write off the character. -Posted on Mar 27, 2009 |
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Jerry
Ms. Taney
Ricky & Brigit
Caroline
Carter
Tim
Tucker
Sean & Kylie
Violet
Eric
Celes
Misaki
Richard
Toyo
Ronnie
Emily, Jacob, & Jon
Luke
Hyacinth
Mina
Conrad
Mike Sr.
Pepper
Dozer
Jiro
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