Rosscott, Inc.

Just so you know, you can access this site a few different ways:

• http://www.rosscottinc.com/
• http://www.systemcomic.com/
• http://www.notquitewrong.com/rosscottinc/

They all go to the same place right now, but in the future may be a little different.  Just trying to make it easy for y’all to get to things.

The wonderful gentlemen over at Fleen have been nice enough to cover this wonderful endeavor today:

In other news, new webstrip The System is doing some interesting stuff with a highly restricted visual vocabulary — it’s done entirely in the icons that make up informational/warning signs. As a platform for pure writing, it’s half a notch below Dinosaur Comics, but weirdly enough what it really reminds me of is a Lolcat.

Those things have a syntax and grammar all their own, and so do sign icons … you can’t just slap ‘em up there and have it automatically work. We at Fleen will be keeping our eye on The System and seeing how long creator “Rosscott” can keep up this very precise exercise.

I read Fleen daily and, let’s be honest, I contacted them to cover it.  Still, they don’t think I can keep up this “very precise exercise”. I BEG TO DIFFER.  I will take their challenge!  I WILL SHOW THEM ALL. What do you think, 3 months?  More?  How much until I’ve proven my point?  One thing is certain.  I will soon be demanding Gary’s famous moustache on a silver platter!

Gary, thank you for the post.  Hope you keep reading, and consider yourself link-loved.

Thank you to ComixTalk for another great link.

JUSTIFY MY HYPE
FLEEN approvingly points to The System, an unusual comic using a limited set of icons (like the men’s room symbol!) for imagery.  It is definitely worth a read.

They are now eligible for a copy of our home game!

Here’s the posters I have at Connecticon.  Click for largeness.  I also have blown-up versions of the comic and mini-comics with some of the growing archive.  Oh, and some shirts and crap.  I’ll set up a merch page one of these days.  In the meantime, if you JUST CAN’T WAIT TO BUY SOMETHING, contact me.

Lots of people liked the flyers I had out at Connecticon, so I’m posting it here on the site.  Feel free to download, print, and distribute at your leisure.  To give you some idea of how this went, I filled out the entire thing while sitting at my table in an hour on Saturday.  (Ashley, you were there!  Tell them it really happened!)

The flyer:

I get word now and again of The System seeping into daily life.  Dark Roasted Blend has collected many such examples of MY artwork being used by others. Link.

Have you seen any examples of The System in the wild?  Write me and let me know, or post comments here!