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dolariHowdy, everyone.
It's about this time for the last two years, I start making the rounds for the Transgender Day of Remembrance Webcomics Project, and I've spent the last few days digging up old EMails, searching out new TG comics and generally, rampping up to this years project. My apologies for taking so long to get started this year - August's been a bear.
For those of you who don't know about the project, in a nutshell, we're a group of webcomic artists and authors who put together a remembrance strip for late November. There is always a running theme, but the themes are voluntary (especially if your comic has no TG characters). If you'd like some examples of the 2005 and 2004 entries, you can see previous projects for yourself at the Webcomics DOR site at http://www.dolari.net/dor.
All we ask is that you link to the other comics running images as well, and keep the images up for your normal comic-length. We're aiming at having these displayed on the week of the 20th. After the comics are done, I'd love your permission to keep them on my Day of Remembrance site, at http://www.dolari.net/dor
This year's theme is a little less confrontation than last year's. The theme proposed is a more "This is your brain on drugs" narrative presentation. The character will very matter-of-factly decribe a situation that led to them being killed for being trans or swapped, with the final panel revealing the tombstone of that character (preferably based on someone who has died this year - a listing can be found at http://www.gender.org/remember/day/who.html).
For example, my comic will have Allison relate about a day she had where she was outted and was beaten to death over several panels. Eventually, the last panel will have her walking into the dark with the tombstone prominently displayed.
Again, the themes are voluntary, and if you have an idea you'd like to pursue, or a better idea for a theme that you'd like to present, please do.
Please let me know if you'd like to participate this year by letting me know via EMail. IF you know someone who may be interested, but isn't on this list, by all means, forward it along (especially as real life has kept me fmro researching the newer comics out there).
Thanks again for listening - looking forward to hearing from y'all soon.
It's about this time for the last two years, I start making the rounds for the Transgender Day of Remembrance Webcomics Project, and I've spent the last few days digging up old EMails, searching out new TG comics and generally, rampping up to this years project. My apologies for taking so long to get started this year - August's been a bear.
For those of you who don't know about the project, in a nutshell, we're a group of webcomic artists and authors who put together a remembrance strip for late November. There is always a running theme, but the themes are voluntary (especially if your comic has no TG characters). If you'd like some examples of the 2005 and 2004 entries, you can see previous projects for yourself at the Webcomics DOR site at http://www.dolari.net/dor.
All we ask is that you link to the other comics running images as well, and keep the images up for your normal comic-length. We're aiming at having these displayed on the week of the 20th. After the comics are done, I'd love your permission to keep them on my Day of Remembrance site, at http://www.dolari.net/dor
This year's theme is a little less confrontation than last year's. The theme proposed is a more "This is your brain on drugs" narrative presentation. The character will very matter-of-factly decribe a situation that led to them being killed for being trans or swapped, with the final panel revealing the tombstone of that character (preferably based on someone who has died this year - a listing can be found at http://www.gender.org/remember/day/who.html).
For example, my comic will have Allison relate about a day she had where she was outted and was beaten to death over several panels. Eventually, the last panel will have her walking into the dark with the tombstone prominently displayed.
Again, the themes are voluntary, and if you have an idea you'd like to pursue, or a better idea for a theme that you'd like to present, please do.
Please let me know if you'd like to participate this year by letting me know via EMail. IF you know someone who may be interested, but isn't on this list, by all means, forward it along (especially as real life has kept me fmro researching the newer comics out there).
Thanks again for listening - looking forward to hearing from y'all soon.
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Date: 2007-10-04 01:54 pm (UTC)Thank you, Jenn.
Talk about a timely challenge. 20th November might be do-able; I hadn't thought at all about the ending of Angharad and the Nameless Critters, but maybe, just maybe, it does involve her death at the hands of some very hostile loggers who finally discover something about their neighbour's early life history. And how non-customary would it be to start a web-comic with the ending? I've seen this work in print fiction, but not often. The only two bits I have story-boarded right now are Angharad walking up the road in the snow wondering if she brought matches, and also the cat nestled on her head in the weather-station, while the blizzard rages outside.
And if I say that this is a challenge, that is an understatement. I will have some time to think on this while I am travelling. Today and the next few days I am on layover and to some extent overbooked, so this may have to wait until the next leg of my eastward junket.
This one cuts close to the bone, you have to know that by now. Came darn close to being beaten to death once as it is, so certainly have some cognition of what it feels like to have your bones snap and think "Oh sh-t, Goddess, I need help now." I suppose that drives some of the decisions I yet make, and the caution that I place around my home situation.
Specific question, since it is obvious that I know next to nothing:
What would be a recommended and safe/secure hosting locale for web-comics? Obviously I don't want any pointers to my worldly identity or my location. Some of my neighbours really --might-- take violent offense. Beat me to death, no. Burn the house, maybe. Small towns have their moments of ugliness. You might be very glad that you don't live in such a place, it is a veritable fishbowl, where occupation of the woodwork is the only rational choice in the long run.
Thanks, and blessings,
--------> Angharad, laying over in the big city and really wishing she was at home right now. I want to go hide under the blankets and dream on this a while.
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Date: 2007-10-04 06:00 pm (UTC)I'd suggest for comic hosting Keenspace. Anonymous, free, and just a banner ad to pay for the bandwidth.
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Date: 2007-10-04 01:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-10-04 05:50 pm (UTC)