Oh My Gods! - The Relaunch

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Ages ago, the "Meteoro Owns the Universe" strip hit the webcomic-verse.  It lasted one magnificent strip and now it is back with a vengeance and a new co-star.  Now, as part of the "1.000 likes" celebration over at our Facebook fanpage , we're relaunching this glorious strip.

We hope you enjoy it.

Meteoro Won!

Let me indulge myself with another "me" post so I can scream out loud:

Even if it was a crazy November, full of classes and work, a friend of mine convinced me to join NaNoWriMo this year. I always wanted to, but always feared it would be too much of a challenge for me, still, said "I will" (nonono, I didn't marry her, just this project).

So, today I reached the 50.000 word mark, submitted my material and there it was, my "I WON" certificate. Isn't it cool? The fun part is that my story is only half way, it is going larger than I expected, but now I know for sure I can go on until I finish it.

And what's this novel about? It's a bilingual story about this 32 year old Alonso guy who roleplays his Meteoro character too much in the web and just got back to college after things went sour both in his personal life and at work. Things start to go crazy as both real world and roleplay life start to blend.

Okay, I'm rambling. I want to dedicate all of this work to my one true love in life who held me together when I was going crazy through the month and who is still cheering me up when I loose my mind. You know who you are ;)

Fun fact: I was never this busy, yet I have never posted this much in the blog thingy.

Meteoro by Hero Machine

Over at Hoosier Journal of Inanity there was a discussion about online programs that allow you to design your own character using simple templates, tools and lots of nice stuff, and Jeff Hebert suggested we tried the Beta version of the new Hero Machine. And so I did. Look at Meteoro in all of his glory, standing proud in front of his Dark Castle, okay, I shouldn't name it "Dark Castle", but for now it will do.

This version of Hero Machine has some interesting tools. You can stretch any of the items and make them look just the way you want. For example, the cape was too large but I didn't want it to look that way, so I reduced it and this is how it looks. It's still Beta, which means there's still too few items or diversity of items, but it looks really promising. You should try it. I also tried a Marvelized version of Meteoro, if you're curious.

And how about naming my castle, the "Goth Castle"? Or just "Meteoro's Castle"? Or "Black Rock Castle"? I can't believe in all of these years of roleplaying I never named it. Or did I and I already forgot? Geez! The troubles of early Alzheimer.

Meteoro by Marvel

No, I haven't given up on my character, but I've been toying with Marvel's Create Your Own Superhero and this is what I came up with. He does look a little delicate, but in a general view of him, I'm quite satisfied. Of course, he should have a scar in the face, but we can all imagine that.

And yes, Meteoro keeps storming my NaNoWriMo writing. I'm supposed to write a 50.000 word novel during November. So far, I've reached 17.116 words which means I'm doing quite good. I wasn't thinking I would be on time on this, so I'm quite surprised. Other than that, I think my novel will be larger than those 50.000 words, because the build up has been slower than I expected.

Anyway, enough "me" time, Comics All Too Real is back to its regular schedule.

Meteoro Sets NaNoWriMo On Fire

It's true, Meteoro will join National November Writing Month, but little does he know that not only he won't be the main character of his story, but he won't be his strip-funny self either and he will be involved in such heavy drama that he'd wish he'd stayed in cartoon form.

Just like in the old days, when he used to be a character in so many Roleplay Games, Meteoro will come alive and it won't be fun.

Comics All Too Real chose to participate in NaNoWriMo and we decided to invite you all as well. To write an entire 50.000 words novel in November will be a tough task, but a novel writer within you might be waiting for this opening. Click on the link above and join the fun!

Meteoro Owns the Universe #001

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In the meanwhile, here's a little creation of yours truly. Enjoy it!

For the Spanish version, click HERE!