Abt_Nihil
| Age: | 28 |
| Gender: | Male |
| Web Site: | http://abt-nihil.ch.vu |
About Me
I belong to a carnivorous, aggressive species of hairless monkeys. Will tolerate pacifists and vegetarians, though.
Making comics since the mid-eighties, when I first grabbed a pen.
There are four of my comics on smackjeeves, of which "A.D 1997" is my steady relationship, "signifikat" and "Unca Sam" are the secret love affairs, and "Mr Sandman" is my ex of times long past.
Making comics since the mid-eighties, when I first grabbed a pen.
There are four of my comics on smackjeeves, of which "A.D 1997" is my steady relationship, "signifikat" and "Unca Sam" are the secret love affairs, and "Mr Sandman" is my ex of times long past.
My Webcomics
Recent Comments
Comment on The Dogs Of War of Bombshell
Abt_Nihil, 16 Nov 2009 04:09 am
wikipedia says:
In English, the dogs of war is a phrase from line 270, scene 1, Act III of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war" referring to releasing the "dog", i.e. the restraining mechanism, which has been preventing war. It is frequently incorrectly quoted as referring to canine "dogs".
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This is not supposed to be the actual cover, although I made it look like one :P ...maybe it'll be an alternate cover... hm. The true cover should be up next... maybe Thursday, maybe Monday.
Warhead, the robot pictured here, is my attempt at coming up with a formidable adversary for Bombshell. His design is based on the robot I drew on page 15 of issue 1, but it took me a whole lot of subsequent overhauls to come up with a design which I really felt hit the mark. In my mind he should look like a walking tank, or a missile silo, but not too angular... bulky, massive and sleek at the same time. And there should also be a visual continuity between him, Bombshell and the girl I like to call Beachhead, pictured here also (and for a closer look I recommend the previous page).
Thanks for reading/commenting/supporting. There's a NEW BOMBSHELL PINUP for everyone who clicks on the Topwebcomics button below!
Abt_Nihil, 16 Nov 2009 04:09 am
wikipedia says:In English, the dogs of war is a phrase from line 270, scene 1, Act III of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: "Cry 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war" referring to releasing the "dog", i.e. the restraining mechanism, which has been preventing war. It is frequently incorrectly quoted as referring to canine "dogs".
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This is not supposed to be the actual cover, although I made it look like one :P ...maybe it'll be an alternate cover... hm. The true cover should be up next... maybe Thursday, maybe Monday.
Warhead, the robot pictured here, is my attempt at coming up with a formidable adversary for Bombshell. His design is based on the robot I drew on page 15 of issue 1, but it took me a whole lot of subsequent overhauls to come up with a design which I really felt hit the mark. In my mind he should look like a walking tank, or a missile silo, but not too angular... bulky, massive and sleek at the same time. And there should also be a visual continuity between him, Bombshell and the girl I like to call Beachhead, pictured here also (and for a closer look I recommend the previous page).
Thanks for reading/commenting/supporting. There's a NEW BOMBSHELL PINUP for everyone who clicks on the Topwebcomics button below!
Comment on The Ultimate Weapon of Bombshell
Abt_Nihil, 08 Nov 2009 09:01 am
Bombshell #2
11/19/2009
'nuff said.
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*ahem* Well, maybe a bit more will have to be said: Please click on the Topwebcomics button below to see some design sketches for this character! Lots and lots were done until I finally settled on this design...
Abt_Nihil, 08 Nov 2009 09:01 am
Bombshell #211/19/2009
'nuff said.
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*ahem* Well, maybe a bit more will have to be said: Please click on the Topwebcomics button below to see some design sketches for this character! Lots and lots were done until I finally settled on this design...
Comment on Illustration by fukujinzuke of Bombshell
Abt_Nihil, 08 Nov 2009 09:00 am
When putting together the print version of Bombshell #1, I noticed that while I had some
great pinups, they were all pretty static. So I asked fukujinzuke (
http://omegajustice.smackjeeves.com ) whether he'd like to shake things up a little :P
Thanks for your support!
Abt_Nihil, 08 Nov 2009 09:00 am
When putting together the print version of Bombshell #1, I noticed that while I had some
great pinups, they were all pretty static. So I asked fukujinzuke (
http://omegajustice.smackjeeves.com ) whether he'd like to shake things up a little :PThanks for your support!
Comment on Aria Portrait by S. A. Welland of Bombshell
Abt_Nihil, 08 Nov 2009 08:58 am
Kicking off another round of pin-ups before we proceed to the next issue -- Out of all the
numerous pieces of artwork I commissioned for Bombshell, this is one of my absolute
favorites! Artwork by the very talented S. A. Welland ( http://www.mosslark.com -
http://www.kwieskita.deviantart.com )
Thanks for your support!
Abt_Nihil, 08 Nov 2009 08:58 am
Kicking off another round of pin-ups before we proceed to the next issue -- Out of all the
numerous pieces of artwork I commissioned for Bombshell, this is one of my absolute
favorites! Artwork by the very talented S. A. Welland ( http://www.mosslark.com -
http://www.kwieskita.deviantart.com )Thanks for your support!
Comment on Issue 1 Pg. 22 of Bombshell
Abt_Nihil, 08 Nov 2009 08:56 am
And that, ladies (...?) and gentlemen, completes issue 1! Phew, I thought I'd never make
it...
Thank you all very much for your support over the past two years! I hope this opening chapter has somewhat managed to grab your attention, and I'd love to hear your thoughts about it. Here are some of mine:
Way back in the late 90s I was faced with the prospect of getting a short Batman comic published... in my school's student magazine. (- Don't tell DC! :P) While I had been "working on" (meaning: starting and abandoning) a lot of Batman comics, I thought my first published comic should be about what's essential to Batman. So the comic that resulted didn't feature any of his villains, but rather just a stand-off between him and a thug in an alley. That's quint-essential Batman to me (- one of my favorite episodes is in fact "I Am The Night").
So this first issue of Bombshell is somewhat similar: It's about what Bombshell would usually do. In storytelling terms: You need to establish a status quo before changing it. And I can say that much about the next issues: They're going to be about changing the status quo.
Abt_Nihil, 08 Nov 2009 08:56 am
And that, ladies (...?) and gentlemen, completes issue 1! Phew, I thought I'd never make
it...Thank you all very much for your support over the past two years! I hope this opening chapter has somewhat managed to grab your attention, and I'd love to hear your thoughts about it. Here are some of mine:
Way back in the late 90s I was faced with the prospect of getting a short Batman comic published... in my school's student magazine. (- Don't tell DC! :P) While I had been "working on" (meaning: starting and abandoning) a lot of Batman comics, I thought my first published comic should be about what's essential to Batman. So the comic that resulted didn't feature any of his villains, but rather just a stand-off between him and a thug in an alley. That's quint-essential Batman to me (- one of my favorite episodes is in fact "I Am The Night").
So this first issue of Bombshell is somewhat similar: It's about what Bombshell would usually do. In storytelling terms: You need to establish a status quo before changing it. And I can say that much about the next issues: They're going to be about changing the status quo.
Comment on P. 21 of Taking Back Halloween
Abt_Nihil, 04 Nov 2009 06:06 am
Yay! Cyrillia :P
I think Asian horror is more scary because it tends more toward psychological horror than simple US-style survival horror (yawn).
Abt_Nihil, 04 Nov 2009 06:06 am
Yay! Cyrillia :PI think Asian horror is more scary because it tends more toward psychological horror than simple US-style survival horror (yawn).
Comment on Chapter 5 Page 05 of signifikat
Abt_Nihil, 04 Nov 2009 05:58 am
Simon & Garfunkel say hello! I actually heard "I Am A Rock" on the radio
last week, and even though I've known that song forever, it was the first time I actually
really listened to the lyrics (You probably know this yourself... when you're very
accustomed to a song you won't consciously listen to the lyrics...). And so I found myself
appreciating its lyrics for the first time, and I thought I just HAD to include them on
signifikat.
In the philosophy of language, there's a very basic (and quite Wittgensteinian) difference between statements and expressions - statements referring to objective facts, expressions referring to subjective states. Can you guess which is which on this page? :P
Thanks for reading.
Abt_Nihil, 04 Nov 2009 05:58 am
Simon & Garfunkel say hello! I actually heard "I Am A Rock" on the radio
last week, and even though I've known that song forever, it was the first time I actually
really listened to the lyrics (You probably know this yourself... when you're very
accustomed to a song you won't consciously listen to the lyrics...). And so I found myself
appreciating its lyrics for the first time, and I thought I just HAD to include them on
signifikat.In the philosophy of language, there's a very basic (and quite Wittgensteinian) difference between statements and expressions - statements referring to objective facts, expressions referring to subjective states. Can you guess which is which on this page? :P
Thanks for reading.
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Abt_Nihil, 18 Nov 2009 03:39 pm
Thanks a lot for reading and commenting!