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HanSagan - 17/05/02 - Guess what? Its my birthday today! No bull, you can ask me mum and everything. You know what would be a great pressie? lots of votes and a #10 position on the funny papers....go on...make a difference :) As my pressie to you, heres a concept sketch of a new flightsuit design...let me know what you think. http://www.haynesfilm.co.nz/graphics/hammersuit.jpg 14/05/02 - Thanks to all who voted...23 votes in one day on TWC...a new record! Lets keep it up! :) 12/05/02 - Hey guys...we're starting to slip a little bit on both charts...don't forget, if you like what you see and enjoy the comic, then expend a bit of energy and give us a little click...it makes a big difference. The 'Endearings' beat out the 'Annoyings' by 61% of the vote...disturbingly close. However, heres a new poll.... 08/05/02 - IMPORTANT ANNOUNCMENT As of next week, 'Angels' will be making the hyperspace jump to keenspace. Hopefully most people won't even notice the change, but I'll be leaving a little redirector here for those who miss this message. To make it easier for everyone, we have a new domain name... www.angels2200.com. From now on, if you use that to reach us you should never spot the changeover. (except for those annoying little keenspace ads of course, but thats the price you pay for unlimited webspace) 10/05/02 - Just a little bonus image for all you lovely readers. Some of you may have seen this already, which is a rendering of Quetz in combat body armour that will make an appearence later in the comic. I plan to dosimilar images for all the cast members in various costumes. Hope you like :)
07/05/02 - Sorry about the late comic...was away from my PC last night due to circumstances beyond my control. In answer to a few querys in the forums: The little sqiggle on the jacket shoulders is the Squadron Unit badge...it looks like this: 05/05/02 - Looks like most of you are still looking forward to 'Star Wars', but a large percentage are still somewhat dreading it. Interesting results. The new poll is regarding the accent of a certain French girl...let your voice be heard. 03/05/02 - Happy new month! Don't forget to Vote! 30/04/02 - One last new feature, then I should probably stop for a while.....IRC java chat, courtesy of topwebcomics.com, just down there on the left....If you're lucky someone might actually be online :) 29/4/02 - Ok, you may have noticed that the voting banners on the side bar are increasing exponentially... thats because of two things...one, it helps to bring people to the comic, and the more people reading, the happier we are. Secondly, its because I've personally discovered that I'm a bit of a statistics junkie. It started with the forums..I liked seeing people join and watch the number of postings go up...then I added a survey, just to see the numbers go up on that...then that wasn't enough, so I added a hit counter...now, sad and pathetic creature that I am, I get an undeniable pleasure out of watching our comic climb in the ratings of thefunnypapers.com (#64 at time of writing and climbing:) Of course another pleasure is seeing the number of comics rise, but its also a little scary....we're still running about 25 strips ahead, but every week eats into it a little bit more, and theres a constant pressure to maintain that buffer....we'll do it, don't worry. Anyway, hope you all enjoyed the first month of 'Angels'. (Has it been a month already? My God..) And theres plenty more where that came from. Stay posted. 26/4/02 - Another early comic.....various reasons, none of them interesting enough to post here. Remember, vote, click, chat! 25/4/02 - Theres a little button just underneath the survey on the right...just over there-------------------->>> Clicking on that every time you visit will push the comic up the top 200 list on the funny pages and help us no end. So, support the Terran navy! Click Click Click! Also, if you feel like it, take a quick peek at the website for my new short film 'Fanboys'....trailer coming soon. 22/4/02 - The results of the last poll are encouraging…..37% of people just want to see what happen next, which I'll take to mean that they're enjoying the comic as a whole. Possibly predictably, the next highest number, 24% were looking forward to increased sexual tension…..well, keep reading :)! Also encouraging for Coota is that people seem to value plot and character development over kick ass space battles :) Unless you're a leprous hermit living in a Ugandan cave system, you're probably aware that there's a new Star Warsmovie coming out in May. I've just finished shooting a short film dealing with the crazy feelings people had just before 'Phantom Menace' and made a few jokes that only work in hindsight (A few 'wow, Jar Jar looks really cool' jokes for example.) The film will be finished in a couple of months, and I'll be submitting it to theforce.net, but I'll have a website up shortly with stills and a trailer. (plug plug). The main purpose of this new posting is to deal with a rather unpleasant feeling I'm having. It is indeed a strange thing to be 'dreading' a Star Wars movie, but that's what I'm doing….I am not looking forward to it, based on the massive disappointment I felt over the first one. The trailers haven't done much to ease my overall feeling of unease…after all, didn't the trailers for ep 1 look just as good? Samuel L Jackson says its just as exciting as the original…didn't he say that about ep 1? Maybe I'm just getting old. To find out exactly how many people share these feelings, there's a new poll up… Let your voice be heard. 18/4/02 - Todays comic is up real early...thats because I'll be away shooting a movie tommorow evening and won'tbe anywhere near my computer. I thought you'd prefer it up early rather than late. This must be the only webcomic on the net that apologises for being early:) 12/4/02 - Got a review from one of our readers, Holly Jolly....it was so glowing, I couldn't resist posting it on page one :) "The presentation of the comic is the best ever, from good character description to amazingly detailed art. This comic has it all so far, the mix of 3D and well drawn 2D art is very clever, and makes the comic that much more interesting. Very few web-comics reach such an epic scale, but I have never seen one pull it off as well as Angels. Heck, in many ways professional comics are lagging compared to many of the elements found in your comic. The time it must take to produce something so grand boggles my mind, it really is awesome. The way the text bubbles are laid out is good, and with so much text you would think at some point you would get lost, but you don't. The serious tone, mixed with stern, yet playful humor is great; it is an excellent balance to have in a story. Good work, and good luck as you continue to tackle such a daunting project." What more can I say? Many thanks Holly, and we're glad to have you on board. 7/4/02 -Note - Mondays Comic is up a little early...well, six hours early actually....I'm having some PC technical problems and I wanted to load it before things got worse, just to be on the safe side... 5/4/02 - Well, its been a week since the comic launched, and so far so good. I'd personally like to thank H.S Kim of KungFool and Carson Fire of ElfLife for linking to us, and thank Josh Phillips of Avalon High for his message of support. This is the kind of thing that makes the net go around. We've been averaging about 100 hits a day, which is reasonable for a brand new webcomic. It's a strange thing having an online comic go live, I've realised. Its kind of an odd cross between broadcasting a live TV show and hosting a party. Initially, your main concern is to get the show (Or Strip) to air on time and that would seem to be all there is to worry about. But then the guests start arriving, and reading it, and you want to make them feel welcome, keep the punch bowl full and make sure they know where the toilet is. In short, you want to create what the web term creators call a 'sense of community'. So far, our forums resemble the kind of party where people are standing around awkwardly, no ones quite sure what to say and the only tunes on the stereo are the Bay City Rollers. I guess this is normal of such a new comic, but I'd like to encourage all visitors to drop by the forums and post. We would like to see your art, your short stories, hear your thoughts on the plot and the characters, etc. To me, the almost instant feedback and discussion you can get on a web forum is one of the most unique things about the internet, and I would certainly like to foster this more. The final results of the last one poll indicated that most people are happy with the design of the site, except for one poor chap who individually posted over 20 'ugh! Needs more work!' votes. (How do I know this? I was actually online and saw the polls go up 10 votes in less than 30 seconds. I very much doubt it was 10 disgruntled webcritics voting simultaneously) Its actually quite cute, we have our first lamer :) The comic now settles into its regular update system of every Monday and Friday. I'll occasionally post development art/character sketches etc on the main page and in the forums to keep peoples interest, but in the meantime, thanks for reading, its great having you here. 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Vote for us! Click often... ...maybe Kid will get nervous and drop a sign Also, vote for us in KeenSpace Top 99 |
Coota- Welcome to Angels, HanSagan's and my new webcomic. I'm not sure how long it will last, but it will tell a cohesive story about this squadron of female fighter pilots. Characters will come and go, situations in the universe will change, and personalities will conflict. With any luck, there'll be plenty of humor to go along with whatever drama we might throw at you. So far it's looking exceptionally good, and I have a feeling that it will stay that way, as HanSagan is an excellent artist. As I'm just the humble writer of this series, I should probably explain where some of my influences come from. For one, I'm a United States Air Force Cadet; I've wanted to fly since I was two years old. I grew up watching F/A-18s take off from El Toro Air Base down in California. One of my favorite movies of all time was Star Wars, not because of the force or the Jedi, but because of those fighter pilots in the Trench Run scene (and Han Solo, but that's another story). I've grown up with Marine fighter pilots; my god father is one , my dad is one, all my dad's old friends are ex-Marine fighter pilots: it's just part of my many influences. So you'll probably see a lot of things that are at least partially inspired by real life events. Especially if I ever tell that cockroach story. Angels also stands a chance of being a little controversial, but I hope people will recognize that we're going for comedy here (with a bit of drama), and that we're not trying to address any pressing social issues. So, really, what you see is what you get. I might occasionally have deeper messages in this comic, but more often than not I'm just trying to entertain. So, if you're at all interested in a bunch of cute young girls flying large phallic starfighters in the depths of space, this is the comic for you. Hopefully it'll also appeal to people who aren't obsessed with fighters and fighter pilots. Anyways, glad you're here, and I hope you enjoy Angels in all its eccentricity. |
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The Recruitment poster is still coming...just a little slower
than I would have hoped...got a lot of other things on at the
moment.
'Angels' is hovering just under the top ten on both comic
lists, not bad for such a new comic. Of course if it made
it 'into' the top ten, kid might get a lot more nervous :) So
far on the poll, the 'endearings' are well ahead of the
'annoyings'...I'll give it a week and see what happens.....
