As time goes by, the number of people in our immediate circle of influence drawing comics about us increases.
Similarly, as the amount of time a given creator has spent working on different projects increases, the complexity of their work on average goes up as well. Generally, this is most true for semi-autobiographical comics, and long-running first efforts.
I fear that, as a group, we are going to make something very, very strange.
Is fear the right word, there? Fear has it's roots in anticipation, and uncertainty of what will happen next. Someone who does not consider cause and effect on some level cannot know fear, will one who examines it might overcome it. If I say that I fear what may result of our various creations' interactions- be it in an indirect, memetic level or directly as the different ideas reflect off of each other -I must certainly anticipate what will result from it. Will we fall out with each other, will we fail or will we do something fantastic?
The issue with complexity is that complexity in itself is meaningless. More so, complexity in one layer does not translate to another: static, noise without form, is infinitely complex without substance; no one would call static music, but still "simplicity" is an easily tossed about criticism.
I'd love to do something with my friends, but I wonder: do I fear that it will be to simple, or to complex?