Trapped Poker Comic
Hi All.
I wanted to just share with you some news regarding a poker comic called TRAPPED we have been working on with Jo
at least the consecutive boxes (or whatever they are called) have something in common and the next one builds on the previous etc
these are just total non sequiturs; i like your ring > more hands beat us in the chart > mom wants a d cup
even the image OP posted didnt make any sense
at least the consecutive boxes (or whatever they are called) have something in common and the next one builds on the previous etc
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This seems straightforward. There's been a bad beat payout triggered. They're calculating the table share and nerdy guy ackshually's them with the precise amount, then gets mocked by jock guy. Then they notice that Stapes isn't in his seat, so he went to answer the phone and has thus missed out on the table share by not having been dealt into the hand.
Really don't see what's hard to follow here.
well, one thing thats hard to follow is you are talking about a completely different image than the one i was... You post a completely different one and say how straightforward it is and that is is easy to follow. I agree! But wasnt talking about the image you were about to post lolol🙂
But i see my comment
yea there doesnt seem to be much of a storyline, which is a shame because now i want to know if his mother got that full d cup
really did upset you. Im sorry your feelings got hurt "Bounty Bob". Perhaps you should get a boob job to increase your self confidence?
This seems straightforward. There's been a bad beat payout triggered. They're calculating the table share and nerdy guy ackshually's them with the precise amount, then gets mocked by jock guy. Then they notice that Stapes isn't in his seat, so he went to answer the phone and has thus missed out on the table share by not having been dealt into the hand.
Really don't see what's hard to follow here.[/QUOTE]
I mean... there is some continuity but its still very bad. The reactions of the people involved dont match at all whats happening if theres been a 50k bbj
well, one thing thats hard to follow is you are talking about a completely different image than the one i was... You post a completely different one and say how straightforward it is and that is is easy to follow. I agree! But wasnt talking about the image you were about to post lolol🙂
But i see my comment really did upset you. Im sorry your feelings got hurt "Bounty Bob". Perhaps you should get a boob job to increase your self confidence?
What about my reply makes you think I’m upset? Thought I was being helpful.
Which image are you struggling to comprehend?
Was this the one you are struggling with? It seems you might be confused as to what constitutes actual speaking from the character in the comment and what his thoughts are.
Player is thinking about the hands that beat him on previous street and how that has changed now. There were a few hands that beat him but now there are many.
He says, “Bet $75”
Then the next bubbles that are the rounded rectangles, without the indicator pointing towards him, these are his thoughts/narration to us the reader.
So he’s letting us know what he’s thinking. He doesn’t want to see a raise but he doesn’t mind a call.
The next panel has him speaking again and he is putting out some speech play to try to get his opponent to do what he wants.
you've invested in this **** or something? bad luck man that money is gone
i like your ring... zoom in on the ring... never hear from it again and move to charts and a speech about tits out of nowhere. You dont have to explain comics to me, this is just bad writing. And you can defend this comic however you want, and for whatever reason you seem to think you must do (there is more of a story here than in the panels), but its objectively not good. And that is putting it mildly. Maybe the inevitable movie will prove be wrong 🙂
Yeah, you won't get what the story is based on from the images I sent over. Maybe I should have started off with what's it's about.
Personally, I would say the story is about someone who reconnects with poker after a number of bad beats in life.
One of the writers who created the Graphic Novel has a good amount of writing experience, so we have confidence the story is decent enough. If you wanted to read a short story and judge for yourself, you can click the link below and read one of his stories.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vo4WVIn...
If the link doesn't work, just let me know.
you've invested in this **** or something? bad luck man that money is gone
i like your ring... zoom in on the ring... never hear from it again and move to charts and a speech about tits out of nowhere. You dont have to explain comics to me, this is just bad writing. And you can defend this comic however you want, and for whatever reason you seem to think you must do (there is more of a story here than in the panels), but its objectively not good. And that is putting it mildly. Maybe the inevitabl
I'm not defending anything, just explaining what I see. Of the two of us, you're the only one passing any judgement. There isn't nearly enough for me personally to attack or defend the publication based on what we've seen here, the sample size is too small.
In the spirit of discussion on an internet discussion forum, here's what I see from the points you raise. If you continue to just be unpleasant and snarky to me, I'll just bid you good day, but on the low chance that you want to discuss in good faith...
One panel of the ring doesn't tell us anything, could be follow on from a previous panel, could be the major plot point of the comic, which continues after Stapes doesn't get his bad beat, where he has to start pawning his jewellery. I just don't know. It was probably just part of a conversation, I don't really expect the ring to be a major story point.
The boob job seems to me that it's just the player saying something with their speech play. Seemed funny to me but I appreciate that humour is subjective. Have you never heard a degen say something ridiculous in your many hours at the poker table? I don't expect breast augmentation surgery to be a major story point.
I'm not expecting a movie.
**edit** I missed your point about am I invested in this. No, I'm not. A poker comic doesn't seem like a worthwhile investment opportunity to me, far too niche.
there is not much to discuss. I have my opinion, i dont think there is much storyline. Its still my opinion. You can have a different one. Thats fine, but then you start "explaining the storyline to me" asking me what part am i struggling with??? FU, im obv not struggling with reading some bubbles in a comic, its not a rocket science. Get off your high horse.
there is not much to discuss. I have my opinion, i dont think there is much storyline. It's still my opinion. You can have a different one. Thats fine, but then you start "explaining the storyline to me" asking me what part am i struggling with??? FU, im obv not struggling with reading some bubbles in a comic, it's not a rocket science. Get off your high horse.
Opinions are fine and I respect yours of course, but you had previously said it was, "objectively bad", which implies a truth and not an opinion. I didn't think that discussing what was presented was in any way invalidating any opinion that you held.
You did say that it didn't make sense, and I was only trying to help. I certainly am not on any high horse. Usually when someone says something doesn't make sense and I can see some sense, then I offer up my point of view to help. It is a discussion forum after all.
these are just total non sequiturs; i like your ring > more hands beat us in the chart > mom wants a d cup
even the image OP posted didnt make any sense
Sorry if I misunderstood you saying that it 'didn't make any sense' but I'm not sure how else to read your statement. If in the first place you'd said, it makes sense, I don't like it, the conversation would have been much shorter!
OP, is there a story here or is it just a bunch of poker-related events? What is the story with the protagonist?
Sorry if I misunderstood you saying that it 'didn't make any sense' but I'm not sure how else to read your statement. If in the first place you'd said, it makes sense, I don't like it, the conversation would have been much shorter!
what about those 24 bubbles saying bet, raise, call or fold made sense to you?
especially storywise.
thats the only panel OP posted in his opener and it means nothing and isnt funny or whatever, which also seems to be a shared opinion ITT. Glad you like it however, guess there's something for everybody..
These two comments are particularly interesting to me when I read them in reverse order.
A poker comic doesn't seem like a worthwhile investment opportunity to me, far too niche.
I know close to nothing about the comic book/graphic novel industry, but does any indie – poker-related or otherwise – yield much of a return if it doesn't later become a movie or a TV series? And if it does, would any of those residuals eventually make its way back to the initial backers?
Set aside for a moment this poker-themed Trapped, not to be confused with what is evidently a completely different
. Instead, let's look at Tuned, also by TPub/Twisted Comics, which launched last fall after 134 backers chipped in £7,096. If Tuned becomes a hit with Twisted Comics, would Kenny begin working on shopping it to a studio to become a TV series or a film? Or does Twisted sell it to, say, Dark Horse, which can grow the audience and rely on its history to pitch a studio for adaptation to a movie? Then if that Tuned movie actually materializes into a hit, do any of the 134 backers get anything out of it other than some bragging rights to their friends about lighting the initial match?
Anyway, there's probably no telling what might actually latch and turn into something, just as there are probably plenty of "can't miss" ideas that never made it out of development hell. Even Rounders – the basis of comparison for every poker-themed project since – was not a huge commercial success. Trapped sounds like the kind of thing Kenny made because, well, he wants a project like this to exist. I'll always wish that kind of thing luck. Then again, I'm the guy who literally has unread books that I bought for no other reason than I was just glad someone wrote them.
BTW, to the OP... I just saw a four-year-old interview about The Theory on Isle of Man TV. Is that you?
Hey.
Sorry I posted yesterday what the story was about (but there seems to be a delay in my posts appearing). I hope the below image helps.
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Just to be clear, Joe loves pokers. I would describe the comic as a guy who suffers a number of bad beats in life and uses poker to get back on top.
Actually, I should say graphic novel (not comic) due to its size of it, 150 pages long.
Kenny
what about those 24 bubbles saying bet, raise, call or fold made sense to you?
especially storywise.
No, there's no context. They are thought bubbles, so I assume he's contemplating action, or recounting action by players on the past streets. It's another thing that I don't think is a major story point but when we see next/previous panels we'll have context for the hand and game type being played.
thats the only panel OP posted in his opener and it means nothing and isnt funny or whatever, which also seems to be a shared opinion ITT. Glad you like it however, guess there's something for everybody..
Yep, agree that it means nothing in isolation and isn't funny on its own. Is it meant to be funny? Certainly not enough there for me to form an opinion one way or the other.
The other pages posted give a better idea and they seem fine to me. But again, not enough for me to condemn or praise the entire comic. I am leaning to the side of thinking I'll like it though.
Trapped sounds like the kind of thing Kenny made because, well, he wants a project like this to exist. I'll always wish that kind of thing luck. Then again, I'm the guy who literally has unread books that I bought for no other reason than I was just glad someone wrote them.
Agreed, this definitely seems like a labour of love. I'm interested in seeing the finished product and I expect I would enjoy it. If nothing else, it's good to see people doing things like this.
I know close to nothing about the comic book/graphic novel industry, but does any indie – poker-related or otherwise – yield much of a return if it doesn't later become a movie or a TV series? And if it does, would any of those residuals eventually make its way back to the initial backers?
I would say that you can make a decent living from comic sales without it later becoming a movie or TV series. From some meetings I've been in, I've been told that the writers behind walking dead make more money via comic sales vs the deal they signed with the production company. (but obviously the TV show massively helps with the comic sales)
Would Kenny begin working on shopping it to a studio to become a TV series or a film?
Yes, and we already have. Our next phase will be to write a screenplay for Trapped. We have been through this process already, we signed a deal with the production company behind Terminator and Aliens and did a deal with Dark Horse on another project (Not for Trapped but a different comic we made). Dark horse would be the company that would deal with Netflix (not us directly). We're a small company that just creates IP at the moment, but a number of studios look at our work. Tuned was one of our comics yes. Sometimes we partner / do a deal with folk like Dark Horse, sometimes we decided to hold onto the IP ourselves.
Do any of the 134 backers get anything out of it other than some bragging rights to their friends about lighting the initial match?
Normally just bragging rights
Sounds like the kind of thing Kenny made because, well, he wants a project like this to exist. I'll always wish that kind of thing luck.
Cheers. Yeah, we made it because we love poker, also because it's a different genre and another title to add to our slate. We have made over 21 different sets of IP before, some are hits and some don't sell. Our biggest seller has sold more than 40,000 copies to date, but even that doesn't guarantee success. I have no idea how well Trapped will do. Our company is very close to doing a deal with a major platform (but in this industry It's never over the line until that contract is signed) I'm just hoping the deal is done before we launch Trapped (end of August) and we can get the comic in front of them.
Kenny
Ah yes, that's me also with The Theory.
Also, here is some insight into the process of how the graphic novel was made.
Roughs, Inks, colours
On a side note, I used to be part of a 2+2 clan (Clash of Clans) and those were the days, I wonder if that clan is still going. I miss daily hog raids and the pressure of getting 3 stars each and every clan battle.
