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[dctl-redrawn]

Welcome to DCTL Redrawn !!

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Welcome to our humble blog !! Here, we plan to archive and catalogue everything to do with the DCTL Redrawn project.

Read this post to learn more about it !!

Join our Discord Server to join the project !!

If you want to join the project to help with art especially later down the line, send an ask to this blog and your @ will be added to a list !! This list will be used when we make a proper call for artists.

Current Plan- (transcribed under cut and tag directory)

Tag Directory -

WARNING - SOME REBLOGGED POSTS MAY HOLD OUTDATED BELIEFS OR INFORMATION. I will try my best to add tags to the reblogs here to correct anything, but stay weary !!

ဗ #reblogs - Reblogged posts relating to the project

ဗ #asks - Answered asks

ဗ #host reblogs - Reblogs of @salpho's posts, the project's host

ဗ #dctl redrawn - All posts relating to the project (for visibility in search)

ဗ #sillies - Posts about jokes and funny things in relation to the project or server

ဗ #project update - Any post regarding updates to the project, be it moving along the plan or changing something else

ဗ #other - Simple asks and posts that feel too empty to reblog with the above tags

Thank you for reading through !! Hope to see you join us soon.

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ဗ Step 1- Summarise all chapters to help in later stages. ဗ Step 2- Filter through chapters/scenes/pages and figure out which to omit. ဗ Step 3- Use the summary to find where characters are described, then design them. ဗ Step 4- Decide how much flexibility artists get and start storyboarding. ဗ Step 5- Post an artist call, make a google form and update the server. ဗ Step 6- Choose artists, assign roles and get to work drawing !! ဗStep 7- Write the foreword, get fan comments and string the PDF together. ဗ Step 8- Share the finished product !!

[salpho]

New plan sheet that's clearer and more up to date !!

This isn't all I had in store, so keep an eye out for the main course I've got cooking.

[yellowmellow182]

Well, Bendy fandom is reacting to Sammy Lawrence's reveal in the new DCTL graphic novel about as well as I imagined

[cabinetperson]

As much as I dislike the graphic comic I just knew I had to do this 😭

[devildarlindumbass]

I have nothing else to say

[thelocalmoth]

You tell me.

[tengridaglarininkadimustasi]

Lost sheep

Seperate panels below

Redraw of dreams come to life graphic novel part 2

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[sammylovesbendy]

[mulligansstuff]

I’ve been wanting to draw a couple parts out of the Bendy novels lately. Graphic novel included. (love it so much)

It’s such a fun way to read a slightly shorter/drawn version of DCTL

Because, Oww he says as he carries on like he didn’t just get hit in the face with an axe.

[patiann345]

oh?

OH?

OH???

AWESOME COOL GREAT,, SO NOW WE HAVE A WHOPPING DING DING, UH, Z E R O CANON BLACK/POC CHARACTERS!! CAUSE ACCORDING TO MIKE D. HERE, BOOKS AREN'T CANON! JACOB, OUR ONLY CONFIRMED POC, NEVER SHOWED IN BATIM OR BATDR!!!

I feel fucking hysteric right now, you can NOT be serious! You have to be joking!! You HAVE TO BE JOKING.

Real cute that he's using the excuse of him voicing Thomas. Like yes, there's a conversation to be had about white VAs taking roles for POC characters. BUT REALLY??? THAT'S YOUR EXCUSE?? YOU VOICING A CHARACTER WHEN YOU HAD A LIMITED TEAM AND CAST, THAT'S YOUR EXCUSE????????

I'm going. to take this moment to let people educate themselves. I made a post about this before but now's a good time I think.

Educate yourselves, watch these when you can. Understand that this behavior, while probably some of the worst yet, is not particularly surprising coming from the devs. Particurly Mike.

and please, don't buy that fucking novel. Go read the original or the other two in the series. Adrienne Kress is an amazing author and it's terrible that her talent is wasted on an IP that has creators who do shit like THIS.

[dctl-redrawn]

Why are we making this project ?

Buckle up because this post is Long-

Background-

Bendy: Dreams Come to Life (abbreviated as DCTL) was the first official Bendy novel released on September 3rd, 2019 by Schoolastic. In 2024, a graphic novel adaptation of this book was released on August 6th (though was leaked on July 24th, 2024) and disappointed a fair amount of fans.

Reception and Criticism- The book itself was poorly paced, having omitted many character actions and focusing mainly on dialogue rather than the artwork which had varying quality throughout. The book also misunderstands multiple character descriptions from the original text and games or ignores them entirely, such as what we see with Bertrum Piedmont and the Ink Demon. Some characters were also whitewashed in the book, such as Jacob, being shown as black in the book but losing his skin colour in the latter half of it, and characters such as Norman Polk and Thomas Connor being made caucasian despite their racial-coding in canon and the books.

Mike D Drama and Scholastic- Around the time the graphic novel released, the co-creator of Bendy, Mike D, had past dramas resurface as well as new ones form. In the past, he answered a question in a Reddit AMA asking whether the game series included any minority or queer characters. His response was that he's "a supporter of anyone pursuing happiness in whatever they identify as" but "characters are defined by what they do, not who they identify as" which seemingly dodged the question. He has also gotten into drama more recently by stating both Norman Polk and Thomas Connor, both characters that many in the fandom read as black due to their voices, treatment by other characters, writing and more, have always been white. His words can be seen below-

On Scholastic's side, they've been revealed to intentionally make characters in graphic novels look different than what their intended designs are. They've been caught stealing artwork, tracing 3D renders and models from fans of primarily the FNAF series as well. The DCTL Graphic Novel itself had other issues, mainly the quality of the artwork varying throughout, the book's artist Alex Arizmendi having a portfolio which shows significantly higher quality artwork as well as the novel's adapter Christopher Hastings having his own higher quality work evident in the FNAF graphic novel series which he worked on. (In order below - artists being told to draw characters inaccurately, Alex Arizmendi's portfolio work and finally, Arizmendi's artwork of characters from the DCTL Graphic Novel)

For Mike D, I believe as the project's host that he simply doesn't understand why people are upset at his decisions and words. He doesn't seem to be malicious regarding minority groups but we want him to listen and understand and hopefully change how he approaches these subjects as a man who's part of the majority.

Given the information we have, it's safe to assume that Scholastic is likely underpaying their artists, and it's clear they don't respect the common artist who doesn't work for them either. They need to be told by their audience that what they are doing is wrong and other people should know of what the company does before buying from them. They have no regard for quality or being humane and that needs to change.

[salpho]

PLEASE SUPPORT THE DCTL REDRAWN PROJECT PLEASEE READ THE POST. WE NEED TO BOYCOTT AND PROTEST THIS THING (see #dctl redrawn for more)

THEY REPLACED THE ORIGINAL BOOK WITH THE GRAPHIC NOVEL ON AMAZON. OUTRIGHT REPLACED IT. LOOK AT THE REVIEWS HERE THIS WAS REPLACED !!!!!!

THEYRE FORCING PEOPLE TO BUY THE NEW ONE HOW WILL PEOPLE GET THE OLD ONE !!! THIS BOOK ALREADY HAS SO MANY ISSUES AND NOW THIS ? REALLY ?? MAKING THE ORIGINAL INACCESSIBLE ON AT LEAST AMAZON ???

[archer-kacey]

this has to be on purpose

[doberart]

Creator, you traitor.

A redraw of a scene from DCTL. So many great moments in this book, this one being a favorite of mine.

[grape-souffle]

This fellow sure has a charming smile!

[apchxy]

umm... guys...