All right. As I’m writing this, both first two stories for Carnivore Carnival have finished their online serialization.
Planet Adam:
page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5, page 6
I’m still quite satisfied with this story. It came out pretty well as I have put a lot of energy into making it, more than basically any other of the tales you’ll see coming after it (with the exception of the Conception and Definition, but there I pretty much blew my wad on page 3, which took a full four days to finish) .
The interesting thing is that this one was written and drawn with an anthology book in mind. It was meant to hold 8 6-page tales from various Drunkduck creators, most of which had a larger “fanbase” than I did so I expected it to be a good exposure for my work. Thus the extra work. The sad fate of the book (pretty much no one managed to finish their stories other than me and one other guy who was in the “spare” lineup in case someone dropped out) kind of took away a lot of energy from me. Oh well…
Conception and Definition:
page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4, page 5, page 6
Interesting how these things turn out. This was originally meant to be 12 pages long and lead into a slightly different conclusion. See that pink train on the third page passing in the background? The salesman was meant to “sell” the same package, but also force you to choose male or female body. “Little Idea” was meant to choose the female package, but ended up getting lost in the “labyrinth of possibilities” on the way to the train station, where it would by mistake board the blue train (for boys) instead of the pink one. The last page was meant to mirror the second one, where the “starry umbilical cord” was meant to serve as the tunnel for the train.
In the end I have opted for a shorter, different version, one that reflects my outlook these days a little closer. Also, I have lost all the notes for hte original, except for the tiny set of page thumbnails, which allowed me to recreate at least this much of the tale that you see above.
Sadly, either the topic or the change in art style (this was made few years earlier) seems to have scared away a large chunk of my readership, making Carnivore Carnival drop from a spot in top 600 to pretty much out of top 1000. Oh well. I’ll get back up somehow.
Both tales listed above (and the following Until Death Do Us Part) are printed in Moon Jade Angel #1. The future tales (The Town at the End of the World and Making History) shall be printed in Moon Jade Angel #2, once I have enough material for that one (got about 10 pages so far, so 42 to go).
