Midnight Macabre is the story of Gaspar Baugh, a
twenty-something comedian trying to keep a long-standing
midnight monster matinee show going on a small, often overlooked UHF
station in northern Texas. It is also the story of the people he meets
along the way. Starting in 1981, the comic takes place twenty-six
years ago.
Frequently Asked Questions
Last Updated: 08-23-2007
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General Comic Questions Q: Is Midnight Macabre a prequel to Something*Positive? A: No. Midnight Macabre is a different story set in the
same "reality" as S*P. It currently shares one character with
S*P (Lisa Baugh) and some of what happens in Midnight Macabre may have effects in S*P, but it's not meant to be a prequel.
Q: Why did you start Midnight Macabre?
A: Personal reasons.
Q: Why did you re-start Midnight
Macabre?
A: I missed it, it's fun to write, and my dad wanted me to do a
comic with less of the "foul" language I'm known for.
Q: Why did Midnight Macabre go on such a long hiatus?
A: Also personal reasons. Some very unpleasant events occurred
in my life all at once and it came down to do all three of my comics
randomly, do only one and put the others on hiatus, or quit all three
and move on to something else. I chose to focus on Something*Positive, which is my chief concern. MM is a close second. I told myself, "Once things get under control, I'll restart it."
Then time passed.
Things didn't get better - at all. And I let myself get more depressed
about MM and how many months I was behind on it. Then I
realized, "You know, this comic takes place in 1981. It doesn't have to synch up,
season wise, to the current day."
Q: So are you restarting MM now?
A: I'm certainly trying to.
Q: Will MM ever cross over with S*P?
A: It kind of did in the storyline Unexpected,
where Gaspar visits his now adult daughter Lisa. Gaspar was also sort
of showed up in the storyline Family
Macabre and attended Faye's
Funeral. Beyond that, it's hard to do a crossover between the
strips. The first
MM strip takes place just over twenty years before the first
S*P strip. Characters from S*P will, on occasion, make
cameos in MM and vice versa, but that's as good as it
gets.
Q: Will MM ever cross over with New Gold Dreams?
A: No.
Q: Will MM ever cross over with Life With Rippy?
A: No.
Q: Will MM ever cross over with any other webcomics?
A: The same problem of when MM creeps up. At the time
this is written the comic is taking place in 1981. For there to be a
crossover with another comic, most likely that comic would have to be
doing a flashback story. Don't expect any MM crossovers.
Q: How come the language in MM isn't as... "colorful" as
it is in S*P?
A:MM takes place primarily in a workplace circa early
80s. Saltier language just isn't appropriate.
Q: So is MM supposed to be more family friendly?
A: No. It's a comic. I don't sit down and think, "Oh, goodness.
I'll make something the whole family can enjoy." I'm just trying to
make something people will enjoy. MM will still probably have
subject matter that kids won't enjoy or shouldn't read but honestly, I'm
just trying to make a comic I think is good.
Q: Why are the dates on the archive pages set to be twenty years
ago?
A: Because it so pleases me.
Q: Why?
A: Y'know, it's called a Frequently Asked Questions section - not
Frequently Answered Questions. NEXT!
Q: When did MM storylines start flashing back to 1981?
A:The first strip... because,
y'see, that's when the comic takes place.
Character & Story Related
Questions Q: So is Lisa a lesbian like she is in S*P?
A: ... This gets into all sorts of nature vs. nurture arguments
about sexuality and when it starts and I'm not even going to bother.
In MM, Lisa is a toddler. A happy toddler. In S*P, she's
a young woman who is involved in a monogomous lesbian relationship.
That's really all I feel like saying about it.
