Hazgarn
It's a very simple idea, really. I don't want it to be too random, because...well that's what people expect, isn't it?
So far the plot is as follows: A "normal" guy ends up on the run from a Big Bad Evil Organization due to a case of mistaken identity. The organization has gotten the main character confused with an underground figure/deadly prankster by the name Earnest Mendacity, who also happens to be missing. So we have the Bad Evil Organization and Ernest's friends both looking for Earnest, and we have the main character looking for Earnest, because as soon as they find him, people won't be after
him anymore.
Of course, there needs to be a reason why Earnest and the main character look alike. Part of the plot could be the main character coming up with a bunch of paranoid conspiracy theories as to why this is--cloning, robotics, long-lost-twin, or maybe that he really
is Earnest Mendacity.
Cameos can be worked in, maybe. Any ideas helpful.
Sounds like a hoot. I'd be interested in reading it.
Here are a few ideas I thought of:
1) As to why Earnest and the guy look alike, I think it would be helpful to go back to the Law of Fives. Late in the plot, the guy (who I'll call Nebuchudnezzar for now, N for short), and the reader for that matter, can learn that, among human beings, there are always five people born in the world who look alike. This would give you a good reason for their similarity without having to revert to an older cliche like cloning/twins/etc, since it could just be synchronicity and the Law of Fives at work in the world.
2) If you decide to go with my first suggestion, then here's a second that builds off of it. Assuming that Earnest and N are similar in appearance due to the synchronistic Law of Fives, then that means that there are 3 others that look like them as well. If that's the case, you could make those 3 be the leaders of the Big Bad Evil Organization, or something similar.
3) As for the Big Bad Evil Organization, I think that an homage to the Bavarian Illuminati would be interesting. However, for a touch of Discordian humor, you could call them the Bavarian Order of Brothers, or BOOB for short.
4) As for cameos, I would like to see a cameo of Oscar Wilde, one of the most underappreciated Discordian Saints of all time. He would be a great addition, because he wrote the play "The Importance of Being Earnest," which would be an apt homage for your webcomic.
5) A quick stylistic suggestion: to make things fun, it would be cool if certain characters were drawn in different styles. For instance, N could be drawn in a simple, clunky Spumco-esque style (a la "Ren and Stimpy"), and the members of BOOB, should you choose to call them that, could be drawn in a grittier Dave McKean style.
That's all that I have as way of suggestion right now. Keep us updated as you start to create it; it sounds really interesting.
Oh, and good luck.
May the madness free you,
Longvalley
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