Preamble:
Desired username: project-future
email: jpm AT it-he DOT org
current location of comic:
http://www.project-future.org** Note to readers - page 46 is a major spoiler, the culmination of the first story arc. Best to start from the beginning! **
Okay. I've never been very good at selling myself, so I'll just lay all the facts on the table.
'Project Future' is a webcomic inspired by Amber Williams' DMFA, and tentatively set in the same universe - or one very much like it. It's not officially associated with its parent, though Amber seems to be enjoying it so I must be doing something right. The cast is all-original, barring a couple of cameos. I have also included a quick reference for the race types around about page 11 - it's my intention that the comic be readable without prior knowledge of DMFA, though it's difficult for me to judge if I've succeeded.
Much as I'd love to claim credit for it all, I'm not a great character artist, so the project has been a joint venture with a fledgeling artist by the (pseudo)name of Ren Gaulen, also known as Siegfred Nox (on FA, for example). He does the lineart and basic page layout - I do the colour work, corrections, video effects, backgrounds and also the final edit-assembly/captioning (in ComicLife). Oh, and the writing of course.
I have also taken an approach to flashbacks and such which I don't think I've ever seen done before - flashbacks are typically drawn by a guest artist. Currently we have guest panels by Shadrok, Keaton the Black Jackal and King of Hearts, and more are planned.
Anyway. The comic officially kicked off last March, following a weekly schedule. Officially it updates Saturdays - in practice it usually updates around 8pm GMT on Fridays. There have been a few hiccups the last couple of weeks, but hopefully we should get that sorted soon.
If anyone is curious, the comic has a listing on the Belfry index here:
http://belfrycomics.net/ent/15181(I don't actually know who submitted it - found it in the HTTP logs one day)
So. Why am I asking for space on xepher? Basically, I'm running out of capacity on my current host.
I have also been running a particular website (
http://www.it-he.org - people who've played Deus Ex, Thief, the Ultima games and so on may have heard of it.) which has been online for about 11-12 years. It's currently on a 15GB/month bandwidth plan, and as Project Future has been growing in popularity it's taken a sizeable chunk of the bandwidth - about 10% this month, which has pushed me over the limit (again).
What I'd like to do is move the comic to a different host so that IT-HE Software has a bit more room to breathe. Xepher has played host to a great many comics I admire, e.g. DMFA, Furfire, Foxfire, Last Resort and Bristled (and probably a couple more I forgot), so I figured "I can but try".
Thanks for reading this far. If there are any questions or anything I've missed instructions-wise, I'll be checking the forums.
Cheers,
JPM (aka Tapewolf, also 'DOUG the Eagle')
**EDIT**
I forgot to mention the rating. I've tried to calibrate it around 'Abel's Story', a spin-off of DMFA which is rated Web-14.
Project Future does have the odd swear-word, and it has few graphic moments but not many.
Offhand the following pages are the most violent:
http://www.project-future.org/strip.php?strip=20Daryil massacres people (distant shot) - this earned us our little 'V' on the Belfry
http://www.project-future.org/strip.php?strip=26Josh is shot in the head - this is the worst. We probably won't do this much violence again.
http://www.project-future.org/strip.php?strip=47Severed arm in the imagined panel