It's obviously time to make amends, so I'll give you a short comic back from May, drawn right before, during and after the Budapest International Comics Festival. It was inspired by a little reflective piece made by some friends of mine about Nyugat+Zombik (West+Zombies), the first successful Hungarian crowdfunded comics project, the completion of which is now long overdue. West here stands for the name of an eminent literary periodical of the early 20th century, written and edited by some of the best Hungarian poets and writers of the age.
Long story short, the young and imaginative artist (let's call him Olivér) had the idea to engage these literary icons in a fight witha crowd of zombies occurring in their favourite café. He raised about 30,000 USD an utterly successful crowdfunding campaign in the autumn of 2014, and promised to deliver a 200-page-long graphic novel by the next Christmas in return. So far so good, but there is still no sign of the end product 1,75 years after the deadline. Olivér does not seem to sweat over it too much - save for an apologetic Facebook post every few months -, as he also sings in an alternative band, which enjoyed a reasonably busy schedule during the summer festival season.
So here comes my little satire. The year is 2060, and the comic is about to finalized at last..
Zombie Apocalypse 2060
Panel 1
(Aaarrghh)
Panel 2
Olivér: Aand… Done!
Panel 3
O: Hooray!
Panel 4
O: Now, I will share the good news
on social media at once…
Panel 5
Dear Supporters, who have kept faith
with me until the very end! I’ve got awesome news: I just indeed, actually,
entirely, at last FINISHED THE COMIC BOOK!
Panel 6
I’m bringing the whole works to the
printer’s office on cd (heh) today so that it may finally become a gift this
Christmas to everyone’s joy.
Panel 7
There is even more great news as Onlyforyoulittlegirl,
the band I used to sing in, will reunite after a 30 year hiatus for the
premiere of the comic book.
Panel 8
O: Think it’s time I leave for the
printer’s…
(Aaarrghh)
Panel 9
O: Ugh… Bloody stairs…
(phone ringing)
Panel 10
O: Hey Dave! The Opus Magnum is
done, so we can rehearse tomorrow… What?! The city is swarming with zombies?!
Oh, you’re so funny!
(AAARRGHH)
Panel 11
O: JESUS AND THE VIRGIN MARY
Zombies: AAAAARRRGGHHH
There you go. Ironically the next post will be on my own pending project, the second installment of Corvin.
