Bittersweet Candy Bowl

Taeshi,I’m starting a comic of my own,similar to Bittersweet Candy Bowl,but I need some advice.Would a situation in which one of my characters tries to jump off a bridge because another character found someone else and the jumper was in love with the other one,jumps,other one grabs hand at the last minute and they argue about their whole relationship and such,be too dramatic?I just don’t want to end up making something that’ll end up either,copying you or making it look like a total heap of crap.

Hey Jay,
Im not Taeshi, but I would like to say that I would read your comic, I think its fine that you can draw inspiration from someone else

I’d read it too ^^ *also not Taeshi though*

Ditto

Thanks guys ^_^

I don’t think Taeshi would mind.
The point of your own story is making your own twists and plots.
If you decide to go with it, I can’t wait to see it.

Sounds a littleo to depressing for a character to kill themselves seeing as it would be a webcomic but hey it sounds pretty good so I’d read it .
*looks around* Where’s Taeshi?
Answer Jay you meanie X(

@Jacob83,eheh,no I mean the character jumping was in love with the other one who found someone else,and as a result the first character felt unwanted and was going to jump since her love (the one I mentioned finding another person) seemed to not even care if she existed anymore.And speaking of depressing,I’m depressed right now from what happened from Arrival to Another shoulder!I freaking got tears dammit!That and the desire to beat Mike to a bloody pulp,but still!

Kay,something fun.Listen to this while reading the comic,from the Arrival chapter and on.Perfectly suits the mood of the comic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYx8dPFR588&playnext_from=TL&videos=xI6Rto1ee3I

Ooo! Ooo! Make it

Sorry… I love drama comics. There’s not enough on the web because everyone’s too focused on comedy

As long as you have your own charracters and setting and story, it shouldn’t matter if there’s some thematic similarities. Heck, just take a look at the BCB TV Tropes page. There’s a ton of tropes here as well

Yeah that’s true Mav,except one thing.I tried drawing the first few scenes,and well.Looks like my hands barfed up what my mind wanted to see.If you catch my drift.Maybe I’ll just sell the story to Taeshi for………..$ 0000000000.00?I think that’s a good price XD.I have the characters,their descriptions,the first strip (typed) but my hands don’t work right,and the mechanic is out for the day.Although I am going to wait for Tae to respond to my email or this topic ^_^ emails more likely at this point though,lolz,and if she likes the idea.Problem solved!If not,art classes,here I come ;_;…..

thas fucken cah-razee man

What,me wanting to just give my idea to Taeshi,or me sucking at drawing yet wanting to make a comic similar to hers?

everything man its all just NUTTY SO NÜtTÿ

*Strange,the longer I wait,and the closer it gets to midnight for me,the more people respond to my topic.Hmmmm…

Lol,whf.You’re a bit nutty right now….or maybe I’m just tired……

Ah whatever,I’ll check back tomorrow,keep letting me know your thoughts folks,it helps towards my decision!Laters ^_^

what if you punched someone so hard they turned into a door

a link to the comic would be nice, if anything has been done yet

Oh ya, I almost forgot

@ Jay; although I think Old School by Headley does kind of fit, it’s not to my taste, and would probably be better suited to some kind of “years later” thing, rather than where they are now, just ‘cause of the lyrics.

@Taeshi
Probably because they’re waiting for approval from someone they respect. It’s sort of like waiting for Christmas morning when you’re a kid. You WANT to just sleep and get up at a reasonable hour, but the excitement gets to you.

@Taeshi
Huh. I THOUGHT you were Australian. Finally, a comic from MY country! *Feels proud*

>_> Ahem…

ANYWAY! I can understand the stress. Though, you don’t really OWE us anything. So you shouldn’t freak out too much about it ^^;

A win is a win. I’ll take what I can get

All Australia’s popular internet stars seem to have originated elsewhere, so currently living here is good enough for me

Hey Jay, I’m willing to do the first comic for you.
Or better yet, get Lisa to do it.

Yikes,I wake up,check the topic and POW.Taeshi,I kinda thought you were partial oriental.(Taeshi?)…….Although your lover’s name is Suitcase,aka Souppy…..(screen names throw me off)And sorry about causing the stress ;_;.It’s like Mav said,I’m like a little kid on Christmas waiting for ‘Taeshi Claus’ to bring the toys in the form of an email XD.Sorry.

Ved….Who’s Lisa?

Lisa.

Oh, and the comic sounds good - but perhaps you should tone down the beginning a bit? It might be a bit hard to top off a near-suicide (unless, of course, you want to have as many accidents as BCB has)…

No, don’t tone it down! That’s a great hook, even if it gets a bit slow in the future people can go back and read the first bit an be a bit more patient until the next time it picks up again. Then again, I’ve only written short stories, not series of chapters, so would the same principle apply?…

Hahahaha!No,no,no!Like I said,I have like 2 years of the comic’s story in my head,the suicidal part comes in there,but not right off the bat XD.Actually starts with someone forgetting their friends birthday and…wait…*checks Lisa*…….ahem,uh, excuse me for a few minutes*zips to Deviantart.com*

I used to live in a town where kids would jump off a bridge into a river…

for fun.

Yes Quacksalver,I used to live in a similar area.Except there they hopped across boulders in a thrashing rapids on bikes for fun,or dived right in.And these rapids led to a waterfall no less!

Seriously, a link to the comic if anything has been done, if not, then please say so.

Sorry,no nothing’s been done yet.But I am still fiddling with dA,trying to see if I can get the written bit I have up.Get more volunteer artists ^_^.

Oh ok, let us know when it’s up, it sounds interesting

‘Tis up my friends!Or,at least the character descriptions and part of the first chapter.Leave a comment ^_^.(Please,teh feedback gives me motivation! XD)
http://calispus.deviantart.com/journal/

Hmm… Seems like there’s some essence there though it was a very quick preview. Just one or two things I noticed. Why would John be lying on the grass if he’s supposed to going to school in the first place? And why is Sabrina not going with ‘em did she get off school for her b-day? Oh and shouldn’t they ring the door first, then the whole interaction happens? I like the idea, it just seems a bit disjointed there mate…

XD,A-John’s relaxing before school,B-Sabrina’s already outside waiting for them,C-They’re all walking together,D-The walk is like 30 minutes comic time and E-John’s always getting up early,part of the whole persona of him.It’s alot better when you have a picture to go with the words XD.

If I were to connect the inspiration I got from BCB to Phleas,I’d say that;
John=Mike
Sabrina=Lucy
E ric=Paulo
Tom=No one
Jenna=Maybe Katie
James=Not sure
Terry=Nobody XD

Yeah,seems like I’m copying….but I like the basic personality traits of some of the BCB crew,wanted to interpret that into Phleas,is that so wrong ;_;?

No, I don’t think so as long as they develop differently and I think they could. Sabrina seems to have a more feminine side according to the description, developing that will take a her a different road to Lucy. John seems much more inquisitive than Mike so there might be a whole other persona there. Eric, well no matter what the name all perverts are pretty similar. So far Katie doesn’t show signs of talent so maybe Jenna could be a good pop artist or sowt. There is no Tom or Terry as you pointed out. As for James, he seems to be a more introvert version of Daisy. Maybe there you could develop a darker character to contrast. THough I’m just getting carried away here as usual… ^^;

…….I should make you bit your tongue off for saying you were getting too carried away!Thanks!

Don’t mention it mate! I can see my dad’s right, if I started actually writing instead of talking about it I could get sowt good done. Although while I like reading angsty stories, I don’t quite fancy writing ‘em. Say, here’s a thought. How about I edit your work mate? I mean, if you want to of course. You can come up with the story, I give you ideas if you need ‘em and maybe a little nudge here and there. Then another artist draws it. (hopefully Lisa, her artwork is gorgeous!) I make a couple of final edits and viola! So how does that take your fancy?

Lisa’s probably going to be the artist,she says she accepts so that’s been answered.As for you,give me your email or I pwn you XD!

Alrighty then! alvagellon@gmail.com

Just found the e-mail. I don’t know why it ended up in the spam. I’ll try to get some work done on it in the next hour and tomorrow. Shouldn’t take long I have half day on Wednesdays.

I didn’t said I accept it!!!
I said I consider- and it depens on the story-

….

I wrote you a note to that-

it’s to similiar for me-

I’m working on the edit here mate, I’ll see if I can change it around a bit, then I’ll send it to both of you to see how it feels. Just don’t go saying no until I’ve done the edits ok? I’ve said it before, but I do love your work and I’ll do all I can to try to make this project work.