im workin on a story at the mo for a comic idea.
i've got a plot, character and backstory sorted. i dunno if it'll work and my main characters actual quest is still uncertain. its a story about revenge, but with a completely different perspective. a story like disney gone wrong. make sense ? hehe i dunno man the character is a little off the wall. His motives for revenge are clear, but what he actually does to seek it is still unsure.
i need to build on a few other characters.. maybe sidekicks etc. i've got 3 characters back stories just about done. that includes, father figure, hero and villain. i need a wise man. hmm and a sidekick. 2 main characters are always better to work with. 1 exactly the opposite to the other.
do u think a story like conan can work in modern day?
i want it to be a hack and slash comedy series appealling to a geek, silly humour, vegetarian (lol you'll see why in a mo) comic audience. I want it to have a good balance of good and bad. like black and white. a yin and yang style to it. A true anti hero story.
Our hero is.. a pissed off 10oz Rump Steak called Deadmeat.
Intro:
parallel stories. A herd of cows on a cattle farm and the life of the cattle farmer and his son.
Farmer owns a farm of dairy cows, loves his cows, loves his farm. Farmer's boy hates cows and is made to spend every last minute helping his single father run the farm.
Time goes on and you see a hatred grow in the boy as he gets older. His father becomes old and weak, unable to work on the farm. When his father dies the son sells the farm and has all the cows sent to the slaughter house.
Cows live on a farm with their caring farmer and his wretched son. (sceen with farmer feeding and tending to his cows mirrored by boy with paintball gun using cows as targets, etc)
There is a Bull and his son. They are like the chieftains of the herd. Each one having a similar cultural structure to that of the red indians. a tribe. like cavemen and women. simple tasks. eating. producing milk. reproducing. and so on.
As the bull gets older he has a son that is due to take over as the head of the tribe.
But before he has the chance he watches as his father is put down, and the dairy cows sent for slaughter. He was killed last and much more personally.
the souls of the dead tribe are drawn to a house. They gather to perform an ancient spiritual ritual passed down through the generations. The animals of life (cows) ressurect him, something goes wrong and he is born again as a steak made from his own arse.
(fade to black)
End of comic 1
(opening eyes effect)
faced with bright white light, a humming noise and encased in a transparent packaging the chief's son starts panicing. in the fluster he breaks out of his packaging and discovers he's been brought back as what is know as a 10oz Rump Steak. He is icy cold and surrounded by giant vegetables, similar to the ones he used to be given by his farmer. He tries to eat one and absolutely loves it. a vegetarian steak. lol
After several hours of attempting to find an exit, frustration sets in. he starts running into walls, punching them and kicking them (with what you can only assume are the limbs of a steak hehe). His power is unleashed. Although only as small as a steak he is empowered with the strength of a bull.
He bursts out of the fridge into this vast canyon (or so it seems to him) yet its not the same. this world is unfamiliar. he climbs onto the nearest cliff (kitchen unit) and explores for a way out. On his journey he comes accross a giant wooden statue. Engraved in this statue is written "Steak Knives".
"this is a sign from god" he thinks to himself and (sword in the stone style) pulls a steak knife from its pedestal *it glistens in the sunlight* appearing magical to his eyes.
theres is a noise. a jingling noise and a loud *click-clunk*. a rush of wind blows into his face as he hear loud voices and booming vibrations afoot. getting closer and closer, louder and louder.
End of comic 2
The door flies open and the steak finds cover. armed with his sword (knife) of destiny (steak cutting) he is faced with a dialema. 2 humans enter the room, 1 male 1 female. they don't look hostile. But you're not ready to take any chance, especially after the ordeal he's just been through.
... To be continued
Anyway thats as far as my brain is going to tell this story so far.
I need to work on a 3rd parallel story of the couple. maybe i could mix up the story a little. after comic 2 maybe i could start a whole new story telling you about the couple. then lead up to them coming home. linking both stories together. That works for me.
I want to foresee the outcome of this story before i get into it headstrong. i dont want to come to a stale mate too early. maybe make it as a graphic novel... orrr an ongoing story in comic form..? does a story like this have enough of a motive to last the distance? that, i'm not sure of.
However i could start and see how it evolved naturally to me. Doi want this to take me on a journey or do i want to plan ahead.. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
Wow brain wave:
a couple based on me n zoe:
drive a beetle
wanna change the world
little super steak comes along
he acts as their right arm of justice
he acts on revenge in a bull like fashion
whereas we convince him to have moral values
The story struggles between good and evil in a comic like way
The terminator movie rings a bell. mindless killing robot. mindless killing steak. persuaded to do good by humans.
hmm.. pet rat. sidekick? goin too far with talking things? hmm i think so..
as u can see indeas are still popping in and out. Its by no means finished, scripts need to be written, artwork produced, inking, colouring printing, publishing.. jesus.. lots to do so little time.