Ask me Anything, Continued
Added 2023-06-03 04:10:00 +0000 UTCHey, folks. I'm having trouble loading some follow-up questions/comments so if you haven't seen a reply to something you wrote on the previous AKA, hit me up here and I'll answer asap.
Or feel free to ask me anything else here. I'm dealing with stuff in the studio (including doing a shit job of installing a new air conditioner) and my hand's a mess (see previous note about that air conditioner, I also threw my back out carrying the old, heavy one downstairs -- with Winky trying to trip me!) so I'm not getting a ton done this weekend outside dealing with art packages and sales and organizing things for the next push of work.
Here's a few comments I retrieved from my Gmail notifications that aren't loading into the (overloaded?) AMA post:
In a follow-up regarding Fugazi, Sean Scott wrote:
It does happen. I jumped to the conclusion after picking up the issue of Dork where you drew them on the back cover. Would love to see it printed on a poster or shirt, but they're really not in the market for that stuff these days.
That Dork back cover was reprinting the Deadline Magazine cover we did. Supposedly the band requested I do the drawing. Sarah hung out with members of the band back in her Florida zine/scene/show organizing days (iirc she was in a car with them and others when they got pulled over by DC cops) , she told me Guy liked Pinocchio which is why he's on the shirt. I am actually working on a black and white recreation of that cover, it's now years late, because I suck. I almost had it finished when I found a drawing mistake that was too damned egregious to let live, and too much of a deal to fix. I'm almost done penciling the new version. Hopefully the customer isn't going to kill me for placing them in The Waiting Room. Weak joke, sorry. Anyway, again, I wouldn't turn Fugazi off if they came on the radio or anything. It's just a band I never got too deep into. Same with Minor Threat, which I've liked when I've heard them, for that matter
Desiree Guzzeta asked:
Does "I didn't draw one yet" for the Mandy episode mean you are going to draw one? Because I would buy that! :)
I hope to, some day. I'm so backed up and scattered on art I owe people and work that it keeps getting pushed back. Since we have no new episodes planned right now I should at least put a piece of paper aside for it and see what happens. I think I know what I want to do. It's annoying to have an episode missing the title cartoon!
Anything else? Feel free! I'll answer asap.
Comments
Generally the writer is the plotter, and there's page rates for both aspects of the work, plot and dialog. At Marvel I got paid to plot, then paid after I turned in the dialog when pencils were in to work off of. If the penciler did layouts to break down the story, they got paid for that, if someone else did tight pencils they got paid for whatever the hell they did and the inker got paid, the colorist, letterer. I haven't done anything for the big factories so I dunno if there are further breakdowns, like for color flatting (I assume colorists pay a flattener they employ/hire). A plot can be sparse or detailed, depending on the writer and editor's relationship, writer-penciler relationship, etc. I turned in almost nothing for Bill and Ted, Fabian trusted me to flesh it all out. But B&T wasn't a high profile important project. Some books are top down, editorial sticks their fingers in and tells the writer what they want accomplished, especially in a big crossover. There's many ways the book can get done , even in the mainstream process. But a plot can indeed be, page 1, Blob monster breaks out of containment, destroys lab, breaks through wall. Page 2. Blob monster rampages through street, smashing people aside with tentacles. That's not how I work, I write a full script, as many do. Plot first means you're putting more work on the artist/storyteller, and imho they should get a bit of the plotting money for choreographing events. Stan needed notes on his pages to dialog, he was handed a lot to work with because he was "The Man". And The Man needed help to do everything as far as the comics went. Editorials he could do alone.
Evan Dorkin
2023-06-26 22:02:33 +0000 UTCI've not heard of it but thaanks for the rec. I have anti-inflammation meds coming from my dosctor, and I'll be getting tested at the neurologist asap, but it's good to have options.
Evan Dorkin
2023-06-26 21:54:21 +0000 UTCHey, Evan. This is more of a recommendation than a question, but have you tried Voltaren gel for your arthritis? I have serious arthritis in my left thumb, and when I rub this stuff in, the pain goes away for a significant period of time. You can usually get it at your local pharmacy over the counter. https://www.voltarengel.com/ This was recommended to me by my doctor, and it's helpful. Not a cure, but helpful.
Ray Cornwall
2023-06-12 23:45:35 +0000 UTCHi Evan, When it comes to script writing in comics, does the writer also work for a page rate? And if the work is split, say, with one person writing the story and another drafting out the actual script, does the plotter also get paid by the page? Does the outline have to be detailed and broken down by page or can they pull the ol' Stan Lee and just turn in a piece of paper that says "Good guys fight blob monster... add something about hippies and dune buggies..." ?
Logan Green
2023-06-09 20:42:31 +0000 UTC
