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ellenkushnerI've been wondering for a long time whether I could write a comics script. All the cool kids are doing it. But can I?
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livelongnmarry's auction has given me the strength to find out. It's for charity, after all, isn't it? And a charity my wife and I support wholeheartedly. (We were legally married in Massachusetts - in our backyard - before we moved to NYC. Your heart would break to hear our plaintive cries of "Now we're living in sin!" every time we cross the border, and our shouts of joy every time we re-enter that Blessed State. Wouldn't it be nice if California led the way in being another safe haven for our union - and a locale for many others'?)
Tongue only somewhat in cheek, I've been scribbling a shortish script* about the young Theron Campion's pre-Fall of the Kings enthusiasm to right an ancient wrong (that predictably enough involves a gorgeous young Riversider no better than he should be), plus his father, the Mad Duke** . . . It's called "A Riverside Marriage" and what I'm auctioning is your chance to illustrate the entire comic (Fan Use Rights only), and post the creative collaboration on my website.***
The amazing Colleen Doran would have liked to outbid you, but she's on deadline, so instead she's offering a single original illustration at the auction. (Thank you, Colleen, for supporting the cause!)
So if you can't draw, pay Colleen to do it for you! If you can, but you're short of the ready, put together a consortium of artist pals to share the drawing duty - and the glory (and expense)! Minimum bid is $75, but please get into a bloody bidding war with dollars and body parts flying everywhere. It's for charity, after all.
livelongnmarry's auction runs only through July 15th. And a good thing, too. The suspense would kill me.
*And may I say how much I love writing comics script? All I have to write is the dialogue!! Someone else does the description!!! Why didn't I think of this yeeeears ago?
**It's also got the Duchess Katherine, head in hand, going: "Oh, Theron..." a lot.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
blackholly said I should put that in, and who can deny her?
***I will also answer any questions you have while drawing it.
livelongnmarry's auction has given me the strength to find out. It's for charity, after all, isn't it? And a charity my wife and I support wholeheartedly. (We were legally married in Massachusetts - in our backyard - before we moved to NYC. Your heart would break to hear our plaintive cries of "Now we're living in sin!" every time we cross the border, and our shouts of joy every time we re-enter that Blessed State. Wouldn't it be nice if California led the way in being another safe haven for our union - and a locale for many others'?)Tongue only somewhat in cheek, I've been scribbling a shortish script* about the young Theron Campion's pre-Fall of the Kings enthusiasm to right an ancient wrong (that predictably enough involves a gorgeous young Riversider no better than he should be), plus his father, the Mad Duke** . . . It's called "A Riverside Marriage" and what I'm auctioning is your chance to illustrate the entire comic (Fan Use Rights only), and post the creative collaboration on my website.***
The amazing Colleen Doran would have liked to outbid you, but she's on deadline, so instead she's offering a single original illustration at the auction. (Thank you, Colleen, for supporting the cause!)
So if you can't draw, pay Colleen to do it for you! If you can, but you're short of the ready, put together a consortium of artist pals to share the drawing duty - and the glory (and expense)! Minimum bid is $75, but please get into a bloody bidding war with dollars and body parts flying everywhere. It's for charity, after all.
livelongnmarry's auction runs only through July 15th. And a good thing, too. The suspense would kill me.*And may I say how much I love writing comics script? All I have to write is the dialogue!! Someone else does the description!!! Why didn't I think of this yeeeears ago?
**It's also got the Duchess Katherine, head in hand, going: "Oh, Theron..." a lot.
blackholly said I should put that in, and who can deny her?***I will also answer any questions you have while drawing it.
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Date: 2008-07-03 01:53 pm (UTC)Oh, Theron!
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Date: 2008-07-03 02:51 pm (UTC)ROTFLMAO.
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Date: 2008-07-03 02:54 pm (UTC)You are offering a great item - hope it brings in a mint.
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Date: 2008-07-03 03:53 pm (UTC)No chance there's a grown-up Artemisia living with Duchess Katherine, is there?
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Date: 2008-07-04 01:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-07-03 04:13 pm (UTC)...I hate it when screenwriters try to do comics and forget that a panel isn't like a shot...razzafrizzafrackin'...
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Date: 2008-07-03 04:16 pm (UTC)Wish I could ask you to do it! Your stuff is so fantastic.....
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Date: 2008-07-03 09:47 pm (UTC)It would be too much damn fun to do a Swordspoint comic! Your people have all the most delightful ways of expressing their respective genders. Stupid spare time and my not having of it.
...Hm. Now I'm thinking of what a Carla Speed McNeil-illustrated Swordspoint comic would look like. Pure sex, is what I'm guessing.
o brave new world, that has such creatures in it!
Date: 2008-07-04 02:53 am (UTC)Meanwhile, you just keep on doing what you do - it's amazing work, and given its texture I'm surprised you have any spare time at all.
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Date: 2008-07-03 07:38 pm (UTC)But I live in CA, so I can vote in November! :D
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