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As a child, my first answer to "What do you want to be when you grow up?" was a cartoonist. Once I realized how much bullshit that required, I said "gently caress that! Lets go with comic books." And although I've never really taken any steps to make this a reality, I've held on to that idea ever since. I hesitate to call myself an artist, because I don't really produce much art. However, I compulsively doodle on anything resembling a blank surface and have made small comic strips for friends illustrating obnoxious customers at my various jobs, chronicling my early-twenties emo woes, and so so many set ups for bad puns. I could comfortably make a dumb webcomic, but that's not what I want. In high school, I started making up a comic story that was identical to every plot made up by a teenage boy who was way too obsessed with bad anime and Final Fantasy VII. Though most of that was cringe worthy in hindsight, there were a couple elements that stuck with me and some new ideas blossomed and grew. About 4-5 years ago, I got with some friends to help make this comic idea a reality. Which turned out to be a lot of talk and overly confident goals. The project died before the pen ever touched paper. But the story in my head lived on and flourished. And maybe it's because I'm a couple months away from hitting 30 with nothing to show for it, but I've decided to actually, seriously, super for realsies, make this poo poo happen. [needless back story over] A few close friends and I have started working on a comic book, recently. I was never expecting this to be easy, but now I have a realistic idea of how much time and effort this will take. No one is expecting to make bank on this project. It is purely a labor of love. But, ultimately, I would like to sell it to the public. Since this is the first time I've attempted anything like this, I would love to hear any advice from someone who has worked on comic books professionally or recreationally. As I work on it more and more, several technical questions start popping up. Such as:
And again, any and all advice is welcome. I'd love to hear your suggestions and cautionary tales. Desrever fucked around with this message at 20:55 on Feb 1, 2015 |
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Liquid Communism posted:Don't quit your day job. Oh, I'm going to. But not because of a comic. This is all extremely helpful. Thanks for the insight. I checked A/T and BSS, but completely blanked on checking CC. I thought it was odd that I hadn't come across similar threads. Scrambled eggs all over my face... what is a boy to do... Closing the thread and heading there. Thanks again for the help. Even the "Don't do it!" comment. Thats still valid.
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