One of my favorite things to throw at artists and writers is the 4 CHAMBERS grid. I love to see how they make it their own. I could spend the next quarter-century writing one per day and still not exorcise my thoughts on the human condition.
Second Saturday & The Style Sheet of My Dreams
We seemed to have a lot in common (see a shared love for similar music and badass British films & directors), but who knows? Maybe she was sneaky and just did her research. I'm pretty easy to find on social media, and almost as easy to fool.
I've read my share of pitches (hundreds) in my time (decades) as a comic book editor for companies behemoth and miniscule. Here are 9 common omissions that force my hand to scrawl red ink onto your pitch.
WHERE WE'VE BEEN/WHERE WE'RE GOING
Hard to believe we're at the end stages of getting this FLIPBOOK comic to print. When you self-publish, you have to be resourceful since you're basically flying solo.
As you've noticed, there's editing at every stage of making comics. Sometimes the changes are subjective and may seem arbitrary. I do my best to only insist on revisions that will make a huge difference for the story.
Final vid, tonal shifts & essential pages to hang in your studio
Lid's bold art move that left me speechless in the middle of teenage wasteland, more edits, and the little book of PUKE.
I shared the Status Sheet on Tuesday, which is basically the classic 9-panel comic book grid on an 8.5 x 11 piece of paper. Without it, I don't know how I'd get anything done.