Amazing!
I can tell that you did a lot of work on this since the artwork is so detailed. It's really like an online graphic novel. Good Job!
Boy with Nails for Eyes
June 12, 2010 –November 30, 2020
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.
Author Comments
***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
Reviews
<deleted> responds:
Thanks very much!
wow
its awesome but whyn is it called the boy with nails for eyes?
<deleted> responds:
That'll become obvious later on in the tale... (sly grin)
Wow! Amazing!
What you have done here is very special and unique, ive never seen anything like it. everything about it is amazing and i think that it may be some of the best work ive seen on Newgrounds. I wish i could give you more than a ten for all you hard work, very creative and clever. I hope to see some more of this in the future.
veeerrrrryyyyyyy....
...interestiiiiinnngg. Absolutely amazing art. A little slow paced, but glad you added the skip to full feature. Not really my taste in poetry but you have a wonderful creative streak. Looking forward to the next installment.
4/5 and 9/10
<deleted> responds:
Ta muchly!
Excellent!
As good or better than any graphic novel I've read. Others have already mention the small text, but I didn't think it detracted too much from the overall quality.
The behemoths are epic. I may be reading too much into their appearance, but I thought one looked vaguely mosque-like and the other had a distinctly Christian look to it. I got the feel that they were metaphors for current world tensions.
<deleted> responds:
Thanks very much WhatNick - hopefully the fullscreen version was okay on the text front.
The photo sources for both behemoths were actually cathedrals in the UK, plus a few other random buildings (Wills Memorial Building in Bristol for one). The only mosque element was the grand mosque in Istanbul, which I think is in there somewhere.
As to your interpretation, it's good one - I didn't have a specific intention in mind when the behemoths came into my head, their quality is intended to bring more 'mythic' if you know what I mean. Something detected in the gut as much as the brain.
Anyway, glad you enjoyed it, and thanks again
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- 4.32 / 5.00