The Silliad [Comic]

[Uncle Festy]

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>.>
*whistles*
Ok, it would appear that there are many people on the boards whose Greek Knowledge-fu is far stronger then mine. I mean, I knew the thing about grey eyes, but... I forgot.
To be honest, the reason purple works better then grey anyways is that... well, quite frankly, it looks cooler.
And now, for something completely different:

Announcement Time!
As of now, I am putting in a 1 comic/week schedule. Well, technically I had that before, but this time I'm sticking to it!
In about a month (a little less, actually) I will be going on hiatus and will need seven guest comics (1/week I'm gone). I think Phase has dibs on one of them, but if anyone else would like to do one, please PM me.
That's it!

[Green-Shirt Q]

HUZZAH! The Siliad is BACK!

I might do a guest comic, but I really don't have any good ideas for one.

[Beholder1995]

Originally Posted by the_Q

HUZZAH! The Siliad is BACK!

I might do a guest comic, but I really don't have any good ideas for one.

Fan Mail done by the Gods!

Beholder1995 in Vermont asks:
Does Zeus ever feel bad for chopping his dad up into tiny bits?

or:

What thoughts does Hades have about the ways he is often grossly stereotyped?

or even:

Has Ares ever considered Anger Management classes?

And let's not even get into all the questions akable about the Gods' erm.... 'relations' with each other.

[Lyinginbedmon]

Originally Posted by Beholder1995

And let's not even get into all the questions akable about the Gods' erm.... 'relations' with each other.

There's probably a short list of people here who will understand this reference, but I just got a major flash to "The Queen of England is Indian"...

[Green-Shirt Q]

Originally Posted by Beholder1995

Fan Mail done by the Gods!

Sounds cool, but I don't really know the gods that well, so I wouldn't be able to write the responses.
Plus it's not really my style. Not my style at all.

[Beholder1995]

Originally Posted by the_Q

Sounds cool, but I don't really know the gods that well, so I wouldn't be able to write the responses.
Plus it's not really my style. Not my style at all.

Aaaw... I wish I could do it.

[Szilard]

I could probably do it if someone sent me a script and referance pictures.

[Lyinginbedmon]

Depending on how much time I have between college, Remember, and a second webcomic project I'm working on, I could probably put something together.

[Uncle Festy]

Sorry this is late. I've had it done for a while, but… I forgotted to post it.
But here it is!
Comic 13 should be out on time – namely, in a week, which is my last day of school. I hope to start building up a buffer over the couple of weeks I have before I go on hiatus, and maybe I can even have Phase post a few while I'm gone. What do you all think? Should I leave some comics for you over my vacation, or should I let the guest comics take over?

Comic 12
… Why Are They Writing in English?

Spoiler

[BooTheHamster]

Hooray, new Silliad!

I'm on the side of the comics during vacation thing, but guest comics could be pretty funny too. You could do every other one is a guest comic and that way you can save half of your buffer for whenever.

Glad to see this comic is back.

[Holammer]

What a pleasant surprise, three new strips for me. Uncle Festy delivers stick figure poetry like Homer.

[Beholder1995]

It would seem that the birds spell out "You must return Briseis." Why, then, does Kalchas tell Aggamemnon to return Chriseis?

Nice, though. I like how Aggamemnon's character is developing. Heh.

[Uncle Festy]

Originally Posted by Beholder1995

It would seem that the birds spell out "You must return Briseis." Why, then, does Kalchas tell Aggamemnon to return Chriseis?

…

Oops. My bad.
Two insanely similar names that are both integral to the argument between Agamemnon and Achilleus. It should be Chriseis; I'll fix it later.

[Wreckingrocc]

Very good job with the birds. I liked Waldo :P He looked funny.

[Vulion]

Not bad, I like this. Loved the last comic, especially the last panel.

[Uncle Festy]

*viciously stabs writer's block*
Ok, so I finally got the script, but now I need to actually… draw… it… out…
*sigh*
Assuming all goes well, I should have the comic up by tomorrow. Unfortunately, since I'm gone Mon-Wed, I'll probably have to work for more time then I have tomorrow to get comic #14 out on time, and if writer's block/laziness strikes again… well, there goes my summer buffer.
Now? Now is sleep time, probably. I might try and get some work on the comic done first, though.

[Uncle Festy]

Ok. Me not having the comic by now has nothing to do with writer's block. That was 100% laziness. The Silliad will return with comic #13 on the 25th.
The following paragraph has also been added to the 1st post.

Since I am going to be away from July 1st to August 13th, I need about seven guestcomics. I might be able to add a comic or two that I would make in advance, but we'll have to see how that goes. Anyways, if you are interested in making a guestcomic, please send your application (basically stating interest, and explaining the basic comic idea in case we're flooded with applications and need to choose – not likely, but possible ) to both Phase and I by PM.

Kay. See you all later.
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[Beholder1995]

Would you count this as fanart, despite the fact that it's a charicature of my comic's characters? This thread seems to be a repository for all things ancient-themed.

Spoiler

[Uncle Festy]

Yes. Yes it would.

That's going into the first post as soon as I update with a new comic!
Soon, I hope…

[Uncle Festy]

*sigh*
So, I finally finished #13…
And now Photobucket is being a poopyhead and crashing Safari every time I try to upload it.
I'll try again tomorrow.
Sorry, guys.

[Wreckingrocc]

Make an account on imageshack

It has no size limitations, as photobucket does.

[Green-Shirt Q]

I use tinypic. It never shinks an image but it does make the image blurry if it's too big. It would have to be pretty damn big, though.

[Uncle Festy]

Yeah, more comp troubles.
If it's not another harddrive crash, then I'll fix it this afternoon and get the comic uploaded then.
If it is... then I break something. And will not actually have the comic for another month and a half, because I'm leaving soon and won't be able to make it again.
Grr.
...
I just checked. I'm pretty sure it's another crash.
And with no backups of the comic, I'm pretty much done.
Hate.
My.
Laptop.

[Wreckingrocc]

Yeah, Macs suck. We made that mistake once, and never made it again. The "User friendly computer" is really a self-terminating high security piece of @%$&. It can't even run freaking .exe files.... We also got x11 to try to be able to do SOME things on it, and the mac self terminated it, but didn't terminate the fact that the file was on the computer, so whenever we try to run something that uses x11, a message appears saying we don't have it. When we go to download it again, it says we already have it... It's horrible. It's so unintuitive, too. I've hardly ever had to call microsoft reporting an error... With Macs, I want to call every week to complain....

[Hoplite]

Uncle Festy, did you get my Pms?

[Uncle Festy]

Yep, I did. Both look good as guestcomics. Phase has both, and he can post them.
Unless you want one to just be fanart, in which case you should post it in the thread.
Oh, did I mention? From this point on, I am backing all my comic stuff up on a daily basis. This is the second time I'm going to have lost stuff from a harddrive crash, and I never want it to happen again.
Once I get my stuff back from my backup, I'll see how much of #13 I still have. If it's not much, and I have some time before the end of the month, I'll try and get it out.
Bleh.
Oh yeah. I only have one (or two) guest comic applications. Do we have any other takers? Anyone? Please?

[Dallas-Dakota]

Originally Posted by Uncle Festy

Oh yeah. I only have one (or two) guest comic applications. Do we have any other takers? Anyone? Please?

Only if you're desperate enough to take me. Only at last possibility.

Nevermind, I suck to much to do this kind of stuff.

[Wreckingrocc]

I may if I have time and ideas. If I do make one, should I do it in OOTS style or my own very agonizing (And by that, I mean they take a very long time to make) style?

[Uncle Festy]

Ok, quick update.
Harddrive isn't totally gone, but it's inaccessable. Getting that fixed on monday-ish. Comic comes then too - I hope.
Have fun doing the comic any way you well please.

[Beholder1995]

I like this ancient stuff too much.

Expect a comic from me.