While I was watching Michael (absolutely amazing, by the by), I got inspired to start working on one of my comics. Ahhh! It’s the Boogie Man, a sci-fi adventure. While I’m resting from Finding Elpis, another sci-fi adventure and its spinoff Les Goobs’ Dino Nuggy Hunt… also a sci-fi adventure (though it feels like a nature mockumentary)… and I even have ideas for another sci-fi adventure whose details I’m ironing out because it’s not connected to Finding Elpis lol. And that’s not even counting some of Petal’s mainline and comic entries which are also sci-fi adventures at least sometimes.
Makes me wonder what it is with my appetite for such fare currently lol. Is it longing for huge adventures only I could tell? Am I a proper science nerd after all despite being bad at science? Or do I hate the state of the world so much that I wish I could get off this planet? Who knows? Could be all of them, could be none.
Either way, there’s probably a reason I keep coming back to the idea of space adventure in particular. I want to tell it from as many angles as I can think up, challenge myself to change it up when I risk repetition. Simply put, it’s my current era and it’s rife for exploration. So many questions and maybe the answers aren’t important. Nonetheless, that’s my current transmedia fare and it’s a fun ride.
What do you keep coming back to? Do you also galaxy-brain regularly?
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"Makes me wonder what it is with my appetite for such fare currently"
Sci-fi is an escape from reality that also reflects that reality. So many sci-fi movies of the past would feel awkward now since they were simultaneously far off and anchored in their time. This also reflects the authors' mindsets. For example, "Them!" and "Godzilla" are reflections of fears in the then new nuclear age, while also reflecting the age-old fear of out of control wild animals.
"do I hate the state of the world so much that I wish I could get off this planet? Who knows?"
I don't know, but I have a guess. My first sci-fi script in 2020 was both nostalgia and a desire for a more exciting life. I can't travel physically, nor go back to old childhood stomping grounds, so I wrote a story originating from my desire for that. It has since taken some new shapes in revisions, but I guess the point is, if you can't travel for real, travel by story. Reading and writing. Some of the best stories aren't by professional authors, but by those who dreamed during their own regular life.
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All great points Michael Dzurak, I definitely never thought of sci-fi as both an escape and a reflection (maybe I took it for granted?). But about travelling by story, that's very much true. It's why my stuff is drenched in nostalgia for a time I either knew or didn't, while also somewhat forward-thinking. It's hard to explain lol but no matter what it's my world~
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Banafsheh Esmailzadeh Adventure stories are my favorite too, especially sci‑fi! I always end up circling back to big, high‑concept journeys. Fantasy is my main go‑to though, so I love returning to those worlds whenever I can.
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Same Dwayne Williams 2, I love world-building and getting lost in them. Small wonder that I also enjoy travelling (and sucks that I can't travel as much as I'd like). Maybe a part of me feels bored with Earth and wants to imagine what else is out there.
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I totally agree Banafsheh Esmailzadeh, it’s both an escape and a way to help others imagine new worlds! :)