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Category: First steps

The essence of control rings out

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Jackwraith
The essence of control rings out

In some ways, the Control Ring (level Two) of the city is the most obvious of settings and, in turn, the most aptly named. Government of any kind is essentially about control: controlling who is considered a citizen, what the […]
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Posted in Creative Process, First steps, History, Lore, The Tribunal, Thought Police, Writing

The tribal mentality

Posted on November 18, 2024 by Jackwraith
The tribal mentality

As I mentioned in the historical publication piece, the gangs have almost always been a fascinating topic for whomever has read the bible. When I started listing them off on that day that I dumped the majority of this whole […]
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Posted in Creative Process, Editorial, First steps, Gangs, Lore, Social forces, Writing

Edge of the known world

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Jackwraith

Dystopia was originally envisioned as a multi-genre project. Early in the lifetime of Fifth Panel, we didn’t have a ton of variety in our genres (e.g. it was still mainly superheroes), but there were at least some variations in approach, […]
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Posted in Creative, First steps, Genre, Lore
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