Deep Work 001: Making Comics & Storytelling
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- Watch me make comics live, share pro-tips for making comics + motivational, and fun stories as I do the "deep work" of making my comics.
✏️ Show Notes:
00:00 - Intro - Hello!
11:42 - I'll tell a Jack Kirby Ghost Story... the origin of "Yirmumah", my "shadow:
21:20 - Letting go of bitterness...
What I think about the new Invincible Animated Show. I tell some stories about Robert Kirkman (Invincible, Walking Dead... FUNK-O-TRON!!!) Also describing the sheer joy I feel when indy creators hit big, like our old friend Bendis. (that Boom Boom Studios kid from Cleveland)
30:47 - At age 41 in 1958, Jack Kirby thought Sky Masters was his ticket to success having a daily syndicated comic strip. Ultimately it didn't last... but at age 44 Jack Kirby created what would now become the "Marvel Age", when he stopped Marvel from closing it's doors, spent the weekend creating the Fantastic Four (based on his early Challengers of the Unknown comic)
35:38
"Comics are the sh*t, man!" - Jack Kirby / - "Not actually a real Jack Kirby Quote, guys" - DJ
41:05 - I talk about Shakey Graves's haunted guitar story.
44:00 - I go into an impromptu rant/story about the time I was drawing MonkeyMan Unleashed for "Hollywood's Brian Lynch", and how the Diamond Comic Distributor rep wouldn't take the comic unless we got a forward by Kevin Smith. I told the rep to f--- off with that. We ended up selling the first batch through Kevin's Secret Stash store... Upon hearing this story from me at Pittsburgh Comic, Robert Kirkman was like "f-- that rep" and gave him his rep's name, Filip Sablik..... And that's how we finally got MonkeyMan in Diamond Previews catalog. A long of way of highlighting how old Bob Kirkman always seemed to be helping other indy comic guys. So that's why I get perturbed when I see/hear someone hating on him. You've been warned. :) Bonus: I do a mean Bob Kirkman impression.
1:13:00 - I go into the Andy Milonakis story about Pittsburgh Comicon (before he was famous) and he was harassing WWF Wrestling Legend Nikolai Volkoff and his manager, calling them Nazis, even though they were in Russian gear. I wish you could have seen their faces.... then a lady nearly died in a runaway wheelchair incident I had totally forgotten about....
2:25:29 - How to make comics with a full time day job. INVEST IN YOURSELF FIRST. THis is a motivational rant on the topic. We give so much of our time to others, but you need to set time and "pay" yourself first. All you have is time.... spend it wisely.
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Tools I'm using:
- iPad Pro & Apple Pencil
- Sketchboard Pro
- Procreate App
- My brain. My hands. - Навчання та стиль
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This is awesome so glad I found it.
Thanks for watching! Enjoy!
How do you like the Sketchboard Pro? I backed it, and it fits my iPad; but I dunno...it doesn't seem as "stable" as I thought it would be? Kinda flexi-plastic-y?
Oh really? I love mine. Mine feels very solid. it's heavier than I thought it would be. My only small gripe is that the cord hole is a little cramped and its hard to put cables through the other side easily which is why you see mine tucked in from the top. I try not to put stress on the port there.
If you mean the rubber housing? Yeah its silicone, i wouldnt trust it too much to hold in and lug around, which is why they have the carrying instructions card. But i usually am traveling between my couch and the upstairs office. :D
I was mostly talking about the legs...they don't seem to keep it very steady when I try to use it as a drawing table like you are, here.
I WILL admit, though, I'm one of those guys that never really learned to "draw from the shoulder or elbow," and I tend to rest my arm on everything when I draw.
@@VanDavis Oh yeah, i know what you mean now. The rubber tabs stick nice to my desk but I can see how this might throw you off if you lean on it. Its the one thing im scared will break actually! Fingers crossed! :)