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The Library Ghost Story

by Paul Taylor on October 21, 2020 at 6:51 pm
Story: Wapsi-Archive
Characters: Castela, Phix, Shawna
Location: The Library

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Discussion (50) ¬

  1. Cortanis
    October 21, 2020, 7:10 pm | # | Reply

    Has the hallway girl actually been properly introduced yet? I remember the spider puppy escapades kind of introducing her, but I think that was about it.

    • Paul Taylor
      October 21, 2020, 11:13 pm | # | Reply

      Not officially yet.

  2. Mark Wood
    October 21, 2020, 8:54 pm | # | Reply

    Thank you. Is there a transcript available? I don’t hear well.

    • Paul Taylor
      October 21, 2020, 11:13 pm | # | Reply

      Not currently, but the auto CC at the bottom of the video gets most of the dialog correct.

  3. joecrouse
    October 21, 2020, 11:04 pm | # | Reply

    Nice…

  4. Roger Rose
    October 22, 2020, 12:07 am | # | Reply

    Very cool, Paul., I was hoping to see more of the skeleton with elongated limbs.

  5. Rev Corby
    October 22, 2020, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    That was awesome. Phix has always been one of my favorites. That ending line was perfect.

    • Chaise Murphy
      October 25, 2020, 6:52 am | # | Reply

      Could barely understand it, myself. After about five replays, I think it’s “Oops a daisy.” Maybe.

      • Graybeard
        October 25, 2020, 9:36 am | #

        I had trouble with it too, and was also puzzled that it wasn’t delivered with a British accent, which I understood Phix to have.

  6. Bradley Bachman
    October 22, 2020, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    Awesome! Paul, keep up the good work!

  7. Great Scott
    October 22, 2020, 12:50 am | # | Reply

    that was good. Worth the wait. (My preference is still the nearly daily strip, as an ongoing thing, and the new story line is good too. Keep going.)

  8. ZybotAus
    October 22, 2020, 12:57 am | # | Reply

    Any chance Conscience was part of the set-up in the Library for this? (Well done, too, by the way . . .)

    • Robert Nowall
      October 23, 2020, 2:01 pm | # | Reply

      Thought that part way through, too. “…but all that talk you’re givin’ me is Conscience, I guess…”

  9. Lee Jackson
    October 22, 2020, 12:57 am | # | Reply

    Bravo! Well done, good sir!

  10. BarerMender
    October 22, 2020, 1:55 am | # | Reply

    Fabulous art.

  11. Al
    October 22, 2020, 2:42 am | # | Reply

    Perfect, absolutely perfect (and entertaining)

  12. Ichneumon
    October 22, 2020, 3:09 am | # | Reply

    That was delightful. Extremely well done.

  13. Sjur Vaage
    October 22, 2020, 3:42 am | # | Reply

    Oh man, this was great! I was on the edge of my seat just grinning the whole time through. Especially that ending, well done! /bow

  14. Meander
    October 22, 2020, 5:27 am | # | Reply

    Came here for the cute girls in skimpy clothing, was not disappointed. Cool ghost story, too.

  15. Bilbo
    October 22, 2020, 8:55 am | # | Reply

    All your hard work shows, but was there a continuity error? I thought I saw Castela wearing shoes as she went down ********’s stairs, but for the rest of the video they were both barefoot. That aside I enjoyed the video, the sounds were immersive and I liked the mix of animation/drawing styles.

    • Paul Taylor
      October 22, 2020, 12:30 pm | # | Reply

      I was going to show their shoes getting knocked off when Castela crashes into Shawna after leaving the stairwell, it just looked too busy, however, it would have explained things.

  16. Sheik
    October 22, 2020, 9:30 am | # | Reply

    I was particularly impressed by the contrasts in art style. It lent real weight to the surreal nature of the Library itself, a creature (or machine but at this level who can make the distinction?) that is in essence billions of years old even if the actual literature is only a few tens of millennia.

  17. CPUGuy1
    October 22, 2020, 12:23 pm | # | Reply

    HOLY COW!!! SO KEWL!!!
    Find a ghost story in the most unlikely place. Knew the Library would have quite a few on file. Written AND unwritten. (Including those which are oral story only.)
    P.S. How long did it take to make this 12 minute 02 second video? Just curious.

    • Paul Taylor
      October 22, 2020, 12:30 pm | # | Reply

      Thank you so much! ^_^ I started working on this on April 9th, 2020.

  18. TheDOCTOR
    October 22, 2020, 11:27 pm | # | Reply

    Gordon Bennett, that was so Wicked Cool. Bit of everything for everybody. Loved the Dead Sailor Moon-type Skeleton. Some of the Masks reminded me of Georgette’s and Monica’s Subconscious’s (?) Anyway, When will the Oscar committee get to see it ? Really Great.

    • Great Scott
      October 23, 2020, 12:47 am | # | Reply

      Actually — that’s not a bad idea. You should try to see what you can find out about submitting to the nominating committee. There’s at least one category where they do animated shorts. (I know every year I love to see the reel of animated shorts that come to one of my local theaters every year a few weeks around Oscar time.) good luck. One place to start might be https://shorts.tv — they’re a cable channel that specialize in short films, and I think they sponsor the short film reels i mentioned.)

    • Bratty Roger
      September 1, 2023, 12:46 am | # | Reply

      That wasn’t actually a “Sailor Moon type Skeleton”, it was actually a skeleton of a Japanese schoolgirl, in a type of schoolgirl uniform commonly seen in anime and manga (the kind that the outfits of Sailor Moon & her cohorts were apparently based on)🙄

  19. TazManiac
    October 22, 2020, 11:37 pm | # | Reply

    Not bad, I see elements of ‘dtuff’ all through there… Like Mononoke….

  20. TazManiac
    October 23, 2020, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Typo up abouve, meant STUFF. That said, let’s not ferget there is Theme Music, you can hear a bit on the closing credits…

    https://www.premiumbeat.com/royalty-free-tracks/head-of-the-game

    • Tater
      October 24, 2020, 11:08 pm | # | Reply

      Thank you. I was wondering what the song was. I like it!

  21. TomHCinMI
    October 23, 2020, 1:02 am | # | Reply

    That’s Briar’s sister Dale Callegari modeling for whatever cosmetic or fashion product is being sold by that billboard, right?

    • Paul Taylor
      October 23, 2020, 8:03 am | # | Reply

      Nope, that’s Hellen “Hell” Blair. She’s friends with Atsali’s roommate Skylar’s mom Selene. http://wapsisquare.com/comic/meeting-hellen/

      • txmystic
        October 23, 2020, 8:37 am | #

        crud. beat me to it…

  22. Paul Taylor
    October 23, 2020, 8:08 am | # | Reply

    Thanks. Yeah, the dolls turned to watch Cass and Shawna go by, I was hoping folks would notice. I used Photoshop, Blender, Adobe After Effects, and Adobe Premiere for this project. Over half way through I stopped using After Effects as I was able to do most of what I needed in Photoshop and Blender, and then Premiere was just used for final editing of video and sound.

  23. txmystic
    October 23, 2020, 8:38 am | # | Reply

    Outstanding work, very entertaining! Love the voicing of Phix…

  24. 'Drew
    October 23, 2020, 10:04 am | # | Reply

    That was wonderful, and excellently timed for Halloween! It may be the best we will get for Halloween this year as well, but a real treat for all of us to see your characters in motion. I love how you used your usual art style mixing photography and drawings mixed together to make your characters really pop. the story also drew the audience into the climax, with a nice twist at the end before the punch line. Bravo!

  25. RBZ
    October 23, 2020, 11:20 am | # | Reply

    Something very “Gorillaz” about the animation style, can’t say exactly what it is, but it’s something that isn’t as obvious in the comics.

  26. Robert Nowall
    October 23, 2020, 2:02 pm | # | Reply

    Took me a couple days to block out the time to watch it but that was a lot of fun.

    • Guesticus
      October 24, 2020, 3:05 pm | # | Reply

      Same here, well worth the time though 😀

  27. Jennybafadonuts
    October 23, 2020, 8:34 pm | # | Reply

    Scariest part for me is learning I’ve been saying “Phix” incorrectly for 12 years!!

    But seriously Paul. GREAT WORK HERE! I look forward to more!

    • Paul Taylor
      October 24, 2020, 1:17 pm | # | Reply

      Castela says Phix’s name most correctly pronouncing it “Fix”, Shawna has an accent from her pixie dialect saying “feeks”.

      • Sean
        January 6, 2021, 8:36 am | #

        That’s a relief! I too thought I had been mispronouncing it since Phix was introduced. And by the way, the singer is right – definitely ahead of the game!

  28. Dsuare
    October 24, 2020, 1:39 pm | # | Reply

    Bravo…MORE please.

  29. Dave
    October 26, 2020, 4:40 pm | # | Reply

    Just backtracked and caught the video release, very fun short. I enjoyed seeing the crew animated and in action!

  30. Jnny
    October 28, 2020, 9:31 am | # | Reply

    Did that spook scare a fart out of her? Or was that a sound effect? If fart, I laughed.

  31. divad27182
    May 7, 2021, 7:25 am | # | Reply

    At 8:26, there is a stone arch with gaps… Defective architecture. VERY SCARY. Close the doors and do NOT pass under it.

  32. Hinoron
    June 25, 2021, 2:14 pm | # | Reply

    Curvy girls jiggling while they walk (strut really). Ohhh! Terrifying!
    (LOL)

  33. Cranky Badger
    February 5, 2023, 3:20 pm | # | Reply

    The dressmaker’s dummy brings back memories. My mom had one, but hers had a styrofoam head that someone had painted eyes and lips on. For years I had nightmares of that thing chasing me through the house and basement. Never saw it move, but round a corner and there it was. Open a door and there it was. Much much later, when we were adults, my younger sister mentioned it, and I said how it had given me nightmares and my older sister said “You too?!?” we compared notes and her dreams were very similar to mine.

  34. Bratty Roger
    September 1, 2023, 1:06 am | # | Reply

    I couldn’t help noticing how tiny Shawnaʾs butt is in this video, especially compared to the more … fatty part of her upper torso (aka boobs)😏

  35. Hinoron
    January 13, 2024, 12:48 pm | # | Reply

    So “Phix” is pronounced “Feeks”?
    That through me off a bit.

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