New Comic Viewer

How do you like my fancy comic viewer at the top? Thanks to God the thing finally works correctly. I've been pondering how to view more than one comic in the flash part at the top of this page on and off for more than half a year now. I'm so happy to see it finally work. I used the very little knowledge of flash actionscripting that I accumulated over the years. I know just enough code to try and do something basic and then give myself a headache trying to problem solve it. It was painful trying to figure this thing out even though it is so simple. But now that it's up and running I'm that much more thankful. For anyone who wants to create something like this for their own comic strip please don't ask me. I'm terrible at setting stuff like this up. Make nice with one of your friends who happens to be a web design guru and beg them to help you out. Or you could do like me and teach yourself just enough flash to give yourself a headache. I feel special. Both because of my cool comic viewer that no one else has and because when it comes to flash I earned a seat on the short bus.

Eventually I'll make it more usable and friendly by adding some more components to it. I'd like it to tell you how many comics there are and a rewind feature wold be nice. If there are any flash gurus out there who'd like to make this thing work better please let me know.

Shaun McMillan
ShaunDmcMillan@gmail.com

The Jesus Strip

Here's the latest. I hope everyone can catch the point of this image. The joke isn't in the dialogue like most comic strips. It's in what's showing and what's not showing. I didn't write this strip to be funny but actually it is to express a deep realization I had about God from the point of view of being a storyteller. The first line is the most important one, but you have to look at the entire strip to understand the first line.

I also created a time lapse while I worked on this piece. Comics are easy to read but very difficult to create. The video is 9 minutes long so you might want to skip ahead if it begins to get borring. If the fast version is 9 minutes then can you imagine how long it took to draw it out in real time? The thought scares me.

Feel free to leave some feedback whether good or bad by leaving a comment.

Thanks!

~SM

Animated Comic!

Here is the latest comic strip. You can also check out the animated version...


To see a much better and clearer version in flash player you can Click Here.

Check out my newly Animated Comic! This is the future of comics. I created the artwork in Adobe Photoshop like usual and then animated the different layers in Adobe AfterEffects. I've been wanting to do something like this ever since I first discovered the Metal Gear Solid Digital Graphic Novel for the PSP by Konami (which I posted below). Their DGN is awesome. Mine doesn't hold a candle to theirs, but at least it's a start.

To see more of these done by my students visit my Online Training Website, www.PathoftheArtist.com .