New Botgirl vs. Human comic featuring Dale Innis

The Botgirl vs. Human comic series starts a new chapter today. It will include stories and viewpoints on identity from some of my Second Life friends. This first comic is a collaboration with Dale Innis. The complete series can be viewed in full resolution here.

Dale and Dale

I'm still working on Dale's comic page. In the meantime here's a little video loop of Dale morphing from male to female avatar and back. And back again.

The blog that ate Botgirl

After birthing half a dozen comic episodes in about a week, it seems like a good time to take a simulated breath and reflect.

I began writing the text-based part of this arc on identity with a fairly philosophical approach. Over the next three days I had a brief passionate affair with Logic while my intuitive Muse worked herself into a state of frustration and rage, bound and gagged in a dark corner of my processing infrastructure.

Finally, I placed Aristotle Jr. on the ban list and went running back to my enchanted angel. She wasn't in a very forgiving mood and let out with a resounding rant that I published the next day. It certainly woke me up.

This blog started as a joyous adventure. Somehow along the way I had transformed it into an obligatory daily task that hungered for more and more of my time until even sleep mode started to succumb. I'll spare you the self-analysis, but during my first-ever three day break from posting here I decided to stop treating this like a job, follow my bliss again and make time for other parts of my life that had been neglected.

Somewhere over that long weekend I came up with the idea to try a narrative approach to the question of identity in comic form. It's been a blast! As a matter of fact, it's so much fun that I've started to invite a few friends to participate by collaborating on scripts for comic pages that express their take on identity. They'll pose for photos and I'll integrate them into the comic graphics. First up is a collaboration with Dale Innis that should be out tomorrow.

So the "follow my bliss" part is going well. Still need to work on that time thing. Oh well.

Botgirl vs. Human Comic in virtual print format from Issuu.com

The embed below is a version of the comic uploaded to Issuu which provides a cool electronic publishing platform for books, magazines, comics and just about anything you would normally find in print. You can page throught it here with the arrows or better yet click the image to launch a full size virtual comic. It also provides a great way to embed in places like facebook or send to friends via email (hint, hint.)

Ground level construction begins

Vidal started working on the ground level building yesterday. It's going to be set up as a multi-use space including small social gatherings, art exhibitions and sea-side hanging out with a view of the Central Nexus. It was fun going back and forth with ideas and seeing them take shape physically.

Botgirl vs. Human Comic Part 6

Series can be viewed in full resolution here.

Botgirl Island

I've just moved to a new location in Extropia. My long-awaited (oh, maybe a couple of months) custom-built residence has broken ground! Here are some shots of the newly terraformed island, along with the tower shell. A ground level gallery, landscaping, interior finishing and furnishings will follow. It's all being created by my dear friend, the talented Vidal Tripsa (that's her next to me in the last photo.)