Work notes: Secret Knot’s process this week consisted mainly of struggling with the script for the next comic, which I really like up to the mid-point, and then, the final portion has been changed so much that it looks like a ‘choose your adventure’ branching entry. I’ve made storyboards for different endings, and I’m still trying to land properly the one that seems to work the best. I think all this fiddling will be a bit surprising, dear reader, when you see how nonsensical the story is, but even non-traditional stories require a seeming of conventional structure, something that has a lot to do, I believe, with pacing and intensities. One can notice this in David Lynch movies, for instance: even when the viewer loses track of the causalities in the narrative, the why’s and who’s and how’s, movies like Lost Highway or Mulholland Drive still feel like a story in a conventional way, because all the punches, accents, tension and consequences are in the right places. (I’m aware that other Lynch works may stretch out even further the conventional narratives, such as some parts of the new Twin Peaks, but it’s arguable that in the grand scheme of the series those digressions work as accents as well)
The main characters in my story are XX century surrealists, so the research has been very interesting, and it’s already giving me a lot of material for the comic dossier on Patreon. Speaking of which…
On Patreon
I’ve been sending out some Patreon portraits from the 80s STARS challenge. It’s been much fun:
From the Secret Knots Discord
Amy Bee shares the link for this guide: How To Destroy The Earth
Gyrgir shares a glimpse of the giant puppet Mocco in Japan. (Twitter link)
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What Else Is There
Dario Argento Japanese Posters. (Tumblr post)
Good Night (Music)