I’m bound to thank everyone for their recent posts and emails of encouragement – I wasn’t fishing for them, I assure you. Actually, my mother (who loyally reads my comic – thanks, Ma!) called me the other night and said “I don’t understand why you’d post such a downer statement on your blog. Be more confident!” Well, I will. Frankly, I was really just tired at that point and my self-doubt got in the way. Really, in the end, I am satisfied with the page. Joost hit it on the nose (see his comment on Page 25) that the problem I had was probably that the page happened not to have a single “masterpiece element” like some others do, but he pointed out, quite correctly, that if EVERY page has some single super-drawing on it, it’ll lose its impact. Some artists like Geof Darrow and their ilk can get away with that kind of thing, but I don’t really like to have every page at full volume. it makes the story into a kind of sensory overload. And in the end, this was a tension-building transition page, and suited its purpose quite well. So I am happy.
By the way, I don’t know if it’s a sign of increased noticeability on the net, but the past two days have seen a titanic fusillade of spam on the site. My lovely spam filter has caught it all so far, but don’t hesitate to contact me if you suspect you’re getting some bad mojo off this site (unsolicited email, browser redirects, and associated spam hijinks). To combat the problem I’ll shortly be installing a Human Verification System for comments. I know these things can be a hassle, but it’s best to nip spam in the bud and keep the site nice and clean. So just, you know, fair warning.
And finally, I have to say that I love the localization function on my analytics screen. It doesn’t give me personal information about anyone, of course, but it lets me narrow down visitors by city, ISP, and a lot of other criteria. I mention it because I was scrolling idly through the lists this afternoon, and noticed we had a visitor from the Baikonur Cosmodrome checking out the site on Monday. I apologise if this puts you on the spot, whoever you are, but I find it just unbearably cool that someone at Baikonur took an interest in 6-Commando. Keep ’em flying, friend!
Alright, enough outta me. Back to the drawing board – where I belong!
Hello. I do realise that using a comment for this purpose is wrong, but I failed to find any other means of contacting you. So here I am.
I have stumbled upon your comis by an accident really, but I love it form what I see.
Especially I love the fact that russians in this comic speack russian. That is rarely seen.
But I also can not miss the fact that next to all phrases are incorrect. For instance the second page. You used a phares “Положи вниз ваше оружие” (“Put down your weapon” traslated word to word.) while in reality soldier would say something shorter like “Бросай оружие!” (“Drop [your] weapon”). That is shorter, more expessive (a good feature when you need to command someone probably not familiar with your language), and less respective (“ваш” is a form of “your” used toward an older or superior.)
The next phrase is also not realistic, as it should sound like “Сдавайся!” (“Surrender!”)
If that concerns you, I can offer you my voluntary help.
Yes I m a native Russian as you might have noticed by my english not being too well.
If you are interested – my e-mail can be found in the head of the message. Contact me any time you like.
PS: I Do like your latest page. Havin no word-ballons really fits it. And I am looking forward to see more updates.
Sencirely,
Zhdanov Pavel.
I’ve had this comment once before, and I admit that my Russian is awful. Your English is far better than my Russian. I speak a lot of languages, but Russian is not one I do very well.
I may very well take you up on your offer, which is extremely kind. For now I’m pushing to finish the chapter, but in a few weeks I might contact you, when I start to edit the story. Thank you!
–M
Do not be too hard on yourself. Russian is a difficult language. Especially if you have to learn it, not grow up in it.
If I get you right, you do not mind my help, so I will start working on texts already in the comic so once you start editing you can have them at once.
Thank you for your fast reply.
-Pavel.