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Wait, I could be defined as a pathetic pseudo-intelectual myself, but listening to concrete music while driving isn’t a bit insan…oh, Dan.
Ahh, Lin, any page where she’s involved is certain to have some form of chaos.
Such a hipster. Good, Dan, good. BTW, I’ve been meaning to ask: what are those four little dots in Lin’s face?
Oh, those are just dermal piercings. I kept them on her since her initial design, even though they’re a bit of a pain to remember to draw!
-Cryo
I thought dermal piercings were more of a late 2000s/2010s thing?
Concrete mixing and some of the more extreme fringe industrial music may not be as different as you might think :p
One of the things I like about Dan’s character is that despite the fact he lives in relative squalor he has these artsy/upscale quirks. His coffee, his cigarettes, his reading material, and now even his taste in social fringe music.
I also like that in his efforts to “dress nice” he did… apparently nothing to even attempt at appeasing Lin. Good for you Dan :)
Yeah, he’s got some pretty conflicting character traits at times, but it’s definitely something I’ve observed in fellow artists and friends over the years. :D Some of this stuff might make more sense once we start putting more of his background into the comic. Maybe. 8D
-Cryo
You know, I think I could almost get into Musique Concrete. As a fan of YTP, I can at least understand how people presented with a relatively new and novel technology (recording and mixing sounds in one instance, editing and mixing video in the other) want to mess around with it and make some experimental nonsense to test the limits of the medium and the tech. Actually seems similar to Dreamspace and VR mindtripping, in a way. I can get why Dan would be into it.
Yeah, you’re absolutely right – Dreamspace VR’s definitely been influenced by experimental/industrial music and DIY culture in general. Hence why I keep plaguing this comic with music references :D
-Cryo
Did I accidentally stumble into Existential Comics?
No, but being a bit of an Existential Comics fangirl, it’s very flattering to hear :P
-Cryo
Just replace Lin’s last bubble with ‘Radical Freedom!’
OHMYGOD, WILL YOU MARRY ME LYN?!
So is this the Valentines Day torture data that we all wished upon Dan?
date*
Just finished reading the archives – I stumbled on this through the drawings you posted on /r/cyberpunk last year, fell in love with your style!
I’m a massive fan of 1990s retro cyberpunk (wish more writers/artists would leap back in time to this setting). Been looking for this exact thing for so long… Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks! I’m amazed that ancient /r/cyberpunk thread still brings us traffic, but I’m certainly not complaining. That post really was kind of life-changing – I had no idea there was demand for the kind of low-tech, slice of lifey stuff I was doodling. I would have never imagined teaming up with a writer and working on an Actual Legit Comic back then. Anyway, I’m glad you’re enjoying it!
-Cryo
New month! Go forth and vote everyone!
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Wait, I could be defined as a pathetic pseudo-intelectual myself, but listening to concrete music while driving isn’t a bit insan…oh, Dan.
Ahh, Lin, any page where she’s involved is certain to have some form of chaos.
Such a hipster. Good, Dan, good. BTW, I’ve been meaning to ask: what are those four little dots in Lin’s face?
Oh, those are just dermal piercings. I kept them on her since her initial design, even though they’re a bit of a pain to remember to draw!
-Cryo
I thought dermal piercings were more of a late 2000s/2010s thing?
Concrete mixing and some of the more extreme fringe industrial music may not be as different as you might think :p
One of the things I like about Dan’s character is that despite the fact he lives in relative squalor he has these artsy/upscale quirks. His coffee, his cigarettes, his reading material, and now even his taste in social fringe music.
I also like that in his efforts to “dress nice” he did… apparently nothing to even attempt at appeasing Lin. Good for you Dan :)
Yeah, he’s got some pretty conflicting character traits at times, but it’s definitely something I’ve observed in fellow artists and friends over the years. :D Some of this stuff might make more sense once we start putting more of his background into the comic. Maybe. 8D
-Cryo
You know, I think I could almost get into Musique Concrete. As a fan of YTP, I can at least understand how people presented with a relatively new and novel technology (recording and mixing sounds in one instance, editing and mixing video in the other) want to mess around with it and make some experimental nonsense to test the limits of the medium and the tech. Actually seems similar to Dreamspace and VR mindtripping, in a way. I can get why Dan would be into it.
Yeah, you’re absolutely right – Dreamspace VR’s definitely been influenced by experimental/industrial music and DIY culture in general. Hence why I keep plaguing this comic with music references :D
-Cryo
Did I accidentally stumble into Existential Comics?
No, but being a bit of an Existential Comics fangirl, it’s very flattering to hear :P
-Cryo
Just replace Lin’s last bubble with ‘Radical Freedom!’
OHMYGOD, WILL YOU MARRY ME LYN?!
So is this the Valentines Day torture data that we all wished upon Dan?
date*
Just finished reading the archives – I stumbled on this through the drawings you posted on /r/cyberpunk last year, fell in love with your style!
I’m a massive fan of 1990s retro cyberpunk (wish more writers/artists would leap back in time to this setting). Been looking for this exact thing for so long… Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks! I’m amazed that ancient /r/cyberpunk thread still brings us traffic, but I’m certainly not complaining. That post really was kind of life-changing – I had no idea there was demand for the kind of low-tech, slice of lifey stuff I was doodling. I would have never imagined teaming up with a writer and working on an Actual Legit Comic back then. Anyway, I’m glad you’re enjoying it!
-Cryo
New month! Go forth and vote everyone!
<—- Link in side bar somewhere.
Whoo! In the top 100 after 24 hours! Don’t forget you can vote every day.