In a lot of ways, this page is also a thank you from me to all of you, my faithful readers. As many of you have guessed by now, Shades of Grey is finally reaching the ending I planned for it over seven years ago. We have only a few final loose ends to tie up and the story will be over.
However, it will NOT be the end of my involvement in comics. I have three projects in the works right now, two of which are new comics stories and one that is an Original Character Tournament (OCT), just released at the start of this month. Which brings me to the focus of this post.
As some of you may know, for the past several months I have been participating in an OCT called Oberon’s Garden. While I expected it to be fun and challenging, there was another element that I did not anticipate. That element was the seemingly-spontaneous birth of a micro-community, from which I have made real flesh-and-blood friends. It was this element, more than anything else, that made me want to start my own OCT project.
Now I have released Project Minotaur, an OCT set in Greek myth with a scifi twist. To put it in a phrase, it’s “godpunk”. While I want this to be a fun and challenging opportunity, I also want to help foster a community that values the same thing I do: Quality storytelling. I want this event to serve as a vehicle to support storytellers, no matter what medium they use, and help them grow. I want Project Minotaur to raise people up to start stories of their own, that focus on character depth and creativity rather than fancy art to cover a lack of substance.
So that is my hope, but it is one that I can’t realize alone. I need your help.
All told, my corner of the internet is a small one. At my latest estimation, there are about a thousand of you, and while that seems like a lot to me, I know it is relatively little in the eyes of the internet. However, if each one of you posted a link to Project Minotaur in your blog, your facebook account, your favorite forum, your website, or even just told a friend, the potential impact this event could have increases exponentially. I have made codes available for you above this box. All you have to do is copy and paste the HTML.
I don’t generally ask much of you, but I have poured a lot of work and love into this project and I need your help, support, and participation if it’s going to succeed.
Please, help me make this event something great.
Sincerely,
Robin Dempsey
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Sounds amazing! My year is going to be crazy busy again, though. Sorry to hear that Shades of Grey is wrapping up, but congratulations on slogging through to create a completed story. Zeera is also wrapping up over the next couple of weeks. I guess we're kind of in sync!
I had the feeling that Zeera was nearing an ending as well. Finishing things after so long feels strange, doesn't it?
It is a little strange, but also a relief. When something like this takes up so much of your time, it's hard to move on to other things until it's done. But, finishing something of this size is such an accomplishment! Congrats to you on all your hard work.
And to you!
I know that you're studying right now, but do you have plans for future projects? I see a mention of fantasy and scifi graphic novels...
Oh yeah! Science fiction and fantasy graphic novels are the main reason I'm studying illustration. I finish my course at the end of the year. It will take a little while for me to get going on the graphic novels at first, as I want to spend more time on concept designs, polish the scripts, do rough layouts, etc. I don't like the usual web comic workflow of creating a whole page from start to finish, putting it up, then doing the next page. It's a bit messy.
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