Our Story Begins
Welcome to the story of Bud Chambers pursuing his dream
to play in a rock ‘n’ roll band back in the crazy year of 1977.
The first few comics are going to be an homage to how my comics looked back in 2008 when I first started up “1977 the Comic.” After that, I’ll return to a full comic page format and the real story shall begin.
So, why the reboot and a new domain name? To be honest, back in 2008 I lacked the experience necessary to manage a long-term story arc comic that “1977” became. It started off as (a really bad) joke-of-the-day comic. It took me a year to realize that I’m at my best when I tell a story. But then I never really outlined the stories and just made them up as I went along. I didn’t do the characters or the comic proper justice.
This new website will be my way of doing right by the characters and the stories from 1977. You will see much more of the gang working as a band whether it be rehearsing, playing at tiny bars, or dealing with a cheap, trashy manager as the real story is their attempts to accomplish their goal to land a record deal.
With that in mind, Boston’s “Don’t Look Back” is the perfect theme song for the new beginning of the story of 1977… forever.
Some comics ‘reboot’ every six months or whenever the artist has a ‘new good idea’ and that gets annoying when the story never progresses but keeps going back to the start over and over and over again.
This looks to be a completely different approach than that and should be a good read and a lot of fun 🙂
I don’t know about looking back though, maybe a look ahead from the start ?
https://youtu.be/i9mx_GtLZRA
Love April Wine! One of those bands I like but haven’t followed too closely, but their music never fails to rock.
Well, to be honest, I was kinda in the first boat, especially in the beginning back in 2008-2009. I had no idea what I was doing and I even had folks comment that it felt like I was writing someone else’s comic.
This reboot will be about focusing on a main storyline, but the humor will still be there.
Congratulations on the reboot, Byron! Can’t wait to see what you do with this!
Nothing like leaving home to become a star but still being able to get the same radio stations. 😂
Also, you beat me to the punch by a few weeks, but we’ll be reboot comrades soon!
I’ve been toying with this idea for a long time now, which accounts for the static over at the original website. With all of the stress folks are facing in the current environment here in the USA, I decided that people needed a break to laugh, even if only for a moment. Plus, it gives me a focus to keep myself from going crazy with all the poop going on.