Now They are Revealed: Schemata Pages!

One question I am frequenty asked is: Will you ever publish Schemata (the graphic novel Fanboy is working on in The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl and Goth Girl Rising)? Someone submitted that very question to the 20 Questions for Barry contest and it was selected, so if you want to see the complete answer, you can watch the video here.

We originally intended to have some pages from Schemata show up in the first book, so I got my friend Jeff Dillon to draw a cover and a few pages of art that I later lettered. But we couldn't figure out a way to do it without breaking up the flow of the story, and the pages ended up living only on my hard drive.

Until now.

If you want to see what Schemata MIGHT have looked like, had it ever been published, you can check it out below. Enjoy!

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Pages
By: Fanboy107 on Thu December 10, 2009, 18:21:19

Weren't these published on Dillon's website a while back? I remember a couple of these pages were also used in the Vidlit video...

Glad to see them in full.

Mark Brodericks representation is Ben? This highly amuses me.

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Re: Now They are Revealed: Schemata Pages!
By: Barry on Thu December 10, 2009, 23:56:49

Some of these showed up on Dillon's site, and you're right that some panels were cobbled together into the VidLit -- good eye!

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wow...
By: RyBakersfieldCA on Sun December 20, 2009, 20:40:24

so which one is supposed to be Courtney? The main focus on page 1? (bottom left cornor)

RyBakersfieldCA

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Re: Now They are Revealed: Schemata Pages!
By: Barry on Sun December 20, 2009, 21:00:16

Dillon was playing around with different representations of her. We hadn't really settled on one yet. But the woman on the cover, the last panel of the unused page, and lowest left panel of the first page are all versions.

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wow... (cont.)
By: RyBakersfieldCA on Wed December 30, 2009, 16:18:05

personally, I like the version on page 1. but that's me. =)

SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT CONTINUE READING IF YOU HAVE NOT READ GOTH GIRL RISING:

and I liked the poem you had running throughout GGR. Very Powerfull. Definetely added the GG's emotional side. and was completely blindsided by the letters to Neil thing, Incredible!

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Cool...:)
By: Gwen on Sun March 07, 2010, 19:36:58

this stuff is awesomeee!...are you gonna make a 3rd book?...you really should, every one of my friends and me want to read the 3rd book,(we're expecting it!)we'll loveee it!!!!!!!!

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books
By: india on Sun May 02, 2010, 12:52:00

r u going to continue fanboy and gothgirl? i think there should be a book when they decide to go out or sumthan like that

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Re: Now They are Revealed: Schemata Pages!
By: Barry on Sun May 02, 2010, 16:08:21

@india: A third book? Probably not. But who knows -- I never thought I would write the second one, either!

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Schemata
By: Quetzalli on Thu March 10, 2011, 09:34:09

Wow, not exactly how I pictured it but does kind of put words into drawing.
I really like all of your books:D
The stories really stand out against other teen novels

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WOW
By: Organic Poison on Fri April 01, 2011, 11:37:22

That's amazing...wow :D
I would definitely read this if it were an actual graphic novel.

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Courtney 'n Stuff
By: Sarah N.M. on Sun May 01, 2011, 01:08:11

That does NOT look like i thought Courtney would, like, you know, more.... artsy like. its ok, tho, anyway, im a HUGE fan (i read gg rising in an hour) and u should REALLY make a third book, cuz itd be totally effing (as kyra says) amazing if you did.

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A third book would be great!
By: Cait(: on Mon August 15, 2011, 01:14:44

I just finished reading both The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Gothgirl, and Goth Girl Rising. The ending left me craving for more! I hope to see a third book? (:

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Re: Now They are Revealed: Schemata Pages!
By: Barry on Mon August 15, 2011, 08:53:11

@Cait: Third book... Who knows? There are no plans for one right now, but I never thought I would write the second one, either!

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Schemata, Fanboy, and Goth Girl
By: Sanada on Mon October 03, 2011, 18:55:51

Hello~
Ever since I finished reading Fanboy and Goth Girl (I actually read Goth Girl Rising first) I've wanted to see what Schemata looks like~ I'm glad that I've seen it now, I have to say that I love the art style! It's not like any other I've seen before~ (I'm a hardcore anime and manga fan, so I'm used to that general style... >.<")
I also have a couple of questions for ya...
1. Are there going to be more pages?
(Random Question) 2. Are you a fan of manga? OwO"

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Re: Now They are Revealed: Schemata Pages!
By: Barry on Mon October 03, 2011, 19:31:57

Hi, Sanada,

Nope, no more Schemata pages! Sorry. :(

As to whether I like manga: Check out my graphic novel, coming out next month: Mangaman! :)

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Schemata <('-'<)
By: TaliaStealsYoursoul on Fri October 07, 2011, 12:18:12

Wow Kyra Was Right This Is pretty Mind Blowing xD
So Im In School I Was Like So Happy School Didnt Block This :DDD But Anyways When Are The Rest Of The Pages Coming.???? Theirs More Right?!?!?!?

Very Entertaining!

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awesomeness!!
By: Taz on Tue October 18, 2011, 18:19:01

Im almost at the end of Goth Girl Rising and I absolutey love Kyra, she's the ultimate role model for girls (apart from the suicidal thoughts) and I totally got how she felt it was pretty much whatever she thought about the world I thought too. It was awsome! I felt like Barry just sat in my brain for a day and documented my life. My absolute favourite novelist!

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Re: Now They are Revealed: Schemata Pages!
By: Valentino Craig on Mon January 09, 2012, 23:08:02

Hey Barry! I love your books there so awsome but the ones I like the most is the astonishingadventures of fanboy and goth girl the most , why , because it speaks to me inspires me to write and it can actully relate to it, but I don't know why you ended that series that I mention before cause I'm like in love with it you should continue the story or if you did tell me your fan

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black n white?
By: Teivous on Mon February 20, 2012, 02:02:20

I never thought the pages were in black and white. AWESOME JOB though!

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????
By: sarah on Sun May 13, 2012, 22:36:59

hi im sarah, i just read goth girl rising. the book way just AMAZING, made me cry sometimes. then the parts with fanboy where sweet. but what are these comics about?? i cant find anything about them. is this related to goth girl? i was sad though at the end. i love to write and so after it ended i wrote may more ending endings to the book. thats what made me want to write. so please make a nother book!!!
-sarah