Poetry, eh?

Canvas (by Euan Mumford)

They say you paint for passion,
But your canvas is blank,
They say you paint for fun,
But your canvas is bare,
They say you paint for honour,
But the canvas stands empty,
They say you paint for pleasure,
But the brush is still dry. 

I say you paint for money,
And the colours are coming,
I say you paint for greed,
And the picture develops,
I say you paint for yourself,
And it hangs in the gallery.

“Portrait of a man”
How true.

[NOTE: While not a big poetry fan, I do write the occasional poem. If you get a kick out of this kind of stuff, let me know, and I’ll post some more at some point.]

What have I Dunn?

I’m sorry… I’m so sorry. (Check out the original at www.digitalpimponline.com!

 

 

Dialogue

“Dialogue?”

“Dialogue”

“I don’t understand. How can you have a dialogue with no characters?”

“I’ll find a way.” Continue Reading >>

10 Things Videogame Developers Are Doing Wrong

I love videogames, and I can’t think of a single person who doesn’t (unless we’re including Jack Thompson, but whether or not he qualifies as a person is another matter entirely). That said, I can’t help but spot glaring problems with the way the games industry works at the moment. I can’t imagine why people haven’t spotted these flaws and corrected them already, so here they are in all their splendour. There’s some unsavory language ahead, mind. You have been warned.

Let the good times roll.

Continue Reading >>

We’re not all evil geniuses, you know?

Newsflash to those working on all forms of media: Disabled people exist.

I know this may seem difficult to believe, given the relative invisibility of the disabled as characters in any form of media, but there’s plenty of us out here (I, myself, suffer from walking difficulties). If you take a stroll outside in your local village, town or city, you’re pretty likely to see at least one person out there with a disability. You might not even notice that the person in question has a disability if it’s a mild one or something that doesn’t show up under layers of clothing, but it’s still there. Continue Reading >>

PvP: Part 2

I’ve got to stop making these spoof comics before people think I’m mocking Kurtz. Well, maybe I am, but it’s all in good fun. Your comic rocks, sir!

 

PvP

Euan has a remarkable talent for taking a comic and “redubbing” it - giving the characters new dialogue to suit the scene. He did it to this Jump Leads page, creating this masterpiece. Now he has taken his hand to the latest PvP strip…

Enjoyable, I’m sure you’ll agree.

Panel Discussion

So, Turnus is live.

Another day, another webcomic. But what makes this one any different from the plethora of other comics out there and how exactly do I approach the issue of comic writing? To find out, we have to go back to the beginning. Continue Reading >>

Writing Jump Leads

This blog post contains some spoilers for the second issue of Jump Leads, so if you haven’t read it yet I’d suggest not reading on. There are also potential spoilers for parts of the third season of Doctor Who so if you’re not up to speed with that show - no actual text, but some links to episode descriptions. If you don’t want those spoilt for you I’d advise against clicking those particular links - you’ll know ‘em when you see ‘em.

Continue Reading >>

Simply the Write thing to do

“Why should I get interested in yet another blog website, created by two fairly unknown writers, with practically zero content?” That’s the question you may be asking yourself, after stumbling across this site, and it’s a valid query to make.

The answer could be one of a number of choices. Maybe it’s because the two writers in question are already responsible for some critically acclaimed and award winning entertainment. Or because the stuff they have in the pipeline might turn out to be awesome and you want to be one of those guys who was there BEFORE everyone else was. Or maybe you’re just bored and want to add yet another website to your growing list of ‘ways to kill time during the day’.

Whatever the case, welcome aboard! If you like good dialogue, well rounded characters and a generous dose of humour in your writing, you’re in luck. We’ll be bringing all three of those ingredients to the mix in a range of planned collaborative and solo projects hovering just over the horizon. Writing is a powerful medium with the potential to create people, towns, worlds… even universes.

I hope you’ll enjoy exploring them with us.