Guilty Gene (comic)

[DoubleGJ]

<a href="http://www.tachyonlabs.com/sam/gg/">Enter the Guilty Gene website!</a>

Guilty Gene is my first comic with serious storyline - practically jokeless. It is a tale of Jazz's clone from Twin MegaBattleShips - his birth, trial and confrontation with Jazz. His whole, short life. It shows almost everything that happened on Battleships from his point of view.

The comic is quite slowly updated, but I'm trying my best to do it well and fast at the same time. It would be easier as a fanfic, but it would also lose a lot that way. I'm not a good writer, but I have some experience with comics. Enjoy, especially since there aren't many JJ fancomics.

UPDATE: This is the last update of this post. Since the website is now being updated with minimal delay, you won't lose much by skipping the DA part.

[Radium]

Hm, your cover image takes quite long to load. If you ever have less than 256 colors, save as a copy as a gif file with nearest color matching; it'll decrease the size a lot.

[DoubleGJ]

The problem is I'm not sure if used more than 255 colors or not. I also wanted to make JPEG, but it turned out to be HEAVIER than PNG (it was 127 KB).

[Radium]

I think that one actually uses more than 1000 colors (mainly because of antialiasing), but if any future images use very few colors, just try gif.

So, when does the comic start?

[Fawriel]

Hm. You've quite improved, I think.

[scatman]

loads fast for me... looks good! showusmore

Alex

[DoubleGJ]

Next page coming on weekend!

[DoubleGJ]

The page will be delayed since I got a flu and couldn't focus while drawing... Even now I must think a lot to write this post. Gah, back to bed.

[Radium]

I make some lame piece of fanart and write "Get Well Soon" across the top in a big, annoying font, but there's nothing to fanartize yet.

[DoubleGJ]

Update - first page added.

[cooba]

<s>zrub polką wersię ja nie umie anglika!!!!!!!!11111111111111</s>

Text are making me laugh. Besides that, it = niftyniftynifty.

[Strato]

woah yeah!

[Radium]

I agree; very dramatic start. I do suggest, though, that you try to do the text and borders digitally (even if you don't have fancy software, things like Powerpoint can do really nice text boxes and whatnot =P). My comic improved a lot (http://www.foxmage.com/Newpics.png) when I stopped hand drawing the text boxes and borders.

Oh, and think you forgot his ears. Or maybe I just can't see them.

[Risp_old]

My comic improved a lot (http://www.foxmage.com/Newpics.png) when I stopped hand drawing the text boxes and borders.
Yes, but it also died.

[DoubleGJ]

I do suggest, though, that you try to do the text and borders digitally (even if you don't have fancy software, things like Powerpoint can do really nice text boxes and whatnot =P).
I wanted to make it look rusted, when writing I drew lines with many, but short swipes. However, if this makes it too hard to read, I can give up with this idea for text.
Oh, and think you forgot his ears. Or maybe I just can't see them.
They're on his back, just hanging out there. You can see them a bit if you look hard enough.

[cooba]

Now I just realised something... isn't this rabbit that grey Jazz clone from JJ1?

[Violet CLM]

Wasn't that guy large, gray, and a robot?

[cooba]

This is large and gray. And I doubt JJ1 one was a robot.

[Violet CLM]

Ooooh, you mean the COVER. Well, that's a possibility. It's got gray fur, red eyes (though a different style of red), a yellow headband and blue armbands, just like the one from JJ1.

Not a robot? It would have to have been blind if it wasn't a robot.

[Batty Buddy]

Que Passa!!!!

Beyond cool!!!!

[DoubleGJ]

Yes, this is him. I'm about to take a deep look into his trial to become game's hardest boss (at least by my own way).

[cooba]

Teh one in lab<s>ratkid</s> is also.

[4I Falcon]

I guess we can theoretically start referring to that boss as "Gene" now, right?

("OMG! I defeated Gene!" ...sorta doesn't have as much of an impact to it.)

[Radium]

I guess we can theoretically start referring to that boss as "Gene" now, right?I kind of thought of "Gene" as the genetics term, but I'm not sure which way was intended.

[Violet CLM]

I thought of Tyf.

[DoubleGJ]

You really thought I would call him Gene? More to come, more to answer, hehe.

[cooba]

Like Devil Dash's story.

I think that this Guilty Gene is actually some gene of evilness that went into rabbit's body.

[Violet CLM]

<Strike>See? Tyf.</strike>

Evil isn't "guilty".

[Radium]

Evil isn't "guilty".
"Evil Gene" sounds lame. Be quiet.

[4I Falcon]

*cough*Guilty Gear*cough*

[cooba]

Rabbit went mad, and gene is guilty for that.

GET IT/////?????????

[DoubleGJ]

Quite.

[Violet CLM]

Tyf? I wish I understood what was going on.

[DoubleGJ]

I have just started the 2nd page. Now I have a new Conté pencil, so I can seriously get to drawing.

[DoubleGJ]

Yay! Page 2 is finally done. With the new computer I also got some good programs, including new Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro! Now I can use some good effects. You can already see that on page 2. I think I will fix page 1 also so it looks as good as page 2... Maybe there is something I can do with the cover, too.

[Violet CLM]

Ha, Devan's expression in the last panel is great. Actually, Devan is great in general.

[cooba]

Pwnt. Really. Ownage page. Moo. I am hooked.

Devan looks quite nerdy. ;)

[Radium]

Very nice; comicing is quite hard. Lemme suggest a few things, though:

-Try scanning and coloring the comic at a larger size, then shrink it down before releasing it. This will usually anti-alias the lines (sometimes called "smart size"), making them look softer.
-Try adding text digitally. Your handwriting isn't bad, but computer text just looks a bit better. Look at an example (http://www.foxmage.com/ComparePings.gif) I made a while back with my comic that so totally isn't dead yet.

[DoubleGJ]

My sucky WinME doesn't allow smaller font than 8 and I can't fit that into speech bubbles.
As for the page size... I don't know. I can blur the image a bit. I draw on A5, because I seem to lose proportions when the drawing is quite big.

[Radium]

My sucky WinME doesn't allow smaller font than 8 and I can't fit that into speech bubbles.
As for the page size... I don't know. I can blur the image a bit. I draw on A5, because I seem to lose proportions when the drawing is quite big.
I mean, try scanning at a higher resolution; more pixels/inch. That way you can scale it down and have smoother looking edges, and it could possibly be large enough for digital text.

[DoubleGJ]

Yay! Radium be smart so much very!

[cooba]

Yay! Cooba be proud of page2 so much very!

[DoubleGJ]

I have fixed the 1st page. Thanks for hints Radium - I agree the text looks better now. But... look at the file size. It's - sweet merciful tuna! - 425 KB!!! Biiig. I think I'll register a new server especially for GG, maybe even make a website?

Now something special - if you have Shareaza or any other program compatible with it's network, you can browse my shared directories for page 3 and 4 previews. The already posted pages are there, too.

[cooba]

k sir plz fix clam 2 now thx

[NinJazz]

Cool, but there is two bad things:
1. THE FONT ISN'T CLEAR
2. THIS WILL END

[cooba]

3. NINJAJAZZ

[4I Falcon]

4.-79., 86. COOBA

Half the time I spend here seems to be to insult Cooba. The other half is to post character profiles. MY LIFE HAS NO MEANING >(

[Coppertop]

10% of your life for your stories.

[Radium]

MY LIFE HAS NO MEANING >(
Then look at it this way: You've finally discovered the meaning of life!

The text looks a lot more professional now, JSZ. Very nice job!

And Ninjajazz... stop please finish friend D=

[Doubble Dutch]

Half the time I spend here seems to be to insult Cooba. The other half is to post character profiles. MY LIFE HAS NO MEANING >(

I echo Radium, character profiles are the full purpose of your life. Mine is to annoy people. You'll be happier once you accept that.

[DoubleGJ]

Page 2 fixed. Anyone know a free and quite big (at least 40MB) server for Guilty Gene? Then it would also have a website... I'm worried about using up the whole JSZ server for GG... It has only 12 MB.

[Fawriel]

I believe Freewebs lets you upload up to 50 or 40 images.

[cooba]

I believe Freewebs lets you upload up to 50 or 40 images.Whoah... gotta change host soon. ;p

[4I Falcon]

10% of your life for your stories.

I have 110% of my own life.

DOES THIS MEAN I SHALL LIVE TO BE 306 =D

[NinJazz]

try Freewebs, I use also ma own comics site as Freewebs... show more

[Alex]

freewebs == bjarni
:(
I would suggest (tripod) lycos, I got 100 mb there for free, but now they decreased the amount for new registring users to 50. so still, 50 mb for free... www.tripod.lycos.com
they also have a lot of software support like php mysql and more, also for free, and the bandwith limit is very wide, and when you cross the limit, you just get a warning bar on your admin page (which has still not happened for me, not even with 30 mb of really often viewed images and some short fragments of film), and no blocked pages and stuff.
(maybe something else is better, but I personally think that freewebs IZ THE SUXORZ)

~Alex

Btw, nice comic, like to see more soon :D

[Doubble Dutch]

freewebs == bjarni

Get a freewebs account, then you can upload 50 files. Then get yourself a photobucket account, you can store practically all the images you want there. You can then put your photobucket images onto your freewebs pages, or directlink them from anywhere you want.

[acid]

I dunno, Rad's been liscensing bits of Foxmage for a while now... You could try him.

[Radium]

YES!! FOXMAGE.COM!!! =D FOXMAGE IS TEH BESTEST

[DoubleGJ]

Cover fixed, pages 3 and 4 added. Finally. Now GG is on DeviantART.

[Violet CLM]

This is very interesting. It's nice to see the only rabbit with the right to be a recolor. The flashback images of Jazz are somewhat confusing, though, as his backpack has straps on both sides, not diagonally across like that. And I don't recall Jazz being quite so humanoid in JJ1.

[DoubleGJ]

This is very interesting. It's nice to see the only rabbit with the right to be a recolor. The flashback images of Jazz are somewhat confusing, though, as his backpack has straps on both sides, not diagonally across like that. And I don't recall Jazz being quite so humanoid in JJ1.
In Jazz1 sprite, he sometimes has a backpack, sometimes not. Something like the second holding piece in Jazz2 sprite. So, in this comic Jazz sometimes leaves his backpack in his spaceship.
And I know about the Jazz's metamorphosis, I just couldn't make him like that (not skilled enough, huh) so I just made him look younger than in Jazz2.

[Sacrush]

Looks great JSZ Jazz!

[DoubleGJ]

Page 5 added. Refer to the update info and DA description.

[DoubleGJ]

And page 6 is here. I know it's not necessary to comment, but I would be thankful to just know you're still following this thread.

[n00b]

Page 6 is as nice as always, The Tazers on the turtles are sweet, hope to see those in action.
If you could get permission from Epic, I'd suggest turning this into an actual graphic novel and make some money off of it. Heck, I'd buy it, and it may bring new fans to Jazz Jackrabbit.

[DoubleGJ]

If you could get permission from Epic, I'd suggest turning this into an actual graphic novel and make some money off of it. Heck, I'd buy it, and it may bring new fans to Jazz Jackrabbit.
Yeah, dreams... I'd love to. I'm not even old enough to do so.

[White Rabbit]

Are you working on it right now? (Page 6).

[DoubleGJ]

Page 6 is done and on list. I'm currently making page 7. Pencil stuff is almost done, after that goes inking, then scanning and coloring. Oh, and fx... and text. That's it.

By the way, I have made a website for Guilty Gene. Thanks to Violet for hosting. ^^
http://www.tachyonlabs.com/sam/gg/

[White Rabbit]

Sry, I meant page 7, not page 6. Already seen page 6. You should draw pictures for my story here. (http://www.jazz2online.com/jcf/showthread.php?t=12581) ;D

[Violet CLM]

(please don't kill the internet btw)

[n00b]

I've been thinking, how is this the first Jazz Jackrabbit Fancomic, when there was already one on Lori Central(however I can no longer know when it was last updated)
EDIT- The comic was Mind Wasted, and according to the LC sub-forum, it was last mentioned in 2002.

[DoubleGJ]

Oh... dang, I really forgot this one, maybe because the last time I saw it was really really loong ago. I should take a note on that, thanks n00b. It was by Kaven, right?

[cooba]

It was by Kaven, right?ya&nbsp;

[DoubleGJ]

7th! =D

[DoubleGJ]

Just in case somebody doesn't follow the website updates, page 8 is there among with some extra stuff. Boy, I hate reviving threads.

[Coppertop]

Heh, as long as the revival is relevant to the thread, I don't mind at all.

[DoubleGJ]

ZOMG IT'S ALIVE!!1

10th page appeared, as well as quite a bunch of extras (new fanart even!), so... you can continue voting for the comic. =P

<a href="http://www.projectcomics.com/index.php?act=in&amp;site=368" target="_blank">By voting you get the tiny chance to win a pony ride! ^^</a>

[White Rabbit]

Very nice. ;P I really can't wait to know more of the story. Not a lot has happened over quite a lot of pages so far. :p

[DoubleGJ]

Oh, the joy of filling the whole chapter to around 26 pages. ;] Don't worry, if you want a lot of talking, this is what the next page will bring.

[DoubleGJ]

I have uploaded the... zero page. 8D Go check it out because I know you're being curious.

[White Rabbit]

I claim page 3 in the name of GG. :p

Would it be possible to fix some stuff on page 0, DGJ?

I've done it for you, and you're obviously welcome to edit it in a different way.
'The following story introduces a series of events that happened right before the destruction of the Twin Megabattleships... Shown from the viewpoint of their most important personae, these events have never been noted down by either the governmental database of Shellion or by the worldwide chronicles of Carrotus.

It's 2 days before Zero Hour and the one known as Jazz Jackrabbit still hasn't arrived on the main unit of the 'Turtle Terrorists' Organisation': the Twin Megabattleships. We begin the story with the first heartbeat of our main character.'

[DoubleGJ]

Of course it would, but you'd have to wait a bit for it's update. I will fix it not sooner than tomorrow and there's also the time before Violet recieves my update package.

I could sure use a grammar and spelling editor person by the way...

[White Rabbit]

Me, plz? :)

[DoubleGJ]

If you think you have enough patience for this job, it's all yours! ;) Do you have MSN?

[White Rabbit]

womble21@hotmail.com

[DoubleGJ]

Cool, but it would be cooler if you weren't hiding on it ;P

[DoubleGJ]

Page 11 appears and finally we get some talking! Few JJ1 boss references included. Also, read the news. =D Maybe I understood wrong when they told me and the event will be in a week, not today, but still, it WILL BE! And that matters the most. ^.^

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[DoubleGJ]

Yayz page 12 and lots of more cool stuff (Guilty Gene Expo 2005 photos!) now available. Took a while, but hey, you've probably already gotten used to such delays. And I'm going to update more often now.

[White Rabbit]

Very nice. It's good with all these new updates. I love the last frame on its own...its shading is done differently from the others, which gives it a certain uniqueness and mood.

[Sacrush]

Are you actually still working on this? This is an awesome project. :confused:

[Love & Thunder]

Is this comic dead? I read what you completed of this, it's AMAZING! I love it, but are you still working on it, or is it dead?

[Troglobite]

I know DoubleGJ's currently working on some rather awesome Jazz Jackrabbits based music. I don't think he's still working on this comic.

[Love & Thunder]

Oh right. Well, this was fun while it lasted! :D