I think it would thoroughly depend upon what KIND of comic I found out I was in. Therefore, I have prepared a list:
1: Boring arty autobiographical comic. I think I would probably go insane, because, whoa, hold on a second, if I'm IN the comic, and it's autobiographical, then I'M WRITING IT, I'm writing myself, and that means I've been WRITING MY LIFE AS IT IS AND NOT ALL COOL AND SUPERHEROEY, and at that point I snap and stop writing, and the story ends.
2: Funny animal comic. Hmm... I think I'd probably be a turtle. Maybe an owl. A turtleowl, why not? That's be cool. As for what I'd DO? Try and join the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, of course, or start a team of my own. Funny animal superheroes ALWAYS have fun. And if I happened to live in Duckburg, I'd make sure to live far away from the Money Bin. That's where all the dangerous stuff happens.
3: Adventurous European-style comic. Probably try to meet Tintin, and see if I was related to Asterix.
4: Conan the Barbarian-style swords-and-sorcery comic. Probably curl up into a ball and whimper. I wouldn't last five minutes.
5: Star Wars-style space opera. I think I would try to become either the hero or his wacky sidekick, because those characters never get killed in space operas.
6: Sin City, or related film noir-type drama. Die. Quickly. Oozing blood.
7: Underground comic. Go 'Crazy, man!', and go off to see the Beatles perform.
8: Adaptation of a movie. Feel somewhat sour that I was probably part of the story that got cut out in the second draft.
9: Photo comic - you know, those things you used to see in magazines that use photographs as panels and add captions and word balloons? Freak out completely, because if my life is part of the comic, and the comic is made out of photographs, WHO'S POSING FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHS?
10: Online comic. Try and worm my way onto the rest of the Internet, of course, and give people heart attacks by making spooky faces at them through their computer monitors.
11: Newspaper comic. Despair in the knowledge that I am NEVER going to lose my virginity. Also, heckle Garfield about how he actually used to be GOOD.
12: Horror comic. Dress up like a monster, sneak around George W. Bush's ranch, and try to drive him insane.
13: Promotional comic for a product. Rebel against my corporate overlords, and start telling the TRUTH about the product I'd been shilling for them. 'It's all a lie, kids! This product will NOT turn you into an expert skateboarder, it will overload your synapses with jittering waves of sugar, give you diabetes and KILL YOU! Don't eat it!'
14: Superhero comic. Well, become a superhero, of course. The trick would be to find some sort of a niche that hasn't been filled yet, to avoid infringing on anyone else's territory. Hmmmmm... Hey, here's a thought! There are plenty of villainous jugglers out there, but there aren't any heroic ones, are there? Maybe I'd do that - or SOMETHING interesting, anyway.
Then, of course, I would have to confront the next question, that being: if myself and everyone in my universe is a character in a comic, if I then wrote a comic, would that make me the god of a new universe?
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1: Boring arty autobiographical comic. I think I would probably go insane, because, whoa, hold on a second, if I'm IN the comic, and it's autobiographical, then I'M WRITING IT, I'm writing myself, and that means I've been WRITING MY LIFE AS IT IS AND NOT ALL COOL AND SUPERHEROEY, and at that point I snap and stop writing, and the story ends.
2: Funny animal comic. Hmm... I think I'd probably be a turtle. Maybe an owl. A turtleowl, why not? That's be cool. As for what I'd DO? Try and join the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, of course, or start a team of my own. Funny animal superheroes ALWAYS have fun. And if I happened to live in Duckburg, I'd make sure to live far away from the Money Bin. That's where all the dangerous stuff happens.
3: Adventurous European-style comic. Probably try to meet Tintin, and see if I was related to Asterix.
4: Conan the Barbarian-style swords-and-sorcery comic. Probably curl up into a ball and whimper. I wouldn't last five minutes.
5: Star Wars-style space opera. I think I would try to become either the hero or his wacky sidekick, because those characters never get killed in space operas.
6: Sin City, or related film noir-type drama. Die. Quickly. Oozing blood.
7: Underground comic. Go 'Crazy, man!', and go off to see the Beatles perform.
8: Adaptation of a movie. Feel somewhat sour that I was probably part of the story that got cut out in the second draft.
9: Photo comic - you know, those things you used to see in magazines that use photographs as panels and add captions and word balloons? Freak out completely, because if my life is part of the comic, and the comic is made out of photographs, WHO'S POSING FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHS?
10: Online comic. Try and worm my way onto the rest of the Internet, of course, and give people heart attacks by making spooky faces at them through their computer monitors.
11: Newspaper comic. Despair in the knowledge that I am NEVER going to lose my virginity. Also, heckle Garfield about how he actually used to be GOOD.
12: Horror comic. Dress up like a monster, sneak around George W. Bush's ranch, and try to drive him insane.
13: Promotional comic for a product. Rebel against my corporate overlords, and start telling the TRUTH about the product I'd been shilling for them. 'It's all a lie, kids! This product will NOT turn you into an expert skateboarder, it will overload your synapses with jittering waves of sugar, give you diabetes and KILL YOU! Don't eat it!'
14: Superhero comic. Well, become a superhero, of course. The trick would be to find some sort of a niche that hasn't been filled yet, to avoid infringing on anyone else's territory. Hmmmmm... Hey, here's a thought! There are plenty of villainous jugglers out there, but there aren't any heroic ones, are there? Maybe I'd do that - or SOMETHING interesting, anyway.
Then, of course, I would have to confront the next question, that being: if myself and everyone in my universe is a character in a comic, if I then wrote a comic, would that make me the god of a new universe?