A Comic Conversation
Those of you who follow my randomness might recall me mentioning a book or graphic novel sometime soon, possibly (hopefully) this year, if at all possible. Since the last time I brought it up, I’ve received a surprising amount of people asking me if it was really going to happen, and when? The popular demand seems to be drawing me back to the idea (get it? drawing? hah!).
Obviously, I’ve never tackled a project quite like this before, so I want to approach this with as much preparedness that I can muster. I’m confident in my writing abilities, I think my art skills are up to snuff, and I’ve got a hell of a story to tell. I figured that if it got to the point where there was some interest in it, then I would look into making it happen. However, I don’t want to do this alone, and with the blinders that everything will go totally smooth.
This means that I’ll be maintaining a fairly transparent process as I move forward in this new endeavor. My focus will be on making it absolutely enjoyable, rather than worrying about how successful it ends up becoming. Because just as I’ve learned on the web: If money and power are more important to you than being proud of your craft, then you’re obviously doing it wrong.
Consider this post just an introductory statement of the work I intend on doing, even though the work itself probably won’t start immediately (Project 52 still has some priority in the coming weeks). I am, however, starting to plan this out and take it more seriously.
Feel free to offer your advice or thoughts in the comments below. Let me know what sort of comics (if any) you’re currently interested in (just out of curiosity, to see if you might like what I’ve got planned).
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1. Brad C.
Feb 9th, 2010
Good luck with the project. I’m looking forward to following along. I’ve always wanted to do something like this but it’s always looked to intimidating.
As far as good reads I recently finished Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli. It’s fairly nonlinear and an interesting use of the medium.
2. Ryan Brunsvold
Feb 9th, 2010
Anton-
Seeing a graphic novel (of any length) from you would certainly be a huge treat. Although I still consume a lot of comics, when I think of the books that came out in 2009/2010 (or prior ongoing series) that made and continue to make a huge impact on me, I think about the ones that had everything: Striking illustration, compelling characters, and a story that makes me want to read over and over again. In no particular order, here’s my short list:
1.) The Walking Dead (Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard)
2.) Northlanders (rotating cast of creators - consistently high quality)
3.) Scalped (Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera)
4.) Planetary (Warren Ellis and John Cassaday)
5.) Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunted (Darwyn Cooke)
6.) Y:The Last Man (Brian K. Vaughn and Pia Guerra)
7,) I am Legion (Fabien Nury and John Cassady)
8.) I Kill Giants (Joe Kelly, J. M. Ken Nimura)
9.) 100 Bullets (Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso)
Now there’s a lot to chew on. :)
3. Daniel Nicolas
Feb 9th, 2010
Sign me up for buying a copy.
If there are robots involved, I’m there.
4. Tanya N. Kutasz
Feb 9th, 2010
Would love to see you do a project like this! Definitely be cool to see what the combination of your drawing style and writing voice comes out like :)
And I echo Daniel’s feeling on the robots ;)
5. John F Croston III
Feb 9th, 2010
Would love to see the comics that would come out of your mind. They should be just awesome.
Are you going to draw them digitally or by hand?
Another thing I think that would be really cool is to be able to purchase some of the original art or sketches if you are doing them all be hand. This could be another source of income if that is what you are looking for.
6. Anton D Peck
Feb 11th, 2010
Thank you very much, everyone.
@Daniel and @Tanya - I do believe I will be slipping some robots into the story. Not to worry, you’ll love it. Daniel, think of your bear… there’s something very similar going on there.
@John - These will have a heavy digital edge to them, but there will be times when I might draw some parts by hand, just to get the specific look that I want to go with.
7. mcsa labs
May 5th, 2010
Seeing a graphic novel (of any length) from you would certainly be a huge treat. Although I still consume a lot of comics, when I think of the books that came out in 2009/2010 (or prior ongoing series) that made and continue to make a huge impact on me, I think about the ones that had everything: Striking illustration, compelling characters, and a story that makes me want to read over and over again. In no particular order, here’s my short list: