Com'c #116

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Based on a true story.

If you're confused by Victor asking for words, this is based on a helpful method of brainstorming that I use often to get ideas for Com'c or other things, like short stories. It works like this:

• 1. Write down random words. This can be done through

  2. a random word generator (recommended),

  3. asking a friend (useful for getting simpler words that may apply better, but not truly random), or

  4. writing down some things you see around you (even less reliable, but okay in a situation where you can't do 1.1 or 1.2).

  5. Then write down all your associations with each word.

  6. Finally, think about how you can apply each association, or combinations of them, to what you're doing. (Write everything down.)

Or you can do the lite version, which is basically just step 1. That's what I did here.

I use this often enough that I've written a Python script for my phone to supply me with words and organize the brainstorming.

On the subject of layout, this str'p could use a beat panel^{(TVTropes link, click at own risk.)}, but there wasn't space to cram the dialogue of panels 1 and 2 into panel 1, and I'm reluctant about changing the number of panels in a str'p without a very good reason. The beat bubble will have to do.