*claps*

This was AWESOME!!!

very nice :)

I alway thought you were very good as expressing emotion and intensity in your work. This is yet another example of that.

Great work!

Wow that was magnificant. Love the song it was great to see it illustrated as such

Brilliant ending, love the final shots there.

Great stuff ^^

There's nothing I could say to express how much I love this. It got it's own folder on my computer, and that's rare. =3

that was awsome I love your take on songs you tend to see things I do not usually see

That was such a macabre and twisted spin on the song... I love it!

*loud applause* Very well done. I loved your interpretation of the song and the way you conveyed the lyrics.
Thanks again for the cameos. I am honored.

This series is a brilliant work, Roz. It's truly cinematic! When I finished this page I honestly had chills running up and down my spine. Heh, I still have the goosebumps on my arms.

*standing applause for the artist*

Bravo!!

Oh gosh that was amazing I will never look at this song the same way ever again. The emotion you conveyed in the pages was truly wonderful. I especially like the ending shot of the penitentiary here. This was an emotional thrill ride and you sir deserve all the praise in the world
Loved it <3

This is brilliant. What a fantastic concept. Great pacing, the staging and angles are not repetitive and stay interesting. Just fantastic. I'm impressed and inspired.

That was awesome!!

Bittersweet to the end. *applauds*

I will never hear the song the same way again now.
Each time it plays, now, I'll be thinking of this as a music video for it.

Very intense! I've never heard the song but this is just so... wow. Great stuff.

Brilliant! Well done! *applaud*

That was an extremely killer bit. Great work.

That's really fantastic, I enjoyed it.
When this song came out, I was pursuing a young woman who didn't tell me upfront that she was seeing someone else, so it's had an interesting albeit somewhat painful place in my mind.

very very very nicely done.

I listened to the song while flipping through these pages, and I must say, your art gave me a whole new perspective on this song!

Very, very well done. *Faves the lot*

Rather than comment in each page... because when checked FA was all posted already....

Bravo! yesh, you managed it really well! From the expressions accompaning the lyrics (hey, i didnt even knew this 'song' existed..), to the astonishing develop of the plot, the variety of 'angles' in the scenes, the deep contrasts in lights and colors...everiything, would dare to say... Brilliant!, Awesome! , really well done! ^V^

my god that kept me captivated from page one.
Stunning work simply stunning

Wow, that's an impressive looking prison. Ah drawing buildings, the necessary evil (Well unless you like the gray void look)

This comic is pure genius.
This is really a great piece of artwork.

It's even better when you read the comic while listening to the song.
You took the song and adapt it into a great graphic context.

It's really good.
Stunning work, great job!

*ceiling to floor jaw drop*

Wow that was indeed really powerful.

Outstanding

(applause)

Ooo, nice. And collies, too. I love collies!

This reminds me of a project I wanted to do, except it was "I don't like Mondays" by the Boomtown Rats, and it never got beyond a couple of sketches.

You put a lot of work into this. I'm impressed!

This was epic! Awesome job!

I LOVED this! Thanks Roz!

I caught it in the middle at first and was startled cause I recognized the first verse I saw, and read the whole thing. Brilliant!

Impressive!

That was well done.

Quite an adaptation! Very well done =0)

*stands up and applauds* I had youtube on playing the song as I actually went thru the comic panel by panel and it illustrates the song VERY well! PLEASE do more like this?

zomg awsome

(: Omg this was awesome, I played the song on iTunes while I looked at these. xD Epic awesome sauce win.

Just finished reading all of the pages and I must say, that was awesome, really captures the feel of that song, the pictures went with the lyrics really well. Awesome stuff.

*goes off to listen to that song*

I never really knew this song before, so you have the rare opportunity to shape my images about it all! I'll have to re-read your comments to see what may overlap with "Game Of Kings" other than Jack Salem being in prison.

Going through old submissions that I haven't looked at, and I came across this arc - Its amazing! :D Any chance of it appearing in print? 'Cos I'd love to pick up a copy for a friend of mine who simply LOVES this song! ^..^

very lovly crazy comic

I had an orgasm to this, lol. It was so awesome readin the comic with the actual song playin in the background. I dont think I'll see the song the same way anymore.

rather good hun hehe they need more comics that use lyrics from songs would make things rather interesting no?

That was fucking incredible.

Oddly enough, before i read this, i was thinking about doing
something like it based off of Airborne Toxic event's Sometime
around midnight or wishing well.

I have never favorited an entire comic before... you sir, kick major ass!

Mr. Brightside is one of my favourite songs ever, and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing it in a comic form :3 The last panel was my favourite, because I was playing the song in my head, and it ended perfectly as it panned out <3

The comic was done to the pace of the song (the song ends on three beats, so there's a 3 panel pull-back). Glad it worked for you!

I figured as much x3 Love the main character too.

wow, you hardly ever see art like this, telling the story behind a song, I love it!!!

Had to say this was pretty neat, love the song and flow of the comic, kinda felt like I was watching a music video

enjoyable to read while listing to the song. great work, bro

this was awesome. good job ^_^

damn dude..

Just damn. that was intense.

A year on and still poignant. I lived this and sympathise with our would-be Mr Brightside.

Bravo sir. Bravo. I love your comic. So much emotion, so much intensity, so much...desire.

the entire thing was absolutely mind blowing , great lyrical match up ^^

Okay, the last response to this was pretty much the middle[i] of 2012, so I'm super-late, but I [i]did only recently start following you.

I actually hadn't heard of this song until I heard the parody of this song, How To Kill Your Brand (about the initially somewhat failed release of the PS3 vs. 360); a friend of mine told me that the song was a "parody" of one of her favorite songs, and told me what the song was; I looked it up online, and it was a pretty damn good song!

Then I found your comic about it, and... it actually drove me to tears. Of course, part of that is due to a medical condition of some sort where I can't help but constantly cry over every little thing that makes me feel even the slightest bit of emotion, but even with that aside, you did a marvelous job!

*slowclap.gif*

Man I love this song so much but I never gave the lyrics much thought until I saw this video on youtube and I saw your comic here on FA.

Man now I can't seeing the this comic every time I hear this song. Your interpretation of lyrics mixed with art is amazing. IMO I wish more folks would love your art more. Especially this comic based off the this song

Also end up feeling sorry for the guys seeing him stuck in that room for the rest of his life.

Thanks so much!

I can say pretty safely that is is probably the most popular thing I've done, although the Jack Salem comics have been pretty popular too.

The one good thing for people discovering my work for the first time now is that I have a huge backlog of material that should keep readers occupied for quite a while!

Thanks again for the nice comments.

oh wow thanks for relying to my comment on such a old music comic strip

Are you ever gonna do another music comic stripe like this one??

Well, FA does notify people when they get comments, so it's not like I'm constantly scrolling through my stuff looking for new comments!

Yes, I do have a couple of songs in the pipeline, one really old (from the late 60's) the other sort of old (1990's), but there's a few projects I need to get done before that so I doubt I'll be getting to them until later this year.

well I can't wait to see those new music lyric comics

I know this was addressed in a previous comment, but I too can mentally hear the final three chords of the song playing in my head as I look at the three-panel pullback from the (most likely) maximum solitary confinement facility that Mr. Brightside finally found himself in due to just not being able to control his jealously.

Brilliant work, Roz. Brilliant.

Thanks so much! I have found that this particular strip is one of the most popular things I've done, although I should thank The Killers for their excellent song. Yes, the entire strip is paced so it matches the music, including the three beats at the end. Not sure what the security on the prison is-- it was taken from a photograph a fan sent me when I asked for exterior prison photos, so that's an actual prison that exists somewhere!

oh i just got chills as the last 3 chords played in my head. the entire thing is incredible

Randomly came across this comic, a full 15 years late.

It works so well to the lyrics. I love how everything blends together with the song, even right down to this last page. Great stuff

Thank'ya! Definitely one of my most popular works, although The Killers are due a large portion of that for producing such an excellent song.