Character stuff

To start working out how the characters in my comic would react and interact- I made a web with different coloured strings showing different relationships between characters- such as colleagues- bosses- family and love interests if they've had any. This will also help in designing certain aspects of my characters as they will need to respond  to different situations depending on their ties to the people involved.

Comic Layouts

I've looked into comics such as The Walking Dead to get an idea about layouts and standard formatting for how long to make my comic. most seemed to have 22 pages or so of narrative work, broken up with some splash pages, advertisements, letters etc. sections of the comics are broken up with splash panels to emphasis and draw attention to certain aspects and events. This seems like a good format to work with- although I may have to shorten it or lengthening it depending on how much narrative I have to put in and how much time I have.

survey responces

I started off my survey by asking what sexuality people were,to get an idea on where their stance would lie more on the subject. As 4 of the 5 people definitely identified as LGBTQ+, it gave a bias to the answers as they were more likely to be accepting of LGBTQ+ characters- but also helped give an insight as to how members of the community feel about issues.

Nearly all of the answers mentioned  characters played by actors in TV or Film, which reflects on how easily accessible that medium is to a wider market. Deadpool was mentioned- who has been made pansexual in the comics as well as the film.

Most of the answers seemed to be more into trying to show the answer's moral standing as to trying not to stereotype people in general- which didn't really help. There was mentions of stereotypes including flamboyance,being an outcast etc- which are very commonly shown stereotypes in the media- particularly directed towards gay men.

Most people saw the media's representation as being poor and lacking of a multitude of things and heavily based on stereotypes used to make these characters jokes and to add comedic value.

The mixed reactions could have been a result of contrasting media exposure that people have had of certain characters and people's backgrounds-which makes it interesting as to how different people develop with different views based on information

This response was expected due to the number of LGBTQ+ people who answered the survey.

One of these answers I couldn't really count as YouTube people aren't characters- so therefore don't count for a questionnaire into character representation- which I could have made clearer in the survey.

Almost everyone agreed that poor representation played into negative stereotyping of LGBTQ+ characters. The comment about poor representation being when it is mentioned as an afterthought plays into queer baiting- or trying to appeal to a larger fanbase by making a character more appealing- which is an issue.

the general consensus was that there needs to be more representation- more accurate representation and just generally for it to improve.

Overall the survey would have been more successful if more people had answered, but the answers I got were useful none the less.