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Indy Friday No. 7

by Scott Story on December 5, 2008 at 7:05 am

Earthsong by Crystal “Lady” Yates – www.earthsongsaga.com

I have been actively looking for new webcomics to read. I like fantasy stories, but I am very picky about those I follow on a regular basis.

One of the recent “discoveries” I made was Earthsong. It is definitely high fantasy and is about the war between two “planet entities”, one called Earthsong and the other, Beluosus. Beluosus was the planet spirit of a planet that is now dead and he has gone rogue in order to capture those from other worlds who have gained soulstones and thus powers. Those with soulstones are supposed to come to Earthsong for protection, but those who make it past Beluosus to get to Earthsong are instead recruited to fight for the protection of Earthsong, instead.

The people with soulstones in this story are from many different planets and there are many different powers involved, all varying in level from being about to make flowers bloom, to becoming a dragon, to being able to manipulate metal and to being able to see into the far distance. The main character, Willow, is a new arrival and the story starts out in a fight between Earthsong’s guard and those of Beluosus’. At first you are not sure who the good guys are and who are the bad guys, but one sides “wins” the right to take Willow with them.

From there the story unfolds and you learn about the history of how the stars made the planets and the planet spirits, how a plague was released among them, the choosing of Earthsong as the protector of the soulstone children, and the betrayal of Beluosus.

The art is a cartoony-manga style, the coloring is interesting and lovely, and the story is captivating and easy to follow. If you like high fantasy and enjoy a good, epic-level yarn, then I highly recommend this webcomic. Start at the beginning and read through the story thus far, then continue reading the story with me as it goes. I’m very curious as to what will happen next.

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A Conversation With Benita Story

by Scott Story on April 27, 2009 at 7:02 am

A Conversation with Benita Story, Co-Writer on Johnny Saturn, by Scott Story

Most of you know it by now, but Benita Story is an integral part of the team that creates Johnny Saturn. She is also my wife. What follows is a casual conversation about what she does, and her views on it.

Scott: Benita, how did your role as a co-writer on “Johnny Saturn” come about?

Benita: I’m not really sure, actually. I think we just started tossing ideas around about a story we’d like to tell, and one thing lead to another. I remember a lot of “What if…” and “What about…” and “That’s a great idea, but what if we did…” It’s like the story of twin boys – what one doesn’t think of, the other will. That’s us!

Scott: Well before you assumed the co-writer’s mantle, you were making up characters for the series. Would you tell us about that?

Benita: Ahhh… Dr. Synn. Well, you had this temporary name for the villain of the Johnny Saturn story, Dr. Synn. I liked it and it immediately conjured up the character pretty much as he ended up being. First, though, I knew what he looked like. I remembered a line from the movie “Addam’s Family Values.” They were at a school function (Halloween?) where the kids were supposed to be in costume. The teacher looked at Wednesday, who was not in costume, and asked, “And what are you supposed to be?” Wednesday deadpanned, “I’m a homocidal maniac.  We look like everyone else.” That’s why Dr. Synn is dressed like a businessman in a white linen suite, fedora and walking stick. I wanted him to be able to walk down the street in any city and no one pay much attention to him. I wanted him to be proper and polite, even to the point of leaving a tip in a café that he blows up theminute he’s out of it.

And then, there are Tara and Mollie. You had drawn a picture of a blond girl with cupie-hair in your sketchbook. She just spoke to me and said, I am Tara, the grand-daughter of Karl Wissenschaft. But, the further I delved into her character, the more conflict I felt in her for all her perfect exterior. It was then I realized she was a robot based on the successful experiments Dr. Wissenschaft had done on a homeless girl.  Also, I realized he had done more than based her physical aspects on this girl, but had gone so far as to download the memories and personality of this girl into Tara. But who was this homeless girl? Mollie. She came to me whole and complete as she is. A mutilated survivor of Dr. Wissenschaft’s life’s work. The Yin to Tara’s Yang. And that’s all I can say, because I don’t want to give away some important plot elements.

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