toohalloo
Inverness
Hi I'm toohalloo aka Inverness and I write Intergalactic Hockey League and Romantic Atrocities.
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I actually work almost exclusively in black ink, but I'm really quite interested in trying gouache.
I do everything in house, including tape/CD dubbing and binding. Though when this goes to production I'll either need to get a laser printer (ideal) or I'll have to make some big trips to the copy shop, LOL. And yeah, epistolary storytelling is half of my practice, so the ability to make it tactil…
I'm glad you brought up zines! One of my fav formats to make stuff in. One of my "comics" on tapas Romantic Atrocities: Scenes from the Road is actually part of a greater multimedia project spanning zines, music, comics, and straight up books. I've been working on it since 2017 and it's finally co…
Yoooooo I dig these! Vibrant and intricate stuff. I've never really used markers, 'cos I've avoided working in colour for the longest time, so I really respect a good use of 'em. Gouache, too. These are really striking. OK this is where I learn to respond to more than one user in one post, LOL.
I really love the markers here! Really nice stuff. Relearning can be frustrating but I hope you can find the fun in it, too.
Leather work! Wow, haven't done that in a long time! I had a big ol scrap of green leather too, from a couch my dad repaired, that I would work on from time to time. I'd love to revisit it. And yes, the gold lettering is embossed! Quite a challenge to get the rest of the embossing powder off the …
Screenprint is fun! I'm pretty bad at it to be honest, but it's fun anyway. I've only done it with stencils, never with photo emulsion. I'm partial to etching as well but I feel it's not very suited to my way of drawing, lol. I also am a big fan of bookbinding (also kind-of bad at it!). You can do…
There's such a joy in trying new physical media for the first time, from the baby steps to finally "getting it". I've dabbled in enough forms of traditional 2D art (mostly printmaking) that I know the feeling well. My current "thing" has been oil pastel, which has been a genuine delight to work with…
I'm excited to check out everyone's novels! Romantic Atrocities is an Album/Novella about a road trip in 1997 between two best friends, and it's going off Tapas when they remove the SoundCloud features (unless they put in something else that will allow me to upload my own music, lol). But! It's st…
This sucks. My novel is half the album I wrote and recorded, and half short stories, and the two components together are vital. I only used Tapas for the novel because it was easy to post both together in a readable chronological fashion. If they don't have a viable replacement in the works, I'll pu…
Multimedia novella told in short stories and song and epistolary artifacts (soon as I figure how to add photos). Writing this made me fall in love with the most boring place on Earth. Also, two guys falling for eachother on a road trip to brain hell and back and it's 1997.
I see your point, however I think, as was pointed out in the thread, not only is the terminology new, but the reason for the continued use of the term "fanfiction" is new as well, which is to say: What is fanfiction vs. What is just regular old fiction? Well, fanfiction by nature can't exist wit…
If I were to read the question and answer it as directed, it'd be first, but the honest answer is second. I just really enjoy the strict subjectivity and tone of a good first or second person narrative voice.
Big congrats to the winners, and big thanks to the judges for putting this together as well! 
Really cool to see such a thorough endeavor.
Round 2, right on! Big congrats to everyone who made it to the FINAL COUNTDOWN, and big thanks to all of y'all for holding this contest! Y'all have been thorough and communicative about the whole process and I appreciate it!
This is a very interesting discussion! Approaches can vary so much, it's quite cool to see what everyone has to say. I can only reasonably speak on my own writing process, but the short answer is: both. My experiences inform a large part of my comic writing process, in the sense that a little bit …
Its very cool y'all are doing that, esp reviews! I'll throw my helmet in the ring also.
I think feedback is fairly easy to come by but you have to ask for it usually, here on the forums. You get as much as you put in - the more often you're updating or posting about your work, the more feedback you might be able to get. Otherwise, I've had a good experience uploading written work here.…
I used to be a labour temp, and then a line cook for a couple years - I think the kind of carefree nonsense talk in the back / out in the field, as it were, leaks into my works whether I want it to or not! A lot of back-and-forth banter, casual refs, but without the homophobia and misogyny because I…
Thank you for making this thread!! I'm excited to check out more comics
I have an LGBTQ sports/slice of life comic about hockey, bad brains, and rebuilding/recovery with the help of some good friends. Entire main cast is either gay or trans or both.
I write a lot about bad brains and coping thr…
Symbols, devices, etc all can gain real lasting meaning after it's left the writer's workshop. In IMO a fairly predominant school of thought in the offline world, artistic intent functionally doesn't matter outside of the conscious decision to publish a work, whether it be on twitter or in a DIY zin…
I agree with the bit about like, accidentally creating meaning - the concept is known as "Death of the Author" in literary circles, wherein intent doesn't matter but how it comes off to the public does. The idea that the work and the artist + artist's intent are completely separate from one another.…
I agree with the last point - I think that asking for and giving literary analysis when prompted is a good and productive way to get the ball rolling in online comics circles. That said, I think there is an existing audience, so to speak, for this level of interaction with media, largely in the more…
I should clarify that I think more about comics drawn from the heart in like crayons or with bad anatomy n lettering than I do of well polished but thematically/spiritually empty works. Which I guess is such an "outsider" thing to say but truly art isnt just technical, and what everyone tells you i…
Jumping on what Fritz said, I'm of the opinion that you get An impression of a work and the themes it deals with, in such a visual work as a sequential narrative of any kind, pretty much right off the bat. I think approaching comics from a true fine arts/literary perspective rather than an illustrat…
Hi Fritz, I can't say I'm particularly skilled at literary analysis, but I enjoy it nonetheless. I think it's arguably just as important as artistic critique, maybe even moreso given my thoughts on the value of technical skill vs narrative deft and heart in my own work. Anyway! Let me give you …