I strongly suspect that a lot of my problem with blogging is logging in and dealing with the UI. So I just grabbed a Firefox (Yes, I still use Firefox, Chrome is too minimalist for me. I like buttons like, everywhere) add-on called Scribefire Next (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/scribefire-next/) As having Echofan has gotten me tweeting more often, I'm hoping this will get me to blog more often. Not to figure out why right clicking isn't working...
I Shall Create As I Speak
The creator blog for Landon Porter, writer for the web serial, The Descendants.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Thoughts on Descendants #52 (Scenes From a Changing World)
I
don't normally do this, seeing as 'Scenes' is still ongoing, but I am
making a good faith option to blog and for once I do have some
thoughts that I'd really like to share on the subject.
Scenes
From a Changing World is different from most issues of Descendants
because it's very explicitly broken into multiple short stories. This
isn't exact;y new; the Annuals always worked as check-ins with the
characters, Giant-sized became this way accidentally when I lost the
thread of the frame story, and Some Day In May (Special #4), was
something similar. But this time, I didn't just tell different
stores, but in different styles. I'm not sure how it worked for the
reader, but jumping from 'Fanon' to the upcoming 'Snick-Snap' was
definitely an experience to me.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
You Win Again, Internet.
As my sporadic postings here suggests, I'm just not a blog person. When I write, I prefer it to be a story. This whole format where I just say things is foreign to me. I'm much more comfortable speaking through characters, or through forums.
But blogging is the best way to communicate with my readers and goddamnit, I really do want to do good by them. So the plan is to do this twice a week at least. I can't promise quality, or entertainment, or any sort of schedule, but I can promise to try.
Also, I'm deleting all the ugly update stuff that came before because jeez that was a terrible idea.
But blogging is the best way to communicate with my readers and goddamnit, I really do want to do good by them. So the plan is to do this twice a week at least. I can't promise quality, or entertainment, or any sort of schedule, but I can promise to try.
Also, I'm deleting all the ugly update stuff that came before because jeez that was a terrible idea.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Introducing New Comic Wednesdays, a new feature at descendantsserial.com
Dear readers,
As I've been saying hinting, the time has come for a change. The universe the Descendants inhabit is getting bigger and now it's simply too big for a weekly schedule.
For the past two years, each issue of The Descendants was separated by two weeks of stories from elsewhere in the setting; most recently the Liedecker Institute series and The Whitecoat and the Second String.
But when the current issue ends, a third miniseries will be forthcoming; The Spider's Seven. I feel that almost a month between issues of the main series is something that many of you, especially those who aren't interested in the other stories, are not willing to put up with.
The solution: I'm adding another day to the schedule. The Descendants will still update every Monday in the a.m. And on Wednesdays, the day you also pick up your actual paper, sequential art comics, you can also check out the newest issue of a Descendants-verse series on the following schedule starting this coming Wednesday, February 2nd:
First Wednesday - Liedecker Institute
Second Wednesday - The Whitecoat and the Second String (miniseries*)
Third Wednesday - The Spider's Seven (miniseries*)
Fourth Wednesday - Descendants Presents...**
Fifth Wednesday - TBA
*miniseries obviously run until they end. Upcoming minis include: Vorpal: Gyre and Gimble (working title)Liedecker: Life and Times Part 2 "The Apprentice"
** includes sneak peeks at works, especially scenes from in-universe entertainment including "Malady Place", "Imago", "Live Metal" and "Taskforce: Earth" as well as other projects such as the Descendants prequel "Descendants Prime" and the Descendant-verse vampire series "Whitepine Hollow".
I hope this change goes well and to the enjoyment of all. If you have questions, concerns or suggestions, feel free to comment on the blog or on the community (which I know looks dead, but if you post I will answer).
Aside from that, the new site continues to take shape and proofreading back issues continues. See everyone in February for the first update in this format: the Lidecker Institute Annual #1
As I've been saying hinting, the time has come for a change. The universe the Descendants inhabit is getting bigger and now it's simply too big for a weekly schedule.
For the past two years, each issue of The Descendants was separated by two weeks of stories from elsewhere in the setting; most recently the Liedecker Institute series and The Whitecoat and the Second String.
But when the current issue ends, a third miniseries will be forthcoming; The Spider's Seven. I feel that almost a month between issues of the main series is something that many of you, especially those who aren't interested in the other stories, are not willing to put up with.
The solution: I'm adding another day to the schedule. The Descendants will still update every Monday in the a.m. And on Wednesdays, the day you also pick up your actual paper, sequential art comics, you can also check out the newest issue of a Descendants-verse series on the following schedule starting this coming Wednesday, February 2nd:
First Wednesday - Liedecker Institute
Second Wednesday - The Whitecoat and the Second String (miniseries*)
Third Wednesday - The Spider's Seven (miniseries*)
Fourth Wednesday - Descendants Presents...**
Fifth Wednesday - TBA
*miniseries obviously run until they end. Upcoming minis include: Vorpal: Gyre and Gimble (working title)Liedecker: Life and Times Part 2 "The Apprentice"
** includes sneak peeks at works, especially scenes from in-universe entertainment including "Malady Place", "Imago", "Live Metal" and "Taskforce: Earth" as well as other projects such as the Descendants prequel "Descendants Prime" and the Descendant-verse vampire series "Whitepine Hollow".
I hope this change goes well and to the enjoyment of all. If you have questions, concerns or suggestions, feel free to comment on the blog or on the community (which I know looks dead, but if you post I will answer).
Aside from that, the new site continues to take shape and proofreading back issues continues. See everyone in February for the first update in this format: the Lidecker Institute Annual #1
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Commentary: Descendants Giant-sized #1
Descendants Giant-sized #1 'Slices of Life' is sort of an odd duck in the series. Much like 'A Magitech Crisis: Epilogue' it exists in one of those strange places that's too big to be a oneshot and too small to be a full issue. It also comes chock full of important events and little touches that didn't have much of a place in any of the other issues.
Discussion
of the importance of this piece to the whole Confluence arc and why
'Giant-sized' under the cut.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Commentary: Descendants #36
Descendants
#37 'Of A Feather'
revisited the character of Elizabeth von Stoker, AKA Freaque, and
introduced a new set of characters, the Outliers. It also served as
the first issue of Descendants
Volume 4: Confluence
and, as it happens, the issue least connected with the overall
Confluence arc.
So
how did these new characters come to be, and how did 'Of a Feather'
become so divorced from Confluence? All that and Peter Parker
Syndrome under the cut.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Commentary: Issue #46 Post-Game
As
mentioned before, I have a long and complicated history with the
character of Juniper Taylor (Zero). She was created to be a character
vastly different than what she eventually became and escaped a
terrible fate purely because I developed a soft spot for her. This in
turn led me to constructing one of the series's longest running
subplot, namely: Who is Juniper Taylor.
The
clues were spread out over nearly three volumes and all led up to a
resolution in Descendants
#46 “The Juniper Chronicles”,
which is impressive for a plot that was something else entirely for
most of Volume 1
So
what was
going to happen, and how did things wind up the way they are now?
Find out, under the cut. Warning:
Spoilers for Descendants #46
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