Comments on: Episode One- The Beginning http://backspacecomic.com/2009/05/12/episode-one-the-beginning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=episode-one-the-beginning Official Podcast of the Backspace Comic. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:26:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kyle http://backspacecomic.com/2009/05/12/episode-one-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Kyle Thu, 14 May 2009 11:06:45 +0000 http://backspacecomic.com/newsite/wordpress/?p=124#comment-32 It started with two guys watching bad sci-fi movies till 3am, flipping channels between Spike TV and the History Channel and conversations about what medieval spaceships would look like……and you have Backspace. And I never thought that the random, goofy ideas put together by Jeremy, Casey and myself would drawn out in a weekly web comic. After a lot of technical problems (one including voiceovers that sounded like they were recorded in a men’s room) we faced on the Backspace flash animation project, I thought this would be an idea that would be left for dead. Until Jeremy proposed that we just make it into a comic strip, and I said, “Yeah, we can do that.” So I started on character designs, (which weren’t that difficult seeing that they were just exaggerated versions of ourselves) and Jeremy revised the scripts into a comic strip friendly format. Within a matter of weeks we had our characters drawn and colored thanks to Casey’s quick coloring skills, and then it seemed like within another week we had our first “strip” done. For the last month I have had the pleasure of drawing Abe Lincoln kicking the crap out of ninjas, and I’ve enjoyed the reaction I get from people who pass by me on the MAX (Portland’s light rail train system, for those who don’t know what it is) and say, “is that Abe Lincoln with a shotgun?” Yes it is, and the best is yet to come. This ship has set sail, sink or swim, and we thank all our friends and future readers for checking out our site and giving us your support! Currently I’m drawing out a wallpaper and a new t-shirt (be sure to take a peek at the Action Abe shirts!) and every now and then I’ll be drawing out what Jeremy and I will refer to as “Backspace Shorts,” which will be ideas we really couldn’t place in a script and were funny by themselves. Or they will be one of my random drawings that I find funny in my warped, disturbed mind. I’ll end this with a shout out to Nate Piekos at Blambot.com, who at which has helped us out with our comic fonts. So thank you Nate, thank very much! You can check out Nate’s site (as well as his wonderful comic strip call “Atland.”) by going to our "links" page. It started with two guys watching bad sci-fi movies till 3am, flipping channels between Spike TV and the History Channel and conversations about what medieval spaceships would look like……and you have Backspace. And I never thought that the random, goofy ideas put together by Jeremy, Casey and myself would drawn out in a weekly web comic. After a lot of technical problems (one including voiceovers that sounded like they were recorded in a men’s room) we faced on the Backspace flash animation project, I thought this would be an idea that would be left for dead. Until Jeremy proposed that we just make it into a comic strip, and I said, “Yeah, we can do that.” So I started on character designs, (which weren’t that difficult seeing that they were just exaggerated versions of ourselves) and Jeremy revised the scripts into a comic strip friendly format. Within a matter of weeks we had our characters drawn and colored thanks to Casey’s quick coloring skills, and then it seemed like within another week we had our first “strip” done.

For the last month I have had the pleasure of drawing Abe Lincoln kicking the crap out of ninjas, and I’ve enjoyed the reaction I get from people who pass by me on the MAX (Portland’s light rail train system, for those who don’t know what it is) and say, “is that Abe Lincoln with a shotgun?” Yes it is, and the best is yet to come. This ship has set sail, sink or swim, and we thank all our friends and future readers for checking out our site and giving us your support!

Currently I’m drawing out a wallpaper and a new t-shirt (be sure to take a peek at the Action Abe shirts!) and every now and then I’ll be drawing out what Jeremy and I will refer to as “Backspace Shorts,” which will be ideas we really couldn’t place in a script and were funny by themselves. Or they will be one of my random drawings that I find funny in my warped, disturbed mind.

I’ll end this with a shout out to Nate Piekos at Blambot.com, who at which has helped us out with our comic fonts. So thank you Nate, thank very much! You can check out Nate’s site (as well as his wonderful comic strip call “Atland.”) by going to our “links” page.

]]> By: Jeremy http://backspacecomic.com/2009/05/12/episode-one-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Jeremy Wed, 13 May 2009 17:59:12 +0000 http://backspacecomic.com/newsite/wordpress/?p=124#comment-31 Wow! It's interesting seeing that picture again- Those were the original concepts for the characters back when 'Backspace' was going to be an animation. As you can see they loosely resemble us. I did the illustration on those. I'm very glad that Kyle is lending his superior Odin-like illustration skills to the project now. Kids love it! I want to thank everyone for checking us out and 'fan-ing' up on Facebook, that's awesome. We're going to be adding some more t-shirts to the store soon as well. Wow!

It’s interesting seeing that picture again- Those were the original concepts for the characters back when ‘Backspace’ was going to be an animation. As you can see they loosely resemble us. I did the illustration on those. I’m very glad that Kyle is lending his superior Odin-like illustration skills to the project now. Kids love it!

I want to thank everyone for checking us out and ‘fan-ing’ up on Facebook, that’s awesome. We’re going to be adding some more t-shirts to the store soon as well.

]]> By: Casey http://backspacecomic.com/2009/05/12/episode-one-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Casey Wed, 13 May 2009 17:58:52 +0000 http://backspacecomic.com/newsite/wordpress/?p=124#comment-30 So I have found a good example of why we are so excited that we have finally launched Backspace. I was looking through picture files on my computer for something unrelated and I stumbled across a random image. When I say random I mean Star Wars Trivial Pursuit what was the name of the actor who played the storm trooper standing next to the third Ewok from the left random question random. The picture is of the original character designs for Jeremy Kyle and I. I looked at the date in question of when this image was created and it is dated 4/30/07 which means we have been working on this for over two years that we have a record of. The process actually started long before then but so far this is the only documentation. So here is a glimpse of what the original characters looked like: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_x_RSVtDxYAw/SgsAenKxStI/AAAAAAAAABI/6agi8kbo5yo/s320/characters.jpg As you can see there has been some modifications to the characters. I got fatter, Kyle got glasses and darker hair, and Jeremy no longer has a porcupine head. Overall I think there were some good improvements. Got to say great work by Kyle with the illustrations of the characters. Well I will shove off for now, is everyone in suspense for the next comic episode due next Tuesday? I hope so! Leave us some comments either on here or by contacting us via the contact page. We also have a Facebook page that you can see here. So I have found a good example of why we are so excited that we have finally launched Backspace. I was looking through picture files on my computer for something unrelated and I stumbled across a random image. When I say random I mean Star Wars Trivial Pursuit what was the name of the actor who played the storm trooper standing next to the third Ewok from the left random question random. The picture is of the original character designs for Jeremy Kyle and I. I looked at the date in question of when this image was created and it is dated 4/30/07 which means we have been working on this for over two years that we have a record of. The process actually started long before then but so far this is the only documentation. So here is a glimpse of what the original characters looked like:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_x_RSVtDxYAw/SgsAenKxStI/AAAAAAAAABI/6agi8kbo5yo/s320/characters.jpg

As you can see there has been some modifications to the characters. I got fatter, Kyle got glasses and darker hair, and Jeremy no longer has a porcupine head. Overall I think there were some good improvements. Got to say great work by Kyle with the illustrations of the characters. Well I will shove off for now, is everyone in suspense for the next comic episode due next Tuesday? I hope so! Leave us some comments either on here or by contacting us via the contact page. We also have a Facebook page that you can see here.

]]> By: Casey http://backspacecomic.com/2009/05/12/episode-one-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Casey Wed, 13 May 2009 16:51:18 +0000 http://backspacecomic.com/newsite/wordpress/?p=124#comment-29 Hi folks, thanks for being patient with the few glitches we may have with the site. I have updated the RSS feed so if you have the old feed you will need to delete it and use the new one. If you haven't gotten the RSS feed yet then... DO IT before a pack of samurai pigs attack you in your sleep. Just kidding... or am I? Hi folks, thanks for being patient with the few glitches we may have with the site. I have updated the RSS feed so if you have the old feed you will need to delete it and use the new one. If you haven’t gotten the RSS feed yet then… DO IT before a pack of samurai pigs attack you in your sleep. Just kidding… or am I?

]]> By: Jeremy http://backspacecomic.com/2009/05/12/episode-one-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Jeremy Wed, 13 May 2009 16:21:52 +0000 http://backspacecomic.com/newsite/wordpress/?p=124#comment-28 Did you know that in Australia they refer to cantaloupe as 'Rockmelon'. I prefer this because it sounds like a cannon power from Mega Man. Use Rockmelon to defeat Monkeyman. Casey must have a fruit of the day calendar or something... Did you know that in Australia they refer to cantaloupe as ‘Rockmelon’. I prefer this because it sounds like a cannon power from Mega Man. Use Rockmelon to defeat Monkeyman. Casey must have a fruit of the day calendar or something…

]]> By: Casey http://backspacecomic.com/2009/05/12/episode-one-the-beginning/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Casey Tue, 12 May 2009 12:05:23 +0000 http://backspacecomic.com/newsite/wordpress/?p=124#comment-27 Not even 24 hours in and I have put up some updates including an RSS feed that can be found here. Also we have a shirt design based on Action Abe from the comic in our store which you can find here. So I will just leave you with one final thing for the first day of Backspace... cantaloupe. Thats right, cantaloupe. Not even 24 hours in and I have put up some updates including an RSS feed that can be found here. Also we have a shirt design based on Action Abe from the comic in our store which you can find here. So I will just leave you with one final thing for the first day of Backspace… cantaloupe. Thats right, cantaloupe.

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