Does anybody have information of this old user and his comics?

[ponyboy]

Not sure if this is the best place for this but there was a user named Joe or who made comics titled 'The Unlikely Society' and I wanted to read them since I liked them so much as a kid but I couldn't find anything.

If anybody could help, I'd really appreciate it. I apologise if this is against the rules. Thanks.

[deraven]

That was Joebot that did those, I believe, and he's still somewhat active here as far as I know. I sent him a message for you, with a link to this thread. Perhaps he still has the comic available somewhere!

[Joebot]

Not sure if this is the best place for this but there was a user named Joe or who made comics titled 'The Unlikely Society' and I wanted to read them since I liked them so much as a kid but I couldn't find anything.

If anybody could help, I'd really appreciate it. I apologise if this is against the rules. Thanks.

Holy crap! I have a fan!??!

Yeah, The Unlikely Society was mine. Unfortunately the comics aren't online anywhere. I just didn't have time to make them anymore, and I let my web hosting contract lapse, so I don't even have the website anymore. I think I still have the picture files on my hard drive though. I could probably look into putting them on Flikr or something.

Thanks so much for your comment. I spent HOURS making that stupid comic, and it's very nice to hear that somebody read it and enjoyed it. Sometimes I miss writing those characters.

Although .. the fact that you say you read The Unlikely Society "as a kid" makes me feel really freakin' old, so thanks for that.

Cheers!

- Joebot

[ponyboy]

Hello,

Wow I can't believe it's really you. I used to read all the LEGO comics I could find and yours was always my favorite. It had such a quality to it and I liked how you could feel that a lot of care and effort went into making those.

If you ever have a chance to upload them somewhere, I'd really appreciate it. Not only for me, but I'm sure there's a lot of people who would really enjoy them as I did.

I'd like to thank you for responding to my comment and I hope you have a good day.

Thanks.

[Joebot]

Hi ponyboy,

I will definitely look into uploading those image files someplace.

Yeah, there was a lot of care and effort in those comics. Probably too much. I always wanted the Unlikely Society to look like a actual printed comic book, with multiple panels per page, and different layouts for each page. That approach was really time-consuming, as I had to create each page from scratch, figure out how many panels I was going to squeeze in, and still leave room for word balloons. Plus, all the special effects stuff. Ugh. If I could just WRITE the comic, then hand over all the tedious photography/image editing to someone else, that would have been perfect. I loved writing it.

Man, now you got me thinking about all those characters ...

Thanks again for your note. It's very flattering to think somebody actually remembers the Unlikely Society! I never got much feedback here on EB, or on any of the other Lego message forums. It's nice to know somebody was reading it!

[ponyboy]

You know, it is interesting how you mention that. The reason why I went looking for your comics was because I'm working on my own LEGO comic now, it's preliminary, but I remembered just how well done yours was. You mentioning it looking like an actual comic book is the exact feel that I am trying to create. I'm working on getting practical experience using photography/graphic design/lighting.

Actually, if you would ever like to write a script/storyboard/etc for "The Unlikely Society," I would be more than happy to do a "guest issue" kind of thing, even if it is only between us, it might be a fun little project.

Edited May 27, 2015 by ponyboy