Welcome to the 'Bigfoot Museum (& Research Facility!)' - comic intro!

[Birdwrong]

Hello and welcome to the Bigfoot Museum (& Research Facility!)

This is my first attempt at writing a full length narrative comic! It has been posting for a couple of months now, and I'd like to introduce it to you all!

It is the story of a man who runs a Bigfoot Museum, which has admittedly been struggling in recent years - the Bigfoot craze has passed, and families just don't care about our big hairy friend like they used to.

The owner of the museum takes this into his own hands and will set out to find absolute, undeniable evidence of Bigfoot's existence - only to find much, much more than he had bargained for...

Bigfoot Museum (and research facility) | Tapas

Please take a look! Subscriptions, likes and comments are super appreciated, and I would love to know what feedback you might have to offer!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. It means a lot

[NanettesClouds]

This is really really really cute oh my god - I subscribed, and I’ll probably tell my friends about this too. Best of luck with your series!

[Kittosaurus]

You have a very endearing style - definitely got a subscribe from me!

[DeformedSunflower]

It's admirable for you to challenge yourself to make a silent comic, because they are, well, tricky. Silent comics are very much like pantomimes; in order for the audience to get what you're trying to tell them, you need to exaggerate movements and emphasise on certain things.

You've definitely done a great job at expressing the curators feelings through the special effects (sparkles, frantic sweats, etc). I just wish the family of visitors could get the same treatment, and have their expressions exaggerated a little bit more (especially the little kid).
Also, since the mother and son who photographed the picture aren't physically in the museum, I would've made that aspect clearer by colouring them differently, preferably in the greenish tones you used in the first panel of The Photograph.

I hope that helped, and good luck with your comic!

[vothnthorvaldson]

I think the visitors' expressions are purposely blank to express total lack of interest and contrast with the overenthustiasm of the museum owner. That's at least how I read it.
I really like the story so far. I can totally sympathize with that poor guy having to deal with uninterested visitors. Demonstrate in a fun although slightly depressing way what having weird centers of interests feels like

[DeformedSunflower]

I didn't phrase it too well, but what I meant is that the visitors looked more dazed than bored, as if they're lost or something. The father had a great expression on The Tour Must Go On though.

[Birdwrong]

@kirschwassen @vothnthorvaldson

Thank you so much for your feedback, guys!

I too was worried about the visitors expressions... They are supposed to just be ENTIRELY unimpressed, like they just wandered in with no interest at all. But that kind of expression isn't very interesting to the reader - I hope that the curator helps to balance it somewhat with his endless enthusiasm!

As for the mother and son in The Photograph - the son IS the curator! I was afraid that this might be lost at this moment in time. It's a fun challenge to try and convey back story and character relationships with no dialogue! I plan to remedy this in the next chapter by featuring a photograph of the mother.

The mother and son are SLIGHTLY transparent in the last "panel" of The Photograph, too, to suggest to the reader that they are memories... But perhaps they are not transparent enough!

Thank you both for reading and providing your feedback - I'm excited for the story going forward! We're about to say goodbye to the visitors, but I'll do my best to make new characters as expressive and enjoyable to read as the curator!!

[Birdwrong]

Thank you so much Niah!! I'm so glad you like it, and I hope your friends will too!

[Birdwrong]

Thank you so very much Kittosaurus! It's reassuring to know that people like the style - I'm still learning a lot!

[Kittosaurus]

Me too! I never realized just how much I would learn from doing a comic!

[Birdwrong]

Oh man - I just took a look at your Librarian Arachnid Slayer comic and that first page is WOW! The dragon looks so good!! Gonna subscribe and read this ASAP!

(To anyone else reading this, take a look below!)

The Librarian Arachnid Slayer | Tapas

[Kittosaurus]

Aww thank you soo much! And thanks for the shout out!