• Real Name: D. Richard Scannell
• Gender: Male
• Age: 24
• Location: Bridgewater, New Jersey (United States)

• Joined: Dec 5th, 2006
• Last Visit: Oct 5th, 2007

User Tags: artist, humor, literary, self-published, weird, writer

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For the Hermits Sampler

A selection of five of my favorite For the Hermits stories.

[ Posted by elsewhere on Mar 14th, 2007 6:40 PM ]...

#55 sounds depressingly familiar...
lovely stuff! keep going!

Oh, and sorry I made you lose your lunch... ;)

1 Reply [ Latest posted on March 15th, 2007 9:09 AM ]

[ Posted by forthehermits on Mar 15th, 2007 9:09 AM ]... I'm sorry that this should be so...but such is life. Thank you for the compliments. And I've recovered from your comic, so all is forgiven. It's going to be even harder to pick those bits of skin that peel up around my fingernails though.

[ Posted by DeathPiglet on Feb 16th, 2007 3:42 AM ]...

Your "strips" (what do you call them?) are really something else. I like what you did with the site, too.

1 Reply [ Latest posted on February 22nd, 2007 6:11 PM ]

[ Posted by forthehermits on Feb 22nd, 2007 6:11 PM ]... Thank you. What to call For the Hermits has been a bit of a problem. I think a new genre name may be in order. I was thinking of "Pic Lit". The new site is easier to maintain and you can see the pictures without having to scroll as much now.

[ Posted by GingerDead on Feb 6th, 2007 2:04 AM ]...

hi again. the new site design looks great. i wish you were using project wonderful instead of google ad words though so i could bid on a spot. btw, thanks so much for the link. i fixed yours on my site it was still going to the /index.php. :/

#51 is absolutely lovely. you are wonderful with watercolors as well as words. i can only guess you have led an interesting life and immerse yourself in it's little moments, absorbing and observing.

all the best,
calan

1 Reply [ Latest posted on February 6th, 2007 9:49 AM ]

[ Posted by forthehermits on Feb 6th, 2007 9:49 AM ]... Project wonderful slots are forthcoming. I'm waiting on an invite. They've quite the waiting list now, it seems.

[ Posted by MtMoriah on Feb 4th, 2007 4:49 PM ]...

I really like the watercolor lately. Very nice.

1 Reply [ Latest posted on February 4th, 2007 5:52 PM ]

[ Posted by forthehermits on Feb 4th, 2007 5:52 PM ]... Hey, thanks. That means a lot coming from you. I'm eagerly awaiting JtMM's return.

[ Posted by ToxicShockComics on Jan 8th, 2007 3:00 PM ]...

Thanks for the add, definitley check out the book if you can. Take care.

-Mike Storniolo
Toxic Shock Comics

[ Posted by GingerDead on Dec 23rd, 2006 2:45 PM ]...

ugh i have to try to follow mr. eloquence's comment beneath me. :P

I just wanted to pop by and tell you i loved #44. the pencil art in the first panel is lovely. do you work on paper and scan in or is that done digital? i'm guessing you scan and whatever process you do to prep them is perfect because the images are always so strong.

p.s. Giant really did suck. I only sat through it because I like James Dean, but he wasn't enough to redeem it's crap factor.

1 Reply [ Latest posted on December 23rd, 2006 4:11 PM ]

[ Posted by forthehermits on Dec 23rd, 2006 4:11 PM ]... Thanks again for you comments. For the Hermits is always hand-drawn on middle-weight paper. I scan into photoshop then I use "autolevels", adjust "brightness" to 10%-20% to remove the paper grain from what should be white, and then increase contrast until it looks like it should. Occasionally I do coloring in Photoshop.

[ Posted by lonelyfetuscomics on Dec 21st, 2006 2:21 PM ]...

Your art is nostalgic of ages of elaborate costumes, curtains, and theatrical masks - yet your stories are realistically universal of our time when entertainment leaves us numb, and the only masks we wear are smiles.

[ Posted by elsewhere on Dec 20th, 2006 4:40 AM ]...

very nice stuff indeed! You must agonise of the wording something chronic... keep 'em coming... :)

[ Posted by buzzfretz on Dec 14th, 2006 1:27 PM ]...

Dan, thanks for the add! "For the Hermits" makes me want to kill myself--but in a 'good killing myself' kind of way. Keep up the good work.

[ Posted by MtMoriah on Dec 14th, 2006 9:41 AM ]...

I love your avatar. It makes me want to weep over the internet. We have so much to cry for.

[ Posted by Vogt on Dec 13th, 2006 3:45 PM ]...

Thanks for dropping by and leaving such nice words. See you.

[ Posted by GingerDead on Dec 13th, 2006 3:31 PM ]...

ty so much for the compliment as well as the horrible image that will give me nightmares. :D

[ Posted by Jonesey on Dec 13th, 2006 11:03 AM ]...

hey thanks!
yes - it's all those wrinkles and flappy folds and liver spots and ..ohh..don't get me started on the ear hair!

[ Posted by optimumwound on Dec 6th, 2006 2:06 PM ]...

I like it, even relate to some of them.
Love the unique format that you place your strips in.
-Jay

[ Posted by mikelacroix on Dec 6th, 2006 1:15 PM ]...

Adding me ignites a kickass drum solo at a concert somewhere. Thank you.

[ Posted by DeathPiglet on Dec 6th, 2006 7:42 AM ]...

Hi there, fellow northener. That's some pretty special stuff you got going on. Look forward to reading more of it.

[ Posted by bookofbiff on Dec 5th, 2006 4:25 PM ]...

Thanks for the nice comment as well.

[ Posted by bookofbiff on Dec 5th, 2006 4:23 PM ]...

Hey Dan, welcome to the party. Your comic is pretty funny in a strange way. I'm going to read some more of them.

[ Posted by GingerDead on Dec 5th, 2006 4:13 PM ]...

thanks so much for the feedback, dan. it means a lot to me coming from you. there will be more haikus in the near future for sure. :)

[ Posted by GingerDead on Dec 5th, 2006 4:03 PM ]...

I'm sure you guessed since it's on my links page, but I'm really crazy about your comic. It's so thoughtful and different than anything else. Keep up the amazing work, my friend.

[ Posted by kidglidden on Dec 5th, 2006 2:50 PM ]...

thanks dan! i'm sorry i havent been updating recently...been trying to finish this short fiction comic. nice to meet you and your comics as well!

[ Posted by jcb54680 on Dec 5th, 2006 2:37 PM ]...

No Im not. But I am the inventor of Deuce Bigelow... j/j

[ Posted by glych on Dec 5th, 2006 2:19 PM ]...

But...but...my momma never said anything about that O_O

Oh, you mean Yo's momma...well, that's different then isn't it.

Poor, poor Yo.

-glych

[ Posted by ericm on Dec 5th, 2006 1:42 PM ]...

I bang lots of things while making comics. Bang my head, bang my head against the easel, bang yo mama, etc.