Can anyone here tell a story?
As part of my duties as co-editor at PW Comics Week I edit our occasional "Loudmouth" feature, which is, more or less, our editorial page. Opinions, the more opinionated the better. Funny thing....
Links and stuff
§ Over the weekend, Tom thought a LOT about webcomics.
§ CBR interviews Eric Reynods about MOME not too long ago:
When you started “Mome,” you had something different from the typical alternative comics anthology in...
Bernier offers brush testimonial
Cartoonist Matthew Bernier sends is a testimonial on where to get the best brushes:
The best brushes in the world are made by a nice lady in England
Every person who has ever used a brush...
Great Cartoonists I: Winsor McCay
Jesse Hamm reproduces Winsor Mccay's response to a Clare Briggs questionnaire on how to be a cartoonist:
Much much more in link.
Bookmark: Comics Writing resources
Caleb Monroe has put together a page of online resources for would-be (and be) comics writers. Looks like an impressive amount of work went into it. Sample topics:
WRITING FOR COMICS (GENERAL):
The Craft -...
They’re just not that into you
Via Brigid comes the tale of Takeshi Miyazawa, an American manga-style artist who moved to Japan to follow his dream after being published in the US by Marvel. He had his big day showing...
Video tribute to Comics Sans
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=274428&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=00ADEFComic Sans from Genre Creative and Vimeo.
Via Unbeige
Coloring comics the Steve Hamaker Way
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyGOEeJHxf0&w=425&h=350]
Super colorist Steve Hamaker posts the first in a series of video tutorials on his coloring techniques.
Some resources stolen from the Engine
The Engine, the how to message board, is going away soon, and with it a treasure house of knowledge, in between the pictures of girls in their underwear. Caleb Monroe's post onhow to pitch...
The Fate of the Logo
Eddie Campbell has been looking at logos:
I got around my complete lack of confidence by cutting a couple of letters out of a magazine and sticking another incongrous one in between. The whole cover...
Floyd Norman defends mavericks
Regular readers, and people who know The Beat know how much we adore legendary animator Floyd Norman. Many were the times during our Disney days when Norman would stand in our office and deliver...
Words to live by
"Editors at conventions are usually tired and/or drunk."
--Ricardo González Llarena in a thread on how to pitch to editors at cons. (The short answer: don't.)
