The 5 Commandments of Philo
- Thou shalt draw fast! Speed is the key. This is convention-level or 24-hour comic level art. It’s OKAY if it’s not perfect.
- Thou shalt number and date thy panels! Whether you are using separate files or different layers on a single file, PLEASE label and date your panels. I can’t emphasize this enough.
- Thou shalt write in thy captions first. This both helps you remember what you’re drawing in the moment and helps me later on when I am piecing it together. Handwriting is OKAY as I can change it later when I build the pages. Just as long as there is writing there for me to work with.
- Thou shalt do thy tech check. We can schedule it early or the day of, but at least 30 minutes to an hour to get everything set up before air time. I log into the room 20-30 minutes before airtime for the quick tech check but it’s important to get everything working ahead of time. Even I have screwed up without doing tech check ahead of time.
- Though shalt have fun! This is not meant to be a heavy-stress thing, it’s meant to be a fun thing to do on Saturday nights making a comic of insanity. The story’s made up on the fly so it’s okay if it’s not perfect. If you aren’t enjoying yourself, let me know and I’ll see what I can do to improve the show.
Character Notes
Key repeating characters in Philo. Not EVERY character, that would be insane.
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Philo |
Philo is the star of the show. He’s named after Philo Farsnsworth, the creator of television. He’s kind of an alien, can change his gender and shape, likes comic books and pasta, and is partnered with Bluto. In teh second story he flies a rocketship. |
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Dog |
The dog is Philo’s dog. He’s no specific breed. He gambles and smells things. |
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Otis/Were-Vending Machine/ Dhat Badan |
Otis is a copy of Philo from the dog eating and then vomiting up Philo’s fingers. He has transformed into a were-vending machine that dispenses interdimensional portals. He was also transformed into African Goddess Dhat Badan by turning into an Otis Lotus in the land of Phila. |
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Bluto/Puma |
Bluto is from the original Popeye (Public Domain, baby!) He is Philo’s partner, but not a good one to him. He can turn into a Puma at will. |
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Centigod |
Centigod was created by all of our characters so far joining up and becoming a sort of kaiju with their heads, arms, and legs. Note, Bluto is in Puma form. |
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The Kaiju Counsel (and various Kaiju) |
The Kaiju Counsel is a bench of various Kaiju. Godzilla is the prosecution, Manilla is the defense attorney, and Mothra, Gamora, and King Kong sit on the tribunal. I also included Slattern as a bailiff. They are tracking the group because Earth used to be the planet Kaiju and then blew up, becoming Earth (?). The kaiju counsel was trying to make it up to Phila for Godzilla rejecting her back in Kaiju High. Phila and Godzilla end up with each other at the end of story #1. |
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Venus de Phila |
Venus de Phila is the matriarch in charge of the land of Phila. She was rejected by Godzilla back in Kaiju high. |
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Wilendorfs |
The Wilendorfs look like the Woman of Wilendorf statue. The are the guard of Venus de Phila, but stage a coup against her too. They are empowered by poop.
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Meow |
Meow is a power hungry figure. He wants to rule the land of Phila, but also has unrequited love for Venus de Phila, and is a bumbling bureaucrat/secret ninja. He has an evil lair with a money bin and towers. He keeps his mixtapes for Phila in the towers and his records in the money bin. He wants to take over to woo Phila but is rejected by her and yeeted away by a kaiju. |
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Giant Beavers |
The Giant Beavers were created by Venus de Phila with the power of an eclipse. They do her bidding. The Kaiju counsel determined they were magical Canadian beings and not kaiju in the true sense of the word. Their leader is the guy with the beard. |
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Armond tends bar in the stomach realm where our group was trapped for a bit. He is also a DJ on the side. He receives the message from Meow’s spies to save our group. He DJs in Meow’s money bin and it was his Wu-Tang Clan album that was broken. He also is the spokesperson for the Suspender and Kilt Emporium. Armond also shows up in the Eye realm of Cthulushroom and guides Philo. He and Philo kiss and have sex. |
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Spy vs Spy spies Meow has at his bidding. |
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“Horsey,” is the name of the unicorn costume all 4 of our group are in when they become a minion of Meows. |
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The Beagle Boys want to rob the money bin and participate in a pants-off dance-off with our group. |
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Meow’s minions are of various species, colors, creeds, shapes, and sizes. We have robots, daleks, a yeti, a cyclops, etc. I imagine anything could be a minion for Meow. |
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Cthulushroom lives on the planet Philo crashes on that the mushrooms there worship. |
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Mushroom People |
The Mushroom people are on a planet that Philo crash lands on in hjis spaceship. He eats some mushrooms that communicates with him and brings him to their god, Cthulushroom. They gamble with the dog. |
