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Gordon McAlpin
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Chicago, IL
I am the writer and illustrator of Multiplex, an online comic strip about the staff of a movie theater.
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Gordon McAlpin
Posted project update #48#76 1/2: Reds
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commented on a project updatewill… have… (I wish there was an edit button on comments)
#68 1/2: My Favorite Blonde
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commented on a project updateBad acne and braces will do have that effect on a kid, Mark.
#68 1/2: My Favorite Blonde
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Posted project update #47#68 1/2: My Favorite Blonde
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Posted project update #46#78 1/2: Boxed In
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commented on a project updateI'm changing it in the eBook/print book. Yeah, I'm cheating, but Jason just doesn't seem like a white T-shirt kind of guy to me. (He's always always always wearing black T-shirts after this — or dress shirts, when he's in impress-a-girl mode.)
Two "extended scenes"
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Gordon McAlpin
Posted project update #45Two "extended scenes"
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commented on a project updateNah, I'm kind of glad about it, myself. I was hoping to have a few months of steady bill-paying work before the books arrive in August (or thereabouts) and start bringing in money, but I'll squeak by one way or another.
Work on Chapter 4 has begun…
I've got what I think will be the final cover finished, and right now I'm finishing up the tedious process of correcting the blacks in all the existing strips. Plus, I've got a few smaller things d...
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Gordon McAlpin
Posted project update #44Work on Chapter 4 has begun…
I've got what I think will be the final cover finished, and right now I'm finishing up the tedious process of correcting the blacks in all the existing strips. Plus, I've got a few smaller things don't that don't really stand on their own (and so I won't bother posting them just yet).
I'm also hard at work writing the four(?) full-fledged bonus strips for this chapter — much of which will be fleshing out Devi and Gretchen.
I'll have some stuff to share later in the week, I promise!
I'm afraid it's looking like finishing the book may take a little longer than the initial two months I had slated for this, between the two remaining chapters and the "prequel" story, and any other production issues that come up — but on the bright side (sort of), I no longer have a day job to go back to due to a "restructuring" in the department at my former client — so, I'm able to keep plugging away at the book until it's finished, before I head back to the land of print production to pay some bills.
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commented on a project updateHuzzah!
THEY'RE HERE!
Cami just sent me an e-mail to notify me that the printer has delivered the books to the house. That means I can start shipping them out to you this week! WOO HOO!
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Gordon McAlpin
Posted project update #43Multiplex: Chapter 3 NOW AVAILABLE
The Multiplex: Chapter 3 "high definition" eBook is finally available at the Multiplex Store. The 36-page PDF-format eBook collects strips 47–66 (from March 2006 through June 2006), well as two character bios (Neil and Whitey, specifically), two guest strips (my first two PvP guest strips), and six bonus comics not found in the Multiplex archives! There's also the X-Men 3 "extended scene," which is basically a single-panel comic, but whatever.
I will begin e-mailing qualifying Kickstarter backers (backers at the $5 level and up only!) a coupon code to download it from the store shortly.
And just as a reminder — if you didn't get them already, "KICK-MXHD1" will get you either (or both) Chapter 1 and 2 for free. Unfortunately, you'll need to do this in a separate "purchase" from the Chapter 3 eBook, because you can only apply one coupon code per order. (Be sure to sign up for a store account, or you'll need to enter your address and such twice. My store software is inflexible that way, sadly.)
The online edition will be up later today.
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Gordon McAlpin
commented on a project updateIt doesn't help this joke that the Juggernaut costume in X-Men 3 is so shitty. …But then, so was the rest of the movie.
#63: Take a Stand "extended scene"
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Posted project update #42#63: Take a Stand "extended scene"
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Posted project update #41#50 1/2, Part Two: Too Good to Be True
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Posted project update #40#50 1/2, Part One: Sugarcoating is for Breakfast
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Posted project update #39Week 2: The difference between black and black
Blah. So one of the things that's going to be a bit of a concern with taking Multiplex to print is the fact that it's created in RGB, and print requires the art to be CMYK.
What I'm doing is maintaining an RGB workflow on the artwork, until the very end, where I'll be converting the art to RGB. The colors will shift a little; reds and blues will be a little different, but mostly it should look the same, and it will still look good. But blacks are going to be a bit of an issue.
The black in the RGB files is 0/0/0 (R/G/B), while black in a CMYK file is 0/0/0/100. But when you convert colors from RGB to black, you get a MIX of all four inks. This will result in some richer blacks, which should be fine for the artwork itself — but it's kind of dangerous for the lettering and panel borders. If there's the slightest misalignment, the lettering will look fuzzy. So, I have to go into all of the old strips and recolor the lettering and borders to a spot color, which will convert cleanly to 100% black only (by setting it up as an "ink alias" in the color conversion. That's what I'm doing right now. It's terribly tedious.
Anyway. I hope to get another bonus strip done later today (maybe, maybe not). Multiplex will be back to a twice a week update schedule for the near future, so I'll be able to put the time I've spent in the last two weeks on that third update towards the book instead. (The last two weeks have had a lot of new backgrounds and changes of clothing for the characters, too, so they've been more time-consuming than usual.)
With luck, the Chapter 3 eBook will be available by the end of next week, and I'll be on to Chapter 4!
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Gordon McAlpin
commented on a project updateKarl, to view these bonus strips at full size, you'll need to view it in a new window. How you do that depends on your browser/operating system but for me, in Firefox on OSX, I have to right-click it to view it in its own window, then scale it to 100%.
#57 1/2: The Propositioning
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commented on a project updateAwesome! I own it on DVD, but hopefully a few other readers will take advantage of that.
#57 1/2: The Propositioning
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Posted project update #38#57 1/2: The Propositioning
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Posted project update #37#55 1/2: Thick as a Brick
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commented on a project updateThanks! :) It could be temporary. Until the book comes out, I'm not really sure where my income will be coming… in… from. In a frustrating coincidence, the company I worked for is "restructuring," and my position is being moved to California. I'll still need some freelance work (after these two months) to keep me above water 'til the book money starts rolling in, but… yep, for right now, I'm full-time on Multiplex!
I am a professional cartoonist now sorta (Day 1)
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Posted project update #36I am a professional cartoonist now sorta (Day 1)
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Posted project update #35One week left
As I've mentioned in the past, the real nose-to-the-grindstone work on Book 1 will happen in February and March, when I take a sabbatical of sorts from my day job at an educational publishing company.
Publishing schedules being what they are, my last day in the office unfortunately needed to be pushed forward to February 5th. (Hopefully I'll be completely done with the book by the end of March, so I can spend some time working on the sketches and custom comics for the higher-level backers.)
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The Multiplex: Chapter 3 eBook will be up by the end of February, with Chapters 4 and 5 to follow every month or two. The content should be done for them by the end of March, of course; I just want to space them out a bit.
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Posted project update #34Multiplex/The Breakfast Club final poster
I believe I've finished the Breakfast Club parody poster, which will appear on the Kickstarter backers-exclusive T-shirts — and probably be sold as a mini-poster, as well, in the near future. You can see the image a wee bit larger over in the Guest Strips section of the Multiplex site.
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Posted project update #33#66 1/2: Something Wicked This Way Comes
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commented on a project updateI am all out of invites, sorry. (I'm not sure Kickstarter would be very happy with people selling an invite, either. I gave all mine out for free like they should be.)
The Final Tally
For the curious: The errored out pledges have been dropped, and the final tally now stands at 306 backers and $12,805.00 raised — before Amazon takes its transaction fees out, of course. Thank y...
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commented on a projectI just pledged, but you have to promise to spell "dramedy" correctly on the actual book. :) You know, like DRAma + coMEDY.
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Gordon McAlpin
commented on a project updateHey, Sam. Actually, he WASN'T named after Peanuts, at least not consciously. But after I realized that they had the same name, I sort of went with it. Now, Calvin was definitely named after Calvin (& Hobbes). As for making it another guy, that IS funnier, but this strip follows #49, where it was two girls, so I don't want to change that. Maybe another time. ;) It's safe to say he's done it before. Franklin is a true playa.
#49 1/2: The Master in Action
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commented on a project updateOh: I announced the winner of the "Win a Job at the Multiplex 10 Cinemas" give-away on the main Multiplex site: ANGIE BOOTH! You can bet since I already have an Angie, that will get brought up. Congratulations, Angie! I hope you feel your pledge was the best $5 you ever spent.
WE DID IT!
And boy, did we ever. Thanks to 318 generous pledges, the Multiplex: Book 1 Club of Awesome Kickstarter Project was an overwhelmingly huge success — not just raising the $7,500 goal,...
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commented on a project updateWhoops! Thanks, Maarvarq!
Multiplex: Chapter 2 eBook coupon code for Kickstarter backers
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