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Naming new comic
DePaw at 6:06AM, Nov. 23, 2006
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Ok, I've got the basics of materials, story line, all the stuff to make a comic. But I can't decide on a name, I thought of three that sounded good to me:
- Even Demons Must Die
- Death Do Us Apart
- Last Man Standing
The story involves lots of demons and such, I don't want to go into it too deeply here and spoil the plot. Antway I'd be grateful if you would tell which which name sounds the best, as I'll need the name to start making the comic on the site.

Also does anyone have any tips on making the comic / getting on the computer and onto Drunk Duck. Thanks.
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SAH at 7:34AM, Nov. 23, 2006
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I think a title should be something you come up with. It's your comic, and I know that it doesn't really feel like yours that much when you let someone else slap a title on to it. The titles you thought of sound realy interesting, but, if you really want help, you'll have to give more information.
At the Dumb Guys Convention (from Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis)
Dumb Guy 1: Okay, who wants to play jump off the fifth foot balcony into the swimming pool?
Dumb Guy 2: Oh! Oh! I do! jumps off the balcony
SPLAT!
Dumb Guy 3: This would work SO much better with a swimming pool.
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beastmaster at 9:25AM, Nov. 23, 2006
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I'd vote for Death Do Us Apart. It sounds intriguing without giving away too much. The first one (even demons must die) is far too obvious, and Last man Standing is already a movie, so I wouldn't even consider it if I were you.
But if you are asking for tips on "making the comic" I would say that you don't quite have the basic materials ready...
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skoolmunkee at 11:51PM, Nov. 23, 2006
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I'm not too sure about Death Do Us Apart. The phrase that's taken from is the traditional wedding vows, and the line goes "Til death do us part" - until death separates us. So firstly, you got the phrase wrong (easily fixed), but secondly, it makes it sound like some kind of supernatural romance. :) I'm sure things have been called variations of 'til death do us part' too.

Just let the idea sit for a while and percolate. Rather than get fixed on a name right away, how about writing and drawing the first chapter out and thinking it over? That will give you a nice buffer before you start posting it, and time to finalize a name.
   IT'S OLD BATMAN
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magickmaker at 2:47PM, Nov. 24, 2006
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I'm with the whole 'name things yourself' group, but if I had to choose, I'd say "Last Man Standing". Skoolmunkee talked me out of "Death Do Us Part", though I wasn't a fan to begin with, and "Even Demons Must Die" sounds like a horrible romance manga about a demon who falls in love with a human woman, even thoughit's wrong and he knows he mustn't!So, yeah.
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DePaw at 3:06AM, Nov. 27, 2006
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The tips that'd I'd like are concerning scanning my comic and uploading, as I have never put a comic online, though have drawn them just for paper before. Thanks all of you for your help. The story involves some-one who is turned into a demon and has to deal with his new demony life, and that his old family think he's dead and now see him just as a demon, which upsets him quite a bit, as he kinda loved his wife (duh!). I think it really explores human psycology, and about who we think we are and how it's affected by what's happening. Lolz!
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Rich at 7:10PM, Nov. 27, 2006
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Well, for one you'll need your scanner. Running that shouldn't be too hard. Just scan your work in to start out. Then you'll want to load it up into either Photoshop or GIMP (GIMP is free. If you don't have it, find it to download). Then just shrink it down to size and/or color it.
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Kristen Gudsnuk at 6:41PM, Nov. 29, 2006
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I'll be honest, I'd never read a comic called "last man standing"... I don't know why, it just seems like one of the comics I'd never click on. My gut reaction to that one was to recoil from my computer. I don't know why.
I like "Even Demons Must Die" fairly enough, but maybe you can give it a simpler name? Is setting an important aspect of your story? If so, you can name it after some significant location. Or, if your protagonist has an interesting name, you can always name the comic after him.
"Death Do Us Part" is a cliched phrase, but it has a cool sound to it, and if your story centers on a romance/cloooose friendship, that would be the best title in my opinion.
good luck!
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Rich at 10:31PM, Nov. 29, 2006
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The simple title of 'Demon' might work. It's simple, easy to remember, and fitting.
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DePaw at 4:52AM, Dec. 4, 2006
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I think I'll go with 'Death', as it's simple, and 'demon' doesn't really fit my story as well as 'Death'.

I have a scanner (well one in my house I'm allowed to use), and photoshop, er... 9 I think, though I haven't a clue how to use it. Though I have an idea how to 'clean' up the scan; I prolly won't be using colours except for chapter covers.

Thanks for all the help guys.

Also I was wondering if there's a good font to use for speech that clear, but looks almost hand-drawn, as I'm pritty such people won't appriciate crappy hand writing. :)
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Hawk at 3:58PM, Dec. 4, 2006
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Just don't put the word "Random" in the title. We have plenty of those.
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DePaw at 3:00AM, Dec. 5, 2006
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Ha! I wouldn't do that anyway, it's a serious story not a load of randomness. Lol.
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