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Is this from the same project as that caped fallout radiation guy?
Seriously, how long would it take you to grind out 22 pages like this?
As for this thing, I actually DID try to draw the first issue ages ago- like maybe 2002-ish. I worked on it on and off for maybe 6 months and only got about 16 pages done. It was my first attempt ever to do a proper comic, and then it went in a drawer b/c parts just weren't coming together (mostly to do with tricky action scenes that weren't coming across on the page). I dusted it off in 2007 and did made a brief attempt to redraw some of the old pages (which is where this came from: [link] ). This paticular pic is an update of an old piece of concept art I did back in the first phase, brought up to my current standards (which have come a LONG way since then). I can actually tell ya, b/c I'm doing a project w/ a small number of sequentials on this level right now, that it'd still take a long damn time. Certainly too long to support a monthly ongoing book. If I'm ever gonna make it a reality I have to get help in the art department- either from a breakdown artist (since that's what takes up 80% of my time- the crazy details are easy) or a full-on penciller who can just work from my concept art.
I think the real answer is I need an army of about 12 clones, shades of Michael Keaton in MUTIPLICITY. Then I'd be unstoppable.
Yeah, I've been putting in a lot of hours on the Draculasaurus sequel lately.
Sometimes I think that trying to make a comic book with a one-man team is insane. I've finished penciling 16 out of 30 pages, by the way. I can't imagine doing it in a month, even with a team.
If you ever get stuck on the breakdowns, I'd be glad to take a look at it. That's the one aspect of comics that's not a mind numbing pain in the ass for me.
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Glad to hear you're still dedicated to the sequel! I loved your first ish, and those bits ya told me about Part 2. 30 pages? Nice! I have this belief that print comics need to adapt to modern times by getting longer (as opposed to SHORTER- like DC is doing now- some of their books are only 20 pages!). I'm pitching the project I'm working on now as a 48-page bi-monthly, with 40-44 pages of story and 4-8 of text pieces/extras/etc. I suspect that idea will never fly with a publisher, but I think it's worth a try.
And yeah, monthly books are an insane schedule. The number of creative teams who actually do manage it on a consistent, long-term basis are less than most people think. Most books can't sustain it for more than 8 issues before rotating an art team out to give them some catch-up time. The fact that Mark Bagley did 111 issues of ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN without missing a beat is mind-boggling.
Love to collaborate sometime though.
Yeah, draculasaurus II is a monster, because there's no dialogue the individual panels don't need to be as big, so instead of 4-6 panels per page,it's more like 6-8 per page.
So at 30 pages, it's like two and a half comics worth of pictures in one book.
probably a bad idea on my part.
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Something needs to happen to comics. I don't know if they need to be longer or cheaper or what.