Aug 252019
Aug 212019
Well, the writing hit a dry spot, but some stuff continues to get done. The big news is that the line art for Dr. Fizz issues 2 and 3 is done and has been sent over to a colorist. I’ve seen the first half or so and it is looking great.
Art by Gino, Colors by Tyler Ochart
We also have completed a 4 page short set in the Dr. Fizz universe, a ‘Tale from Grand City’ titled ‘The Rental‘. It’s hilarious.
I’ve recently also finally gotten around to doing the last bits necessary for Spook Town issues 3 and 4 to be printed, or be put into digital. I am still not sure if i should even bother with individual Kickstarters for each book or just try a trade paperback type of collection.
In any case, the plan is to get all the books that are otherwise done and just waiting on me to do my part up on Amazon or such ASAP. I will need to check on exclusivity and so on to make sure it’s a good idea, but who knows. Continue reading »
Apr 232019
It’s not really a code, or a secret, it’s just an enigma, wrapped in the average persons lack of expertise…or something.
I did a short for Yeet not long ago, lettered and sent it out, then came some colors. And then came the request to format it for the Alterna Publishing thingy.
It’s not all bad, I am learning some bits and figuring other bits out. For example, I am learning why so many of my fellow indie creators who said they were jumping at the chance to use the program offered by Alterna to print on newsprint for low, low prices gave up after being daunted by the required specs.
Still, I have made a good faith effort, and should know very soon that I have failed and still have much to learn. So far I have figured out on my own that one workaround I imagined will not work, specifically moving just the type from a flattened tiff (or tif, png, etc) file to another layer will not work. If you have only a flattened file, I now suspect very much that you would have to either re-letter the book, making sure to keep the lettering ‘active’ and in their several layers or risk printing the rasterized letter layer. Apparently that would be bad and make for ‘muddy’ letters…perhaps.
If you are intimately familiar with the required specs and find this frustration of a fly-by-night indie comics post-processing nightmare funny, please know I forgive you. It’s just on this side it’s a bit more like a tragedy.
Apr 132019
I have not posted anything to this blog in a long time. It is not like I am not busy having fun with things that this blog is supposedly about (movies, games, comics, etc.), I just have not been writing about it a lot, and mostly over at the media site (www.mobysmedia.com) when I do.
So I am thinking I might post messages like this at both sites for a while…I have thought of merging the two sites but I am not really in the mood to do all that…work.
So the news is that I suck at Kickstarter. I think it has changed a bit as far as comic book funding goes, but in any case I don’t see any of my books getting the funding they would need to do proper sequels and such. So, I am going to make improper sequels and stuff.
First off, I have an artist or two who like working and would like tme to keep them busy, and they are not of the artists mafia type who feel they are entitled to $200/page and so forth. I am also looking to keep costs down on the coloring of pages by using flats and greyscale for most book from now on. So far the next two ShadoWorld books will be of this nature, and probably the third if it gets completed.
So far there has been an issue with ShadoWorlds #3. I don’t really want to get into it.
The good news is that my super friend and artist knows a guy who knows a guy who wants to do Dr. Fizz. So far so good, and I am thinking we might actually get issues 2 AND 3 made. Woohoo.
I have a good outline for the two issues, a solid-ish character arc making the ‘origin’ of Dr. Fizz a three issue affair and not just one issue. That said, issue one can and does stand on it’s own just fine.
Now, if only I could Kickstart it, or put it on sale…
Mar 012018
Well, not phone books exactly, but the test printing of Dr. Fizz! Somehow I managed to get the post-processing on the book done correctly the first time, and everything looks great.
