Telephone Comics

Gratuitously stolen from another forum...

I'm sure a lot of you are familar with the Telephone game. If not, well. Click the link.

Obviously it's hard to whisper on the internet, so an alternative was made.
The players alternate between (a) drawing comics, (b) writing scripts for the comics.
These are passed along in private, until the final player is reached. At this point, the whole thing is posted and presumably it's entertaining.

The Comics
Take the script given to you by the previous player. Draw it in a series of panels, without including the talking - the previous (and next) script provide those.

The Scripts
Describe what's happening, vaguely. If the characters seem to be talking, write what they are saying.

Communication
When you receive a PM from the previous person on the list, you're free to start. Go wild with your comic/script. Then PM it to the next person on the list, as well as the leader running the game (so I can post them all up at the end).

Guidelines
1. It's going to get posted on Southperry. Don't break the posting rules in your comics & scripts.
2. Don't screw up the order. It's no fun if someone gets missed.
3. Keep the comics/scripts to yourself until the round is over. No spoilers.
4. It doesn't matter how well you can draw or write. Anyone is welcome.
5. Keep it moving. Faster turnover is a plus.

 So, an example of comic and accompanying script.

The source.

 Player 1's Script

[[Character sits at his computer desk, staring at his computer.]]
It's over./After twenty months it's finally over./I don't have to be an election junkie anymore.

[[Closeup of character's face and screen.]]
/I don't have to care about opinion polls, exit polls, margins of error, attack ads, game-changers, tracking polls, swing states, swing votes, the Bradley effect, or <name> the <occupation>./I'm free.

[[Character staring at his computer screen, full shot.]]

[[Character types on his computer.]] <<Tap Tap>>/[[On screen]]Google "2012 polling statistics"

 Player 2's Comic

 Player 3's Script

[[A man is staring at his computer.]]
I can't believe Elaine broke up with me. We were perfect for each other. Where did it go wrong? Did she find out I'm secretly a Democrat?

[[Zoom in to his face, which is strangely blank.]]
Maybe if I hack into her email, I can figure this out.
Wait, this looks like...

[[He rolls away from his computer, raising his head to the sky.]]
NEEEEWWWWMAAAANNNNN!

[[The man goes to Google to search for ways to hide his political preferences.]]

Obviously there's a lot of ambiguity involved so it could go practically anywhere. Which is the point.



Signups will be on a first come first served basis. For the first round, I'm limiting it to 8 participants so I can get an idea of the time and effort involved, and to gauge interest.

When signups are full, I'll flip a coin to determine whether I send the first person a comic or a script. So every slot has an equal chance of being drawing/writing. This dynamic may change in future rounds if there's equal interest in writing and drawing.

Players
Leader. Stereo - sent
1. Darkmaniak - complete
2. Shidoshi - complete
3. Loose - complete
4. fataldeath - complete
5. Satellite - complete
6. xBTAx - complete
7. ElectricSix - complete
8. Nalek24 - complete

Still a bit confused about what happens in the game.

For example, I would recieve a comic or script from the previous player? or both?

Do I have to just write a comic for the script or a script for a comic, whichever I recieve?

You receive one, and do the other. So it alternates.

oooh I got it,
count me in :B

Leader. Stereo
1. Darkmaniak
2. Shidoshi
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

You might want to include a time frame of when the game will be taking place, so as to make sure the participants know that they can attend before signing up.

You might want to include a time frame of when the game will be taking place, so as to make sure the participants know that they can attend before signing up.

The game goes on until all players had one action on the story. Then it's posted.

I guess it would be more fun with more than 8 players, dunno if you are actually restricting it to that ammount.

I think I understand. I'm game.

The game goes on until all players had one action on the story. Then it's posted.

I guess it would be more fun with more than 8 players, dunno if you are actually restricting it to that ammount.

Just imagine yourself eager to participate, but the person before you is sleeping because he's somewhere on the other side of the world. Yeah.

sounds interesting, count me in

The game goes on until all players had one action on the story. Then it's posted.

I guess it would be more fun with more than 8 players, dunno if you are actually restricting it to that ammount.

I'm expecting it to take about 12 hours a person (just due to sleeping and school and stuff) so 8 people will take about 4 days to finish and nobody will have to wait more than ~3 days to participate. If it turns out to be much faster, or people don't mind waiting longer, I'll bump up the number in the next round.

I'm in.

I'll watch. My drawing sucks so much it's not funny.

I'll watch. My drawing sucks so much it's not funny.

My drawing sucks too, but I'm in. Should be interesting to see what's thrown at me...

Since interest seems to have tapered off a little, I'm gonna go ahead and get started. Currently 2 spots left so feel free to sign up.

I flipped a coin, and I'm starting with a comic - so numbers 1, 3, 5, 7 are scripts and 2, 4, 6, 8 are comics.

Remember, send your work to the next person on the list (so they can work from it) and me (so I can tell how it's progressing, and post them all together when it's done).

This is rolling =D funny stuff.

Well, 5/6 are done and I'm still waiting for more players >_>

I'm working on mine right now; I might not be able to send it in till late tonight, though.

Hmmm, I guess you can add me to the list then. I wasn't going to try this time, as I like to watch the first time, but as there weren't too many people signing up, I guess I'll give it a go.

I'll join I guess. Not the best drawer but should be fun.