Comments on: / Comic Crit - Out There / http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:45:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: R C Monroe http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4997 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 07:37:18 +0000 http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4997 My pleasure. It wasn't really a rebuttal, more like an explanation. Nevertheless, I am trying to blog moar. I just find I seldom have anything to say that's of interest to others. Or me, even. My pleasure. It wasn’t really a rebuttal, more like an explanation. Nevertheless, I am trying to blog moar. I just find I seldom have anything to say that’s of interest to others. Or me, even.

]]> by: Aarin http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4994 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:21:08 +0000 http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4994 <strong>I wanted the settings to be somewhat generic so that more people could relate to them.</strong>   Validation! And I'm keeping 20-something. It's a gray area :P Thanks for stopping in and clearing that up! I also appreciated your July 1 rant-rebuttal to my 'moar blogging' suggestion. I wanted the settings to be somewhat generic so that more people could relate to them.  

Validation!

And I’m keeping 20-something. It’s a gray area :P

Thanks for stopping in and clearing that up! I also appreciated your July 1 rant-rebuttal to my ‘moar blogging’ suggestion.

]]> by: R C Monroe http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4993 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 05:07:00 +0000 http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4993 Yeah, I noticed Aarin mixed up the direction of the trip in the review, but it seemed like too minor a point to correct. Another minor point is that Miriam isn't a 20-something. She'd have to be at least 30, or very close to it, since she last saw her high school flame 11-12 years ago. Anyway, about the cities: Los Vicios (it means "vices" en español) is Las Vegas, obviously. Arch City is St. Louis (Starlings = Cardinals). I suppose Miriam is from Southern California (since I am), although I don't state that anywhere in the strip so it's open to interpretation. Portstown was originally going to be based on Boston. The problem with that is I don't know Boston very well (I was there for two days over twenty years ago) so I've avoided showing or mentioning specific landmarks. It doesn't have to be Boston. It's an East Coast city with a port, and a Downtown area that's very close to the waterfront. That probably describes more than one Eastern seaboard city. Basically the locations aren't important to the story. I didn't want to tell a "it could only happen in Cleveland" type of story; I wanted the settings to be somewhat generic so that more people could relate to them. Yeah, I noticed Aarin mixed up the direction of the trip in the review, but it seemed like too minor a point to correct. Another minor point is that Miriam isn’t a 20-something. She’d have to be at least 30, or very close to it, since she last saw her high school flame 11-12 years ago.

Anyway, about the cities:

Los Vicios (it means “vices” en español) is Las Vegas, obviously.

Arch City is St. Louis (Starlings = Cardinals).

I suppose Miriam is from Southern California (since I am), although I don’t state that anywhere in the strip so it’s open to interpretation.

Portstown was originally going to be based on Boston. The problem with that is I don’t know Boston very well (I was there for two days over twenty years ago) so I’ve avoided showing or mentioning specific landmarks. It doesn’t have to be Boston. It’s an East Coast city with a port, and a Downtown area that’s very close to the waterfront. That probably describes more than one Eastern seaboard city.

Basically the locations aren’t important to the story. I didn’t want to tell a “it could only happen in Cleveland” type of story; I wanted the settings to be somewhat generic so that more people could relate to them.

]]> by: Aarin http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4990 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:38:08 +0000 http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4990 But not just Sher's bar, I got a very blue-collar feel of Portstown. When Mir first entered it went from downtown to run-down pretty fast, suggesting a more intimate city and a focus on the docks. I never once got a large metropolitan feel from the city, what little we've seen of it. Portsmouth/Norfolk fits the blue-collar bill nicely, if using RCM's naming tricks as a too-obvious pointer in that direction. My original confusion was that the city was Portland, OR, so thanks for setting me straight on the coasts. If we asked RCM he might say, "It's not Portsmouth or Boston, it's Portstown," which is the kind of answer I'd give :P Still, a fun debate for the readers. But not just Sher’s bar, I got a very blue-collar feel of Portstown. When Mir first entered it went from downtown to run-down pretty fast, suggesting a more intimate city and a focus on the docks. I never once got a large metropolitan feel from the city, what little we’ve seen of it.

Portsmouth/Norfolk fits the blue-collar bill nicely, if using RCM’s naming tricks as a too-obvious pointer in that direction.

My original confusion was that the city was Portland, OR, so thanks for setting me straight on the coasts.

If we asked RCM he might say, “It’s not Portsmouth or Boston, it’s Portstown,” which is the kind of answer I’d give :P Still, a fun debate for the readers.

]]> by: Scott http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4987 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 02:55:30 +0000 http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4987 Oops on the Chicago thing! The baseball incident went down in <a href="http://outtherecomic.com/d/20060913.html ">"Arch City" where the team is the "Starlings"</a>.. So yeah, that's St. Louis. I'm going to start a forum discussion about this on RC's board. Oops on the Chicago thing! The baseball incident went down in “Arch City” where the team is the “Starlings”.. So yeah, that’s St. Louis.

I’m going to start a forum discussion about this on RC’s board.

]]> by: Scott http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4975 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 23:08:06 +0000 http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4975 Yeah, from the Bay Area it takes 8-10 hours to get to Vegas, much less from LA. So I'm guessing Miriam is from Cali, and given her personality, LA would probably be a good fit for her. Portstown is the main setting, right? It seems bigger than all that -- that's why I guessed NY or Boston, big east coast cities with very famous ports. Don't think we've gotten any landmarks from there yet, though. Yeah, from the Bay Area it takes 8-10 hours to get to Vegas, much less from LA. So I’m guessing Miriam is from Cali, and given her personality, LA would probably be a good fit for her.

Portstown is the main setting, right? It seems bigger than all that — that’s why I guessed NY or Boston, big east coast cities with very famous ports. Don’t think we’ve gotten any landmarks from there yet, though.

]]> by: Aarin http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4970 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:03:57 +0000 http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4970 <b>I’m pretty sure the road trip goes west-to-east</b> Ah, I had a suspicion lately that might be the case. Imma edit it for a better guess at the locations. Vegas is only a day's drive from Cali anyway, right? Portstown = Portsmouth, VA? I’m pretty sure the road trip goes west-to-east

Ah, I had a suspicion lately that might be the case. Imma edit it for a better guess at the locations. Vegas is only a day’s drive from Cali anyway, right?

Portstown = Portsmouth, VA?

]]> by: Scott http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4968 Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:06:07 +0000 http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4968 Hey Aarin, nice review. Out There is one of my favorites, so I could've guessed that you'd like it too. If you're really hungry for more blogging, RC Monroe replies pretty regularly on his forum about the motivations of the characters. There's some interesting insight over there. Also, though its hard to tell because Monroe fictionalizes the city names, I'm pretty sure the road trip goes west-to-east, as they start in Vegas (Los Vicious) then Chicago, where the baseball game incident occurred, and I'm pretty sure the final destination is either New York or Boston. You're dead on about the coloring, too -- some really bad color choices there. He should stick to black and white. Hey Aarin, nice review. Out There is one of my favorites, so I could’ve guessed that you’d like it too. If you’re really hungry for more blogging, RC Monroe replies pretty regularly on his forum about the motivations of the characters. There’s some interesting insight over there.

Also, though its hard to tell because Monroe fictionalizes the city names, I’m pretty sure the road trip goes west-to-east, as they start in Vegas (Los Vicious) then Chicago, where the baseball game incident occurred, and I’m pretty sure the final destination is either New York or Boston.

You’re dead on about the coloring, too — some really bad color choices there. He should stick to black and white.

]]> by: nikie http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4660 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 06:37:06 +0000 http://www.anatali.com/blog/?p=243#comment-4660 yay! im glad you like it cuz i like it too ^^ yay! im glad you like it cuz i like it too ^^

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