CONTENT! Here is a little Salamander Dream comic I did last year (in my sketchbook). Click to bigg up.
Scott 4 update: I feel okay about the drawings currently. Drawing these things is like a huge existential dilemma. I cannot explain the rollercoaster of emotions that one goes through while drawing an extremely long graphic novel. This book will be very long, at least a dozen pages longer than book 2, and possibly another dozen longer than that. I'm trying to trim it a bit as I draw, but the script was definitely quite long. I don't want to turn into Harry Potter over here; I'm going to try to keep each book around the 200-page mark. I'm making a conservative estimate that the book will come out next summer. (I wonder if the last Harry Potter will come out next summer?!?!?)
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(I love the Salamander strip in so many ways.)
I think releasing Harry Potter Year 7 on 07/07/07 is too much of an opportunity for JK Rowling and Co. to pass up. I mean, dammit, look at those sevens! Not to mention it'll practically coincide with the next movie. Rock on.
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I know what you mean. Amulet has been beating the crap out of me emotionally and physically for a year now. The difficult thing has been in establishing the characters and setting up for long arcs.
I've drawn about 300 pages now, need to redraw about 40 more, and it will all be whittled down into a 200 page book. I think that the extra pages that were cut will be felt by the reader when they read it, though. My theory is that if enough thought goes into every page, even a short book will feel grand. We'll see how it plays out, I guess...
The Salamander Dream comic is hilarious, by the way. :)
Congrats on the Wizard spotlight. May it help you acquire enviable gear in the future. Or at least a Wii.
Page 1 - http://x36.xanga.com/979d37311013592341
Page 2 - http://xcf.xanga.com/5c9d16310503392341
and again I say congrads :)
~Los
The problem is not turning into Harry Potter. The problem is turning into J.K. Rowling.
--L--
Seriously, good luck on Scott 4. If you get stressed out, I'll fly out there and give you a brain massage if you pay me $5,000. And I'm completely serious.
Same time... Ugh man, that whole "Imagine if Peter Parker had a rockin' indie band" crap... How the hell do you get a job reviewing comics for Wizard? Does it start with not knowing anything aside from "I like Marvel"? It's like water from a poisoned well. But then, most publicity is fairly good publicity, right? Hell, when I was young and knew nothing, I discovered Preacher through Wizard, so who knows how many of tomorrow's fans are reading today...?
It's true though, young people don't read Wizard; it's US magazine for scared, aging nerds... (actually, I think Wizard is for people who're still frightened by grown-up sexuality, thus their strange hatred for women and gays.) (Also, is the magazine published by Marvel? All it ever talks about is how much it loves Marvel. Even your stuff is referenced to be related to a Marvel property.)
We always have an open Wizard at work. I pick it up, I get angry, I throw it down. An day later, I pick it up, I get angry...