The First Things Mini Shortlist

Posted on July 24, 2013 by liz

Dear Friends,

In 31 short days I will be at the World Science Fiction Convention in San Antonio. Excitement!

A rough mock up of the mini-comic I drew on the plane home from Launch Pad
A rough mock up of the mini-comic I drew on the plane home from Launch Pad

I would like to create some mini-comics to exuberantly give to people. I have never made a mini-comic before and I would like your help deciding which six comics to include.

I’ve developed a ‘shortlist’ but I’m not always the best judge of human taste, so you’re welcome to vote for ones I have not included. Each person can vote for up to eight comics and you are encouraged to go to the social medias and encourage people to vote for your favorite comics. The mini-comic will be printed in black and white.

Every vote is important and so is doing me the great honor of talking about my comics and sharing links of ones you particularly like. With eight votes in your pocket you are welcome to place a few votes now and add more votes later… I always hate the idea of getting ‘it’ (oh mysterious it!) right instantly.

Please spread the word, vote in the comments, share your views and spread the Things word through your social medias. It will be a touch embarrassing if the consensus leans towards a set of blank pages!

28 thoughts on “The First Things Mini Shortlist”

  1. Jen Masn

    Spoons and Batman are my absolute faves, hence they get my vote. 🙂

  2. Alison

    Though hard to narrow down, here are my 6: Worries, Bad, Small, Try, Good enough and After the Convention.
    Is there a way non-conference attendees can get their hands on a copy?

    1. liz

      Thanks Alison, and yes! Non-coms will be able to get their hands on a copy, although it will probably be after World Con.

  3. Emily

    Too many choices!
    In order of preference:
    1. 115 : Evidence
    2. 147 : Good Enough
    3. 32 : Bad
    4. 47 : Thinking
    5. 85 : Try
    6. 100 : Practice

  4. Imaginary Shark

    I like these:
    7: Belief
    41: Small
    83: Beginner’s Mind
    141: Lifestyle advice from a small pink bunny – batman
    147: Good enough?
    and one you didn’t have on your list:
    156: Geek girl geek boy

  5. accidentalbeard

    Hmmmm. My thoughts, at the moment, are #29 (MY FAVORITE, SO OF COURSE), #41, #47, #85, #141, #147.

  6. Sandra

    6,7,83,87,100,103,141, 147

  7. Mike

    6,29,77,100,115,141

  8. Terra

    Good Enough? is my favorite.

  9. Fran Wilde

    Belief, Beginner’s Mind, Try, and After the Convention

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  11. liz

    Thank you for all your votes so far. My heart sings with joy to see people sharing their views (it’s like you really like it, I mean I know people have said it, but still, eeeeee!!!!) Voting will close Monday at midnight, unless folks give me a pressing reason not to.

    6: Why – 3 votes
    7: Belief – 3
    14: Spoons – 1
    29: Worries – 2
    32: Bad – 2
    41: Small – 3
    47: Thinking – 2
    77: Missing You – 1
    83: Beginner’s Mind – 3
    85: Try – 4
    87: After the Convention (assuming I can get the layout to work) – 3
    100: Practice – 3
    103: Lifestyle Advice from a Small Pink Bunny, part 2 – 1
    115: Evidence -2
    141: Lifestyle advice from a small pink bunny – batman – 5
    147: Good enough? – 6
    156: Geek girl geek boy – 1

  12. Joy (@cithra)

    I like Good Enough?, Belief/Evidence, Worries, Beginner’s Mind, Practice, Try, and Missing You for my votes!

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  14. Kate Y.

    Try; Missing You; Belief (more so than Evidence); and all my other 5 votes for Small!

    1. liz

      Sorry Kate, only one vote per comic per person, but you are welcome to rope random strangers into voting for your faves 😉

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  16. liz

    Final day of voting, here’s the update!
    6: Why 2
    7: Belief 4
    14: Spoons 1
    29: Worries 4
    32: Bad 2
    41: Small 4
    47: Thinking 2
    77: Missing You 3
    83: Beginner’s Mind 4
    85: Try 6
    87: After the Convention 3
    100: Practice 3
    103: Lifestyle Advice from a Small Pink Bunny, part 2 1
    115: Evidence 3
    141: Lifestyle advice from a small pink bunny – batman 5
    147: Good enough? 7
    156: Geek girl geek boy 1

  17. Meg

    I like Why, Try, and Evidence best 🙂

  18. Jeff Petersen

    I vote for Spoons and The Beginner’s Mind.

  19. Michael R. Underwood

    I vote for Why, Worries, and Batman-Unicorn-Bunny. 🙂

  20. Ken Schneyer

    In order of preference:

    83. Beginner’s Mind
    85. Try
    141. Lifestyle…Batman 5

    The others are sweet and made me smile, but I like ’em twisty.

  21. Sonia

    Practice, Try and Batman. 🙂

  22. Manny Frishberg

    I vote “Geometry”, “After the Con”, “…Batman”, “Small”, “Try”, “…Lemons”, “Evidence.”

    1. liz

      Thanks Manny. Your timing is amazing. Now that I have two extra slots I was thinking about which comics with 4 votes should get the love. “Small” was added to the roster and matches with your wishlist.

      I’m going to keep all these votes that come in and use them to shape future in print Things comics. I love the ones you added to the list <3

  23. liz

    If you have not already received a Things comic please e-mail liz@lizargall.com and I will post you a comic anywhere in the world.

    Thank you for being part of this. 🙂

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