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JohnK · Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:20 am Post subject: Coffee Time Comics

Coffee Time Comics is back with a new website, a new comic, and a new Volume of Coffee Time(I say this like people knew we were gone).

Let's start with..

Erik is a soldier returning home from war. He hooks up with his old friends who have hardly changed over time. Fighting through the chaos that is his life, Erik has to come to terms with the violence from his past at home and abroad.

This comic will be a bit different than Coffee Time. It will follow the story of one individual more than jumping around a large cast of characters. It will also have more mature themes. But that doesn't mean gratuitous sex, violence, and swearing. On top of that, there will be a bit more experimentation with the comic, at least more so than Coffee Time.

But that doesn't mean Coffee Time is going to be the same old thing. before I tried to write it as a slice-of-life style thing, but I couldn't keep away from at least a little story. This time around I tried to keep the feel of slice-of-life, but with a bigger picture going on throughout the entire volume.

I'd like to see what you guys think. Feedback is greatly appreciated. please don't be too harsh on the web design. It was my first time coding and I slaved over that shit. If you do have a suggestion, please don't hold your tongue.

Thanks for reading all that crap(I hate writing comic synopsis'), or at least scrolling down to this link.

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Debt On · Joined: 07 May 2005 Posts: 247

Dude! This is great. Especially Across the Way. I remember you saying a while back that you were planning to do a story about war. Really nice stuff.

And your art looks fantastic! Really improved I think.

The new site looks sharp, too. I like the way the front page shows an overhead shot of the city, kind of indicating that the two comics share a world.

I would change a couple things, like the blue borders around the image links, and the bright red border around Across the Way. It seems a little distracting from the main event. Maybe desaturate it or make it a grey scale or something.

I hear ya on that web design, its hard work.

EDIT: The public demands a 468x60 banner.
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JohnK · Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject:

Hey, thanks for the reply.

The art is actually done by my friend Tobias. I write it. I just realized that it doesn't say that on the new site anywhere. I'll have to fix that.

The site is still a work in progress and I think I agree about the red border around Across the Way. I'll have to get a darker tone on it.

Are you talking about blue borders around image map links? I noticed that in Internet Explorer. There's actually a couple problems in Explorer with the text too. I'm going to get into that this week.

468x60:

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Thanks again. I appreciate you taking your time to look.

GlenGoldentree · Joined: 02 May 2006 Posts: 653 Location: Boise, ID USA

I went to "Across the Way" and hit the first button, then the next button and got a 404 file not found. Though you should know. I have always enjoyed your comic, and it's cool to see it get better and better.
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JohnK · Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject:

Thanks for looking out. The problem has been fixed. And thanks for the nice words.

thelanyard · Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 156 Location: St. Louis, Mo

I've only read Coffee Time thus far but I really like the art and feel of the comic. It needs a theme song. Something along the lines of:

"Coffee Tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!". It sounds really good in my head. You'll have to take my word for it.
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JohnK · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:44 pm Post subject:

hehe thanks man.

I was actually thinking of getting my friends band to make a short track for the title page, or maybe the news page. But then I thought that would be a little over the top.
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thelanyard · Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 156 Location: St. Louis, Mo

I think that would be cool as long as you put a control on the page to turn it off if you don't like it.
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MtMoriah · Joined: 08 Jul 2006 Posts: 60 Location: The Holy Land

I like the way you draw your character's faces. Especially when they are very expressive. They convey the moods of the characters perfectly.
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JohnK · Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 10:45 am Post subject:

Hey thanks man, I'll make sure to let the artist know. I think that is Tobias' strong point myself.
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