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KCclearwater
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[2012-09-03 13:23:08 +0000 UTC]
"imperfectionist"
(United States)
# Statistics
Favourites: 760; Deviations: 317; Watchers: 25
Watching: 50; Pageviews: 14981; Comments Made: 1385; Friends: 50
# Interests
Favorite movies: David Lynch's, Jim Jarmusch's, Charlie Kaufman's, some Hitchcock, some noir(e), a little seltzer down the pants.Favorite bands / musical artists: Heidi Mortenson, Lavinia Turner, Kristin Hersh, Robyn Hitchcock
Favorite writers: Italo Calvino, Haruki Murakami, Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler
Tools of the Trade: BIC pen
# About me
I've been writing/plotting stories for a very long time, but only telling stories with drawings since 2007.I add pages on Tuesday to my doodle story comic at ArtGumshoe.com:
ArtGumshoe is a story comic which begins with Nerva Scarlotte waking up lying in the back of an unfamiliar car with dried blood on her face and knuckles. It will eventually (after about four or five chapters) include the origins -- and then cases -- of the Easter and Barr Detective Agency; a/k/a, the Art Gumshoes.
Visually, it features...oh, let's say "glacial visual storytelling" and panel framing of the "Drunken House Fly Cameraman" school.
I'd be happy to swap feedback/comments with folks who create comics with the same kinds of ideas that inspire and drive me -- generally comics that contain as few of the following as possible: corporation's intellectual property, capes, guns, smug goriness, gratuitous monstrousness, showboating nihilism, etc.
# Comments
Comments: 163
heyooo, happy birthday KC!
I just noticed that now, but anyways, hope you had a great and awesome day!!Β Β yay!
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Yay!!Β And cute blinky-yay-face icon too!
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heyhoo! For some reason, I didn't know where else to comment about my recent reading spree of Transbunny. But is there a better place than in the comment section? I don't think so!
And here we go: I've been reading up until page 147 of Nerva's journey and I was REALLY surprised. Your stories were pretty different than from what I've seen in "Artgumshoe". Especially the first few stories. "A helping hand" for example had me laughing about nearly every page. I actually think Thomas/Hazel/Dennis/Silvia is very relatable... I'm guessing he/she is based on your own character. The same ocurred to me with Zpringzia. Plus, she is German and I think that fact alone and her cute personality make her very likeable. I'm not sure how it's like for other readers, but I was amazed at how easily I was able to decipher her German accent. It was actually quite nice to spot words like "mein frend" or "gott em himmel" (my favourite one so far 
Well, let's start with "A Helping Hand", which was overall VERY funny and crazy. The pace was pretty fast, and each page was more like a separate story with conclusion. Also interesting to see! The running gags were so well chosen, in the end I was searching for lobsters and bugs on every page. Plus, Thomas just always ended up jerking off when another girl ditched the bunny and I love "do it yourself"-jokes, what more can I say
It's funny but a lot of jokes or things you added to the comic are like some of the insiders I've got with my friends... like... "fish magic" [I'm a fish after all, it's even in my profile pic]. The "I don't know how to call it arrows explaining certain surroundings or actions" was something I added into my own comics when I was younger too. It just makes the whole situation more humorous and it suits the style of your story. I hope I can see more bugs and lobsters eventually.
Oh, another thing I nearly forgot: The sheer absurdity of each and every comic in the beginning is simply hilarious... like the Ukelele... and then the sea god drinking from an irresponsibly tiny tea cup. Also... throwing cottage cheese at a rhinceros?? I'm still wondering if the twinsister taking up her brother's role with the fish sword actually existed? It could be! Apart from the fish sword, that is... We are also confronted with a commutant in the subway and with a woman who pushes tofu around! Geez
And now I've talked about the first two books even though I wanted to talk about all of them... well there's always a next time, and it gives me the opportunity to read them again, which I'd do anytime because they are seriously great! I think you should consider uploading them in other places as well to enable more people to read them I'm sure you'd get a lot more readers this way ^^
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Hey, thank you so much for reading and responding -
you're right in that the style / approach has changed radically over the years, transbunny was very loose and silly in the beginning, and by the last 2 books, it's a lot closer to ArtGumshoe (or at least Chapter 1 of ArtGumshoe)
however, i like that there's a direct line between ArtGumshoe and Transbunny - in that they meet Nerva during the adventure of the Glowing Photocopy, which Thomas got in the 1st page of Transbunny.Β It's like the yin-yang, man - no matter how little of X there is in Y, there's always a little.
I'm glad you like Nerva!Β She's.. well, she's a wonderful f***-up:Β weak, failure-prone, indomitable.
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sure thing!
I enjoyed all the funny puns and the surrealism of the later chapters also. I actually did think "A helping hand" also had quite a few abstract story elements. And of course, everything is tied together, like with Nerva and the photocopy... it's all quite thought through ^^
And that's why we love her
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no sweat, i spotted a lot of neat stuff so i'll check out your stuff for a while
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Thank you again for the favorite! Norbert was so much fun to draw!
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animals + small hat at jaunty angle = awesome every time!
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You're quite welcome; that plush Garfield and Twin Peaks were formative parts of my childhood and young-adulthood (respectively)
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Hey! You gave me a favorite, of which I am very appreciative. Thank you!
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No problem - when I see a new comic in my Watched list, I try to check it (or another one by the author) out eventually
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And a comment, which is even better! You're awesome!
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Hey, thank you very much
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No sweat, it was neat to bump into your comic again!
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Thank you many for 
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You're quite welcome
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Hey! sorry i didn't say this earlier, but thanks for the favorite! your the first person to favorite that first page.
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You're welcome, I try to poke around the comics thumbnails in groups I'm new to and look into the ones whose thumbnails seem interesting / not of one specific art-boiler-plate style
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Thank you /so/ much for the favorite! You have a lovely day!
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Thanks for the fave! I see u have a few Rollerderby related stuff in ur galleries! That's awesome! First derby person I find on DA!
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Thanks!Β Yeah, some of the things I like are cool .
and my spouse and I have finally started attending bouts regularly, and its kind of awesome.
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Awesome! Where are u guys from?
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the last 2 places we lived had quite a bit of derby, but now we're in a city small enough that it's location is no longer semi-public information
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I just about died of shock when I saw my pages had some comments on them! Thanks for making my day!
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You're quite welcome, I found it in one of the Comics groups and the pages I saw were nice
(to adapt a phrase, I'm just trying to be the reader I'd want to see in the world)
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Β You're awesome!
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You're quite welcome
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Random Quote of the day:
βAll the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.β β J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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"All the world my ambient thoughts is are made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust The Pixies lyrics."
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Dear friend,Β
Many thanks for your generous support.Β Β
Mayumi
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No worries, it was a fantastic photo.
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Thank's for the fave! I see that you're a Lynch fan. That dude is great!
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Indeed, one of my top 5 creative influences, easy.
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Thank you, that's very kind of you!
(& I see there are more cardinals on the trees back in my old city - I moved to the other side of the country several months ago!)
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Ohh yes we have the cardinals! How's moving going? Hope it went well and you are happy
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It went very dramatically for about 10 days, but we're settled now and doing pretty good!
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