Oh boy is right, Robyn. I love how Lorraine just drops into her oblivious mode from time to time. And I’d bet she is a good kisser… 🙂
Okay, the pots… ceramic ones. The mugs are in the final firing this week and I’ll have images then. Once I have those, I’ll put up pricing and “Buy Now” buttons with options. The large crock can have a lid (a pot lid… snicker…) And I’ll post that option as well. I’m glad these are going over so well. My wife is a great potter and it keeps her off the streets…
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Final notes on the Quantum Leap story. I did originally write like 4 ot 6 additional comics with Al and Sam with the gang. They are funny to me, but I did not want to play this out for like three weeks. So, I’m going to do one of them a week and put them in the Subscriber area. Yes, I’m trying to get you to subscribe, but also that’s the best place to put up a once a week updated story. Though I have considered doing a Sunday comic that is off the beat and path of the normal 1977 storyline. Perhaps my Stoner Vision ideas with 1977. This way you know Sunday’s are not part of the normal storyline. We’ll see.Let me know what you think.
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no extended lesbian scene awwww.
so the quantum leap thing is part of story canon? and the story is being told by Bud(?) to his daughter in the future? Which so far includes him turning into a girl and a guest apperance by Sam from Quantum Leap…yeah she must think her dad is STILL stoned LoL.
I bought my wife a kick wheel for Christmas several years ago, and she has never made me pot. You are so lucky.
“Oh boy.” LOL!
RE: Rhuen – Aw, man… you’re bringing logic into this… But you’re right, Bud, who is essentially telling the story, would not know of Sam. So I’m gonna play the “I’m the writer I can do anything I want” card just this once (well, today) and claim essentially if I hold to Bud telling the story, we’ll never see stuff without him in the story… and with a new boyfriend for one of the ladies just around the corner, that would make it a bit awkward if not funny story to tell.
Oh yeah, Bud has told his daughter the transformation thing and everything thus far (that he’s aware of) and someday later this year, I’ll be playing on those facts as we make a brief visit back to 2007 and the old Bud.
But, bonus points for you for “paying attention in class” and bringing up a valid point!
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RE: Kevin – Kick wheels are both cool and a pain. I think they’re easier to control different speeds, but if you really got do a long trim job or something, man, your legs get REALLY tired. But, it replaces the Stair Master or any other type excercise devices.
I do not help my wife in her ceramics business as I’ve been banned from the pottery studio as I usually break more stuff then I make. I knocked over this HUGE water cooler she was making once and as she threw the now destroyed semi-wet clay at the wall, my head somehow got in the way. I’ve since learned to leave her alone…
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Let us know when the pots are ready. I’ll buy one.
Quick technical note:
There’s a little-known but vital principle in visual storytelling: the 360-degree rule. Essentially, it translates to “Don’t switch your subjects’ orientation to each other – and the audience – without a clear transition.”
In the previous installment, Lorraine was on the left and Robyn was on the right; in this one, Lorraine is on the right and Robyn’s on the left. The “camera angle” of the “shot” did not change. Read as a sequence, this makes it look as if Loraine and Robyn turned into one another, thus breaking the 360-degree rule.
If the “camera angle” had ALSO been reversed 360 degrees, the shot would have made sense; as it is, it’s disorienting to the reader.
This rule isn’t exactly common knowledge, but it’s an essential cinematic “law” that’s basically invisible because it’s so often employed. It only becomes obvious when broken. 🙂
Cheers!
– Satyr
RE: satyrblade – As a video director of over 25 years, I know exactly what you are talking about. And not to get all technical, but my transition is the “WHAM – POW!” Robyn has obviously punched Lorraine out and in doing so, they have moved, thus changing positions for this comic.
Yes, I have them reversed from the last comic, and had I not put in the SFX panel, you would be 100% correct. If I’m wrong, I normally confess it quickly, but in this case, I think the change was justifiable. Of course, I respect your input and thoughts, so don’t take this as “hey, be quiet, I’m right” comment back to you. I’m really very open to comments and critiques as you probably have already read in past comics.
Part of it, too, is that I am not one to draw backgrounds. That’s a personal thing for me. I can draw them and have in the past, but most of the time I think they’re unnecessary unless they play a key role in the story. This too is a bit confusing in this one as you have no visual reference (no couch or TV, etc.) BUT… the MIRROR is not in this shot as well, so technically the camera has moved to the other side of them, which is a bad thing in most cases, I would agree.
Now, if I’m wrong, I’m happy to hear about it… so chime in folks…. I’ve been wrong before so let’s not stop now! 🙂
When this plot started, I thought that Robyn had the same “mutant power” of Bud – the “changing gender” thing. Heheh…
This is the best blouse you designed for Lorraine so far. The knot will help to slow down the knockers’ “knock-knock-knocking on basement’s door” problem. 😀
Happy Easter! I hope you find a way to ship the pottery to other countries, and that you start producing mugs someday (mugs for coffee, I mean!). 🙂
Why do I get this EERIE feeling that you know me… ? There’s just way TOO MANY coincidences here… 1.) My real name be Robyn. (& Yes, I really DO spell it that way). 2.) My middle is Lorraine. (Yes, to the spelling again.) 3.) I love QUANTUM LEAP!!! QL is my all time favorite sci-fi TV drama! 4.) I love music & comics, but then again, WHO DOESN’T? & 5.) I even kissed a girl around the time you posted these cartoons online. (& All though this doesn’t truly count, you posted these cartoons during the 1st week of April. My mother’s due-date was April 7, 1968.) But there’s just waaaaaay too many coincidences here… are you sure we don’t know each other?
Oh & 1 more thing… sometimes when I’m online, I like to switch the letters in “Robyn” to “Byron”. Ha! I love having a name that is also an anagram!
So much for romance but you did get your friend Robyn back for what it’s worth.