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Sophisticated_Gamer
08-02-2006, 12:02 PM
I was just wondering to see...how many conections we got...
Also i wanted to ask all of you, how is the work experience...is it fun, hard, long nights?

Also i am getting into inking to....and well...i need the tools...so i was wondering what are some tools that i need to start inking. Also what was you favorite book to start learning from?
Sophisticated_Gamer
08-02-2006, 06:30 PM
I see no one :(
Sir Tim Drake
08-02-2006, 06:35 PM
I worked for a magazine that was not a comic book, but was published by Top Shelf, which is a comics publisher. It was a very positive experience overall, but not really comparable to working on actual comic books.
Jeff Brady
08-02-2006, 06:38 PM
SG, your questions are better suited for the Never Ending Forum here at CBR.
Jack Zodiac
08-02-2006, 06:40 PM
Yep. That's where all the aspiring writers and artists should go to get their hopes up propely before being dashed against the cruel rock face of reality.

Oh, and good luck! :D
Sophisticated_Gamer
08-02-2006, 06:58 PM
lol....awww jack...:(
Cei-U!
08-02-2006, 07:00 PM
I pencilled a Dr. Strange story for Marvel back in 1981 that (thank God) never saw print. That's my only professional credit.

Cei-U!
I summon the quarter-century-old brush with greatness!
Jack Zodiac
08-02-2006, 07:02 PM
You're in luck, though, as an artist. Most companies won't look at unsolicited writing, but nearly all of them will look at unsolicited art. As an artist, you're more diverse and applicable to many projects, but most writers have a certain style that only works for certain characters and books.
Sophisticated_Gamer
08-02-2006, 07:02 PM
LoL...do you still have the sketches Cei-U!
Jack Zodiac
08-02-2006, 07:06 PM
Yeah, I'd be interested to see it, too. Huge Dr. Strange fan.
HomerJay
08-03-2006, 06:17 AM
I work under the vast Time Warner umbrella so Dan DiDio (and everyone else at DC) are in my email list.
Forefinger
08-03-2006, 06:43 AM
I work under the vast Time Warner umbrella so Dan DiDio (and everyone else at DC) are in my email list.
I'll bet you e-mail Dan DiDio all the time telling him not to kill Nightwing and that Infinite Crisis sucks!
HomerJay
08-03-2006, 06:51 AM
I'll bet you e-mail Dan DiDio all the time telling him not to kill Nightwing and that Infinite Crisis sucks!
I actually show some uncharacteristic restraint regarding those matters.
That's not to say I haven't thought about it.
Forefinger
08-03-2006, 07:07 AM
I actually show some uncharacteristic restraint regarding those matters.
That's not to say I haven't thought about it.
You could just send him boobie pictures instead.
Cei-U!
08-03-2006, 07:17 AM
LoL...do you still have the sketches Cei-U!

Yeah, I'd be interested to see it, too. Huge Dr. Strange fan.

Sorry, guys. Not a panel of that job survives and, frankly, I'm glad. I shudder at the memory of its stiff, inexpressive figures and sparse, generic backgrounds. Despite five years of art school, I hadn't yet learned how to draw. That came later, after I'd abandoned drawing comics as a career choice. I'll try to find some time this week to upload some of my art on the NEB.

Cei-U!
I tie a string around my finger!
StoneGold
08-03-2006, 09:47 AM
I interned at Malibu Comics immediately after Marvel bought them out in the editorial department in the mid-90s. I had Spider-Man on my paychecks.
tricksterpup
08-03-2006, 09:55 AM
I interned at Malibu Comics immediately after Marvel bought them out in the editorial department in the mid-90s. I had Spider-Man on my paychecks.
That explains why they are no longer around. :rolleyes:
tricksterpup
08-03-2006, 09:57 AM
Sorry, guys. Not a panel of that job survives and, frankly, I'm glad. I shudder at the memory of its stiff, inexpressive figures and sparse, generic backgrounds. Despite five years of art school, I hadn't yet learned how to draw. That came later, after I'd abandoned drawing comics as a career choice. I'll try to find some time this week to upload some of my art on the NEB.

Cei-U!
I tie a string around my finger!
Hey Cei-U.. I talked to some people and we found your Artwork. It was also colored by a professional. How's this for a blast from the past?


http://www.amjewellery.co.uk/images/santa%20and%20tree%20drawing.jpg
Cei-U!
08-03-2006, 10:44 AM
Hey Cei-U.. I talked to some people and we found your Artwork. It was also colored by a professional. How's this for a blast from the past?

Ah, yes. From my expressionist period, doncha know.

Cei-U!
Ho ho ho!
SUPERECWFAN1
08-03-2006, 12:10 PM
I interned at Malibu Comics immediately after Marvel bought them out in the editorial department in the mid-90s. I had Spider-Man on my paychecks.


Thats pretty damn cool. What kinda work did you do for them Stonegold ?
StoneGold
08-03-2006, 12:35 PM
Thats pretty damn cool. What kinda work did you do for them Stonegold ?
A lot of xeroxing, a lot of placing certificates of authenticity into bags with signed copies of Exiles #1 that Terry Kavanaugh apparently urinated on before sending them back to us. Although the best part of the job was I had to read all the issues of everything and summarize them for the story bible.
SUPERECWFAN1
08-03-2006, 12:39 PM
A lot of xeroxing, a lot of placing certificates of authenticity into bags with signed copies of Exiles #1 that Terry Kavanaugh apparently urinated on before sending them back to us. Although the best part of the job was I had to read all the issues of everything and summarize them for the story bible.


Knowing that some of it had to suck....you poor bastard. :p