Thorondor Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Your attention, please. Today at StrategyCore we are proud to present "Deep Rising - a tribute to X-Com", a unique digital comic featuring lavish art and accompanying original audio, all to be enjoyed entirely for free. We've recruited some of Earth's finest - plain great human beings who also happen to be fantastically talented creative professionals - to make this dream of a full-fledged comic set in the world of X-Com a reality at long last. So, without further ado, we invite you to experience the fruits of our labor for yourself, right here, where it all happens, at StrategyCore. Zombie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 The comic is beautiful. I can see why even Solomon was impressed to have this linked to the franchise. The story is more XCOM than X-COM and the music makes a fantastic background. I'll definitely read it on and on. Perhaps even read it to children when they are naughty! They should learn about alien danger as soon as possible... Was any of the art hand drawn or was it all digitally created? Zombie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Glad you liked it, SV. As for educating your children about the harsh realities of alien invasion, I think you've already done that well enough (at the expense of a poor rookie). I'm sure I need not tell you some pages do justify the age gating and are indeed best just read, not shown, which may prove difficult, as the "pretty pictures" are a big draw for curious young eyes. Regarding your question about any of the art being hand drawn or digitally created - it's actually both. People tend to have a certain misconception, forgetting that such digital art is created by hand by the artist, albeit using a digital pen and tablet and specialized painting software which allows for the replication of many traditional brushes as well as digital filters, layering and other visual effects. It takes many, many hours to get each page done and, of course, a great deal of technical know-how coupled with skill and talent. There's a saying in Latin, I believe from Aristotle, that summarizes this well: "Ars longa, vita brevis" - Art is long, life is short. Zombie and Space Voyager 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 As for educating your children about the harsh realities of alien invasion, I think you've already done that well enough (at the expense of a poor rookie). Oh yeah, I forgot about that one... Perhaps I better ease up in this department. Regarding your question about any of the art being hand drawn or digitally created - it's actually both. People tend to have a certain misconception, forgetting that such digital art is created by hand by the artist, albeit using a digital pen and tablet and specialized painting software which allows for the replication of many traditional brushes as well as digital filters, layering and other visual effects. https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b348/SpaceVoyager/Smiley/doh_zpsf1gpv7hi.gif I stand corrected. Naturally, the digital picture is just as hand drawn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Mind = Blown! Thanks Thorondor and Slaughter for bringing this to us, it's incredible! - Zombie Space Voyager 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 You're welcome, Zombie. Very pleased you found it cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 On the EOM (End Of Mission) Report screen why is the rating blank? It should be rated as "Outstanding"! At least, that's what I'd give it. - Zombie Space Voyager 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 You were indeed meant to fill in the blank with a mental verdict of your own after finishing - "Outstanding" is noted and appreciated, Zombie! Zombie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Greetings! It's been a while... Glad to hear you find the comic to your liking. Do spread the word! Space Voyager and Zombie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 The comic was so nice, that it now requires animation and professional voice over. Zombie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Greetings! It's been a while... Glad to hear you find the comic to your liking. Do spread the word! Welcome back, stranger! The comic was so nice, that it now requires animation and professional voice over. For the voice-over bit I suggested to Thorondor a while back that we get Julian Gollop. He's not a professional voice actor, but he fits the theme. - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 Voice overs? Bah, you'll get your fill of voice overs from all over when your poor new rookies start panicking in XCOM 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 And I sure will all call them Thorondor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Kai has now posted all the concept art he made for the comic here: https://ukitakumuki.deviantart.com/gallery/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Suh-wheet! (Sweet)! Thanks for sharing Slaughter! - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERISS Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 There's a bug: In fullscreen (F11), the page becomes all black after 10 seconds (there is still the music).That's a pity but does not prevent to read it in normal screen :/I use Firefox in Windows 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Hi ERISS. Thanks for the feedback. Regrettably, some combinations of viewing modes, browsers and operating systems are bound to cause some issues with a multimedia piece such as this. In the interest of full disclosure - given the costs associated with seeing to all possible such combinations we've decided this to be the final, as-is, online delivery. We anticipate no further revisioning. It is also partly to mitigate these issues, and so people can still view the comic in some form, that the alternate download versions have been made available (vanilla PDF, etc). :: Thusly, pardon any inconvenience, gents, but even great fiction must occasionally be confronted with certain facts of a more material nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Would be great if you can share this with friends, family, media and anyone else that might be interested guys. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kir'jaeden Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Though your system of *.js and *.html didn't working on my PC, I managed to dig the content .Nice job, breathtaking tale, men!Russian world "appreci-ay-eits" Anna Avenger can be one-shoted by buried derelic half-powered Harvester? sort of LOL!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 Well, that was no ordinary Harvester. :: Glad you were able to check it out and had a good time, Kir'jaeden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) did a piece on the comic. While this is in Norwegian, there are some pictures of storyboards and other work in progress if anyone is interested: https://www.nrk.no/telemark/xl/hyller-dataspill-med-tegneserie-1.12761903 Zombie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) did a piece on the comic. While this is in Norwegian, there are some pictures of storyboards and other work in progress if anyone is interested: https://www.nrk.no/te...erie-1.12761903 Yes, very much so! Did you contact NRK about the comic? Oh, and nice pic of you and Mr T! - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted January 26, 2016 Author Share Posted January 26, 2016 https://www.strategycore.co.uk/site/assets/files/7062/featured_deep_rising_cvr_titled_1754x1084.jpg :: Deep Rising merits an appearance on XCOM's official Twitter account. Zombie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Yes, very much so! Did you contact NRK about the comic? Oh, and nice pic of you and Mr T! - ZombieI have contacts there . The picture is from our visit to Lisbon in 2012. It was very nice to meet Sir Typesalot in person for the very first time! silencer_pl and Zombie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Sir Typesalot - that's a good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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