VIDHERO WEB STRIPS

INsights : well, PDX Zine fest didn’t go so swell.
But i suppose most of my problems with the fest were self induced. I’m not a people person, and it seemed to be geared towards super friendly folks (and some freaks) celebrating their efforts and eccentricities.

So i made this strip to try and sum up my anger at the zine scene. for not accepting me. initially all the scripts were pretty whiney. The one i went with seemed really straight forward at the time, and not focused on attacking any one in particular (focusing instead on attacking the notion of zines altogether). but now that i reread it, it seems really weird and hard to follow. the idea is that the concept of zines doesn’t hold up to dissection. Should you introduce any sort of serious thought, they quickly fall apart into idiocy. Strangely, that doesn’t seem to be what this strip is saying really. weird. it got away from me. Seems to be saying more that Disky is idiotic for trying to explain things. hmm. ok.

Either way, i hope it comes across that Viddy is putting on an act of retardation, in response to what Disky said. that is why his face widens, and he speaks in little lame sounds. to me zine is a little sound, not unlike zowie. Except zowie is better, because it connotates bowie. as in david bowie. i ramble.

In the interest of sharing “my process,” and at the risk of information overload, here are the other “scripts” i jotted down, before settling on the strip above (The “.” before a line is my shorthand for alternative lines for that frame):

1- D:what did you think of the portland zine fest?
2- V:well, i had a table there.
D:yeah.
3- V:and i was slinging my warez.
D:uh huh.
4- V:and maybe my suicide would have been more entertaining.
D:i zee.
.V:but what i didn’t have, was any connection.
D: Internet connection?
.V: Didn’t the internet end the importance of DIY magazines? Like, years ago?
D: Yes. But the rotting carcass lives on in the back end of freak town.

1- V:soooo the zine fest
2- V:didn’t go so well?
3- D:i did watch Friedkin’s Sorcerer last night.
4- D:that went well.
.D: nobody loves me.
.D: i think i have two too many balls.

1- the thing about zines
2- is this
3- …
4- apparently i’m not making them.

1- V: Define: intelligence
2- D: “the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience”
3- V: Did you profit from the experience?
4- D: define: resentment
.D: define: zine?

And here are the alternate (Disky) lines for the final panel of strip that sits above:
. yeah it mostly just sounds cool.
. Yes. Something is degrading intelligence.
. Yes. It’s mostly a celebration of the degradation of language.
. yeah. it is a retarding meme.
.V: Didn’t the internets kill off print media years ago?
D: but you can’t kill the maga.
. Yes. Zines. little. abbreviated. cute. crap.

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I reserve the right to steal from these quick sketched scripts.