Here is its eulogy, a collection of the kind words written about it while still among the living. They shall live on forever in its place.
***VIEWING IN FULLSCREEN STRONGLY RECOMMENDED***
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The Boy with Nails for Eyes is an independent motion comic, set in a grimy, grey little seaside town trapped by a brick-and-iron wall of factories. The story follows a young boy as he undertakes a quest that will draw him to the town's knotted heart, and into the domain of the shadowy hunger that stalks its streets.
The prologue tells of the days, unknown years ago, when a murder of crows swarmed upon the town. Haunted by their cries from daybreak to dark, the townsfolk experience strange visions...
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The story is best viewed in FULLSCREEN MODE, so that the text is clearly legibile without having to use the zoom function. Full instructions on viewing the story are given in the loading screen.
A lofi version of the comic, featuring the images and text only, is available on my website (www.basement-garden.co.uk), which is linked from my profile. Also available are wallpapers and music downloads, plus the next chapter of the story itself (I'll be posting a Newgrounds version of this fairly soon, but my focus at the moment is on a comic commission, and on getting the art for the third chapter finished!)
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Really pleased with the response so far - thanks to everyone for the encouragement and feedback. [In fact, I'm now quite overwhelmed by the level of response - thanks again to everyone who reviewed, whether you liked it or not. And cheers to Newgrounds for featuring this! I'll try to reply to everyone but I can't promise I will - if you really want to get an answer, the best idea is to email me through my website.]
I always intended the comic to be viewed fullscreen (I even considered making it obligatory, or automatically going to fullscreen when the comic starts, but I don't like that idea any more than, probably, anyone else does), but I do hear everyone on the text.
Later stages of the story will be a little heavier on the text (which is why I had to go for a small font size from the get-go) so in all honesty I think the text may well stay as it is, for the sake of consistency (and at the risk of pissing off a few people). Again, I *strongly* suggest *fullscreen viewing*, if the text is too small for you; unfortunately the highest file dimensions allowed by Newgrounds is even smaller than the original file dimensions(1060px/745px), so for this reason fullscreen is an even better idea from my point of view.
Cheers
S
I didn't care much for the writing style
While the words are eloquent and the story has meaning, I got the vibe that you were just trying too hard to be poetic. Not to mention, the concept of the story is already a beaten horse, and you have simply thrown your own shoe at it.
I can appreciate the story you told, but if you were to use more original subject matter, you would get much better ratings, and not just from the people who try to look cool by rating anything with an artsy feeling 10/10.
There is some very good potential here...
...for this to be an animated movie. I really love the concept and the artwork is amazing. If you ever get the chance you should really consider making this an animation. I could definitely see this as one, though it would take alot of time and dedication, i'm sure you could pull it off. Still, good work with everything.
Thank god
Nobody is saying wow dude this is so deep and blah blah blah because that is so annoying when you know those people that say that don't know crap about deep.Anyways great stuff I liked it very good art hope to see more soon.
Sorry
I did not liked it.
Kinda of boring.
Excellent
Very nice. Normally, I am not impressed with flash comics, but the art and sounds really make this wonderful. I do have suggestion that you have some sort of magnifying glass function so the text can be easier to read as it appears, without interrupting your pacing.