Latest NewsStill feels miraculous that I have been able to carve out space for this comic. Thank you for reading. Please bear with me as this next part finds its footing; I am reasonably confident about it but it might be a little disorienting at first. Latest Letter ColumnHi Mr. Dahm, I’ve read three of your novels, Vattu, Order of Tales, and now 3rd Voice and I really love your worldbuilding and storylines. I have a few questions concerning your work and 3rd Voice. 1. What was your original inspiration for the world of Overside? 2. I respect your usage of purple, will there possibly be usage of purple in 3rd Voice? 3. Why is 3rd Voice called 3rd Voice? 4. Do you have an essential question or theme for your novels? If so, what is the essential question or theme for 3rd Voice Thank you for your time and availability to your fans, Anonymous * March 16, 2024 Hello! Thank you. 1: Overside was basically: I have a bunch of non-human characters I’d like to put into a story. I feel so much more energized and less self-conscious drawing these sorts of characters. Why don’t I make a big fantasy-quest story around these characters. It turns out these sorts of characters can do everything I need them to in comic storytelling! It turns out I have figured out some central visual principle for my work, which apparently practically nobody else on earth is doing?? That’s the big picture. Overside itself was cobbled-together over the course of some years. The 3rd Voice setting proceeds from some of the same ideas, in a more focused way. 2. I’ve been focusing on purple as a sort of branding-color for the comic so far. And it’s a big part of Ansporruk, the first big setting in the comic. Other parts of the comic will go in other directions, color-wise. I like that loud high-chroma red-leaning purple I associate with 90s clothes and graphic design; I would like to see that more. 3. There are a few ways in which the phrase has become significant; the first to show up is probably Xunditriggar attempting to make himself a historically Third voice, after the Walkers and the new people. More ideas will accrete. 4. Nothing as nailed-down as questions, but I try to orbit around some central ideas! Vattu was something like “identity and building it with and against culture.” 3rd Voice has a lot of focus on the act or remembering, and the idea of Objective Knowledge, I think. |
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