Constellation: Making the Graphic Novel
Summary: Enter a simulated universe where software beings engage in classic human struggles for belonging, status, and attention, and old certainties like death and gravity are just settings to be negotiated. You can be the god of your own private world, but if find yourself feeling lonely, you might be tempted to give away some of your precious control. This podcast will take you behind the scenes with comic book authors and veteran podcasters Jon Perry (@perryjon) and Ted Kupper (@tedkupper) as they write and develop a science fiction graphic novel called Constellation, set in a metaverse unlike any you’ve seen before: neither a utopia nor a dystopia, neither real nor virtual, it is a simulation where everyone knows they are being simulated and no one much cares, where there’s no hope of leaving and no reason to, just an endless supply of human-designed worlds to create and explore.
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This episode outlines the additional interstitial stories that will occur throughout the book.
This episode summarizes the second half of the story.
Welcome back! This episode summarizes the first half of the story.
what happens to Zoya, only priests have the power, coda on cult world
Zoya’s rebellion, sympathy with the cultists, the dark side of novelty
deep dive into our secondary character’s pov
the club’s take, showing up together, Zoya’s perspective
the ultimate trial, club rep calls the shots, naturalist culture
solving a puzzle, giving up your rights, Terrell rooms
finding a tip, making a backdoor, Zoya’s POV
Tim shows up, Zoya gets involved, everyone has leverage
questions of motivation, fleshing out the contract, Tim shows up
family reunion, partnership dissolution, antagonist entrapment
Tim and Zoya, bad contracts, parental pressure
From the scan to the present