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So, Boorman and I were all set to post pages today. And then…

Oh, nevermind.

So, I have an interview. It’s with Barry Lyga, a wonderful new author (with a secret comics identity of sorts) whose young adult novel THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF FANBOY AND GOTH GIRL has just hit the shelves. Alas and alack, I do not want to post an interview. I want to post pages.

So.

Please continue to stand by for pages. And thanks for bearing with us.

New to the comic? Need a refresher course? Read the story so far

1 Way Ticket is written by Chris Arrant and performed by Dan Warner

Special thanks to Chris over at the cIndy Center. This interview (recorded 8/7/06) covers the launch of The Chemistry Set, STUCK, my SCOOBY DOO work, and other topics.

Please join me in welcoming the newest Element to be added to The Chemistry Set’s Periodic Table: Hyeondo Park. Without further ado, here’s the beginning of the little fable we’ve cooked up for you. Enter freely, and of your own will…

Thanks for reading. Next Tuesday, October 3 - Page Two.

Previously in STUCK…
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Yes, we know this is a rather meager update compared to the number of pages we like to get out there in an update. What can we say? Sometimes life dishes up the drama, and poor Boorman has had much, much more than his fair share in the past few months. And yet still the work rocks! I know you think so, because that’s what you keep tellin’ me. Thank you.

More soon. Like, most likely on the weekend kind of soon. Libate a bottle of scotch and make with the good vibes…

Page 1 * Pages 2-3 * Pages 4-5 * Pages 6-9 * Pages 10-13

Mr. Wesley Green of IP was kind enough to send a few questions my way about The Chemistry Set, where we’ve come from and where we’re going. Wesley has a terrific site, and is working hard to promote the work of independent comix of all stripes. Take a look at the interview, then poke around the site and maybe buy something, won’t you?

http://independentpropaganda.com/ip_wp/interview-jim-dougan-of-the-chemistry-set/

Wondering what the mix tape was that Sully mentioned in the closing moments of Chapter 1? Wonder no longer. 10 songs selected by myself and Daniel Warner, for your enjoyment. Some can make their own mix tape based on this, or if you’re one of the first 5 people to reply to this message then we’ll make one and send it out to you. Include your email address and preference of mixtape or MixCD!

This week is the first “Skip Week” in the webrelease of 1 Way Ticket; consider it a breather between chapters as we expand the horizons of the webcomic with some extras. Next week Chapter 2 begins, but this week we’ve got a couple things to serve up to you: a 1-on-1 interview with me and Dan and production sketches by Dan himself.

Before we dig in, let me give a nod of the head to Tony Simmons at the Panama City (Fl.) based newspaper The News Herald, for mentioning us in his blog. Check It Out!

Now on to the Q&A!

ARRANT: Why the hell did you agree to work on 1 Way Ticket with me?

WARNER: It’s all about RUM - Rising Unstoppable Momentum! I had been thinking about collaboration, and digitally delivered comics for about a year when you approached me and I saw this as a good opportunity to jump in and start pulling levers and pressing buttons.

When you and Vito were pulling this idea out of your combined heads, was there ever any talk of a revenue model? If so, what happened to it?

ARRANT: I was brought into the loop fairly early on, but I don’t remember us even considering a payment system. Our main goal was to get these comics in front of as many people as possible, and putting a door charge on it would limit the number of people able to read it, and work against our main goals.

Looking at other popular webcomics, the main revenue source seems not to be micro-payments (sorry Scott McCloud), but by selling advertising and merchandising. We’re far from that point, but it’s something to consider.

WARNER: There is sort of a COMICS-MANGA-WEBCOMICS nexus happening with 1 Way Ticket. It’s not intentional on my part, was this part of your design?

ARRANT: Far from it. I really haven’t had time to separate myself from the work enough to get a good perspective on it, but I would say that I’ve been reading equal amounts of comics, manga and webcomics lately. The story itself was formulated in 2005, but I didn’t start nailing down the ideas and pulling them taut until the summer of ‘06.

My primary influence on this was my time spent in dead-end bands and my life-long obsession with music. When I came to realize that the subject of music is one that’s not that prominent in comics, it provided the impetus to start throwing ideas at a wall and seeing what stuck.

WARNER: Who is Nancy based on? Name names. Was her name inspired by Sid Vicious’ Nancy?

ARRANT: A tiny, tiny bit. The Sid & Nancy connection didn’t come about until after I had settled on a name, but it made it impossible for me to go with anything else. For me, Nancy’s one of those names that is so un-modern it’s rustic, but it’s names like that that the right person can reclaim from history and recalibrate to their own times.

Your work on 1 Way Ticket has been quite different that your style on Cocopiazo. Can you tell us what queues led you to doing what you’re doing with 1WT?

WARNER: I’m just trying not to over think it. The images are coming from an authentic place, and I just want to blurt it all out onto the page. WIth Cocopiazo I tried to avoid looking like my biggest influences (Paul Pope, Goseki Kojima, Todd McFarlane, Berni Wrightson, Dave Mazzuchelli, Bruce Timm, and Mike Allred in case you couldn’t tell :). That was mostly in reaction to a bunch of reviews that seemed to go out of there way to compare me to other artists. These days I don’t give a shit about any of that. This is the kind of stuff that turns me on, so I’m doing it. The hard lesson about style that I’m just starting to learn is that it comes more from the limitations you put on yourself than about what you are fully capable of.

ARRANT: How about your own music experience; can you tell us about that?

WARNER: I was in RAWK bands all through high school and college, I can play the guitar and sing. I’m definitely drawing on those experiences when defining the atmosphere of 1WT. For a few years after college I roomed with a kid who had two Techniques decks, a mixer and some loud ass speakers. I amassed a huge collection of records and through some cringe-worthy experiences learned how to rock a party. I left that stuff behind for the most part when drawing took over my life. Listening to music is, of course, still a HUGE part of what makes me tick. And now I have Garage Band on my laptop which is like being a fat guy on free donut day.

NEXT WEEK: 1 Way Ticket Chapter 2 beginnings with the threat (and promise) of band groupies, and two friends go head-to-head.