I find myself liking this fan-comic idea more and more.
how do you guys feel about creating new attires for the cats for this comic.
I’d personally like to stick to their original outfits, but I wouldn’t mind if they wore different clothes for different environments, like wetsuits for swamp and underwater places. Just more variety but going back to the normal clothes and armor when they don’t need something special.
I agree that wearing different clothes in different environments would be useful. The black outfits Tygra and Lion-O’s action figures wear when riding the ThunderTank’s ThunderRacers would come in handy.
I meant decent as in “good, experienced, know-what-you’re-doing”. Sorry if that came out wrong.
Since this is a fan comic we could easily get away with some things the makers of the actual show either couldn’t, or wouldn’t do. I’m not saying we go super dark or anything, maybe just have an episode where the kittens have candy fruit withdrawal.
I know we’re still waiting for word on what the second season would have been, but the first thing that we have to do is determine how many “issues” our comic would be and the content within each. Basically like an episode guide. Ordinarily I’d recommend a charcter bible, but since we’re already familiar with most of the cast we’d probably only need entries for new characteers. Lynx-O, Bengali etc.
Also, I’m calling dibs on the Spidera story.
New character bios can be really exciting.
Since we have an actual artist here I’d like to test something. I’m going to write out a little scene and you tell me if it gives enough information for you to draw out, or if it’s lacking in something. Better descriptions, need to know size and content of every frame, etc. Okay? Sorry in advance for the size of this post. Anyway…
Wilykit & Wilykat are seen lying asleep in a grassy field shrouded in a thick mist.
Wilykit & Wilykat open their eyes and sit up.
WIlykit: Hey, Kat? Where are we?
Wilykat: Beats the heck out of me.
Wilykit: (Hops onto her feet.) Wanna go scope it out?
Wilykat: (Stands up) After you Madam Wilykit.
Wilykit: (Curtsying) Thank you my dear Wilykat. (The pair giggle.)
After a little walking…
Wilykat: Hey Kit, do you get the feeling that we’re forgetting something?
Wilykit: You mean like there’s something important we’re supposed to be doing?
Wilykat: Yeah. It’s like, like we were right in the middle of something, but I’m not sure what.
Wlykit: I know. I think it had something to do with… (Gasps) Candyfruit!
Wilkat: We were supposed to remember Candyfruit?
Wilykit: (Pointing) No. Candyfruit!
We see that Wilykit is pointing to a tree. After the twins exchange glances they dash off towards the tree. A minute later we see Wilykat perched atop a branch taking a bite out of a fruit. He chews for a second, a look of disgust on his face, then he spits out the fruit.
Wilykat: Ugh. This fruit is rotten. (Throws the fruit away.) It’s no good Kit! The stuff tastes like a rancid hair-ball.
No response.
Wilykat: (Peering down from the branch he’s on.) Hey Kit!? I said the fruit’s no- (A look of shock appears on Kat’s face. We see an image of Wilykit lying on the ground, eyes open, with Kat looking on.
Wilykat: (Jumps down to Kit’s body.) Kit? Kit, what’s wrong? (He places his hands on Wilykit.) Hey Kit, come on. Stop lying there like that, you’re scaring me. (Shot of Wilykit’s still body.) Kit! You’ve got to wake up! Come on please! (Puts his hand on her chest.) [Whisering:She’s not breathing.] Kit- why- why aren’t you breathing!? (Begins shaking Kit’s body.) Kit! Kit you have to breathe. Please, Kit just- just start breathing again okay. Just open your eyes again and breathe! (Buries his head in Wilykit.) Come on sis, wake up! Please, please just wake up!
Interesting. It reminds me of the OS episode “Runaways” when Kat and Kit eat poisoned berries.
I took a class in college on writing screen plays, and I read a little on how to write comics, so I could help pen some scripts.
I think it may be a good idea to have one post dedicated to listing all of our story related ideas that can be edited and added to s we think of more things.
I was thinking of a few ways to develop the characters. For instance, I think that Cheetara should have a chance to talk to Jaga herself, since he was her mentor. It could give us more insight into her thoughts and feelings. I feel like we never got a good look at her perspective. On that note, I would like Cheetara to help Lion-O deal with his feelings in the aftermath of the season finale, as a way to officially patch things up between them. I never felt like their relationship was fully mended, and I think it would help if Cheetara at least apologized and acknowledged that her behavior around him was sending a lot of mixed signals.
And coming off of that, I think we need to have issues that help bond two characters at once. For instance, Lion-O and Tygra have had numerous episodes together, but maybe we can have an issues about Panthro and Tygra. I was thinking that when they go underwater or on a boat to find the next stone, both of them are uneasy, Tygra because he gets seasick and Panthro because he can’t swim. Or maybe an issue where Kat and Kit hang out with Tygra and Lion-O respectively, and Lion-O getting a chance to act like the older brother for once.
Some other things to address; before they go looking for the last stone, the ThunderCats need to go and take care of all the refugees and freed slaves back in Thundera. Lion-O needs to make sure they’re all safe and can survive before anything else. Maybe Lynx-O and Bengali will be there and can volunteer to join them.
How the hell did you perfectly depict the plot (and even parts that weren’t released) of my fanfic!?
maybe Gold Lion can see the future.
overall the script is good and it is also very descriptive (which makes an artists job a lot easier). my concern with this is how many pages its supposed to be and also how many panels in each page. the reason for my concerns is that if the pages and panels are included, it will help me with constructing the layout for each page. if done that way, it will help me better understand your vision with script and getting us all on the same page.
See, that’s part of the problem. I have no idea how many panels/pages something like this should be. I know you can stretch out or compress a moment to whatever length you desire but I don’t know what should be done with this scene to give it its maximum effectiveness.
On a similar topic we should probably discuss how many issues of this comic book we intend to make and how many pages each issue should be.
I guess we must just think alike hammy 
The typical comic from what I’ve seen is around 20 pages per issue. As for how to layout panels and such, I think I can check out a book from my library on how to write comics. I’m pretty sure it explains how to describe panels.
I think it would be best if a rough sketch is done first, with stick figures and such, for each page to get a good idea of how it should be laid out. Then we can see it and decide if it’s good or if we want things different.
I know when I write that I can be very, very descriptive. I’ve written quite a few transcripts for Avatarspirit.net. I’m especially good at writing fight scenes, since I always seem to be given some of the really fight heavy episodes.
Will there be any LiChee in the fan comic?
lol… it isn’t that complicated. you are very good script writer so it shouldn’t be too hard for you. all you have to do is just break down the script in pages and for the paneling, just place each important interaction of the characters in a panel/or box. i will do my best to illustrate the script you created. don’t forget that there are others that are apart of this fan comic so you shouldn’t get frustrated.
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personally, i think we should stay away from romance for now. we are trying to please most of the fans of the thundercats even the diehard shippers of the series. i have seen the pairing wars on this site and how severe it can get when a certain group of shippers get their ship sunk so to speak.
I know but I just wanted to see what it would look like if Lion-O and Cheetara did hook up and how their personalities would develop because after episode 13, it went all down hill for Cheetara. Once a cleric, now a cheerleader.
Somebody brung up a good point about how the heck is Lion-o going to unite the animals/the attitudes towards the other animals beneath the cats. I believe there should be an objective towards the struggles Lion-o has about uniting them as well as the other animals not getting along. We can’t have it all peaches and cream to get them together like one big happy family singing Kum-By-Yah to Kit’s flute playing.
I’d like for Cheetara to still remain a cleric despite her relationship with Tygra.