Yes, I'm still here

October 9, 2009

So, hey, you may have noticed that DIY Manga didn’t really happen this Wednesday. The reason is that (somewhat unexpectedly) I have some family visiting. This, on top of my preparations for the MCM Expo, and the fact I’m moving house in a few weeks is really quite enough to keep my days happily filled. [...]

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Con report: BICS

October 5, 2009

Some tips to make sure your outing at a comics convention is an enjoyable one:

Don’t be ill or under the weather. Not only will the headache and general misery put a damper on your day, you’ll only infect everyone.
Bring a friend to help you out on your table, so you can doze off, go to [...]

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Other people are smarter than me

September 30, 2009

OK, you know what? I don’t have a clever post in me this week. I may be getting a cold, I have a con to go to this weekend, and I feel super-cranky. So instead of yelling at you, I’m just going to point you to some awesome stuff other people did, and hope you [...]

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Poor Man's Lifedrawing

September 23, 2009

Well, that would be a good time (although, really, ANY time is a good time) to draw naked people. Figure drawing is an ancient and very respectable exercise that you’ll probably be doing for the rest of your life if you’re any kind of artist drawing pictures of people (clothed or otherwise).

And if life drawing classes are not currently catered for in your budget (yeah, I know, me too) you can do “poor man’s lifedrawing” by drawing from photographs. Some tips on how to go about this.

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V&A fun and games

September 19, 2009

Some news from the resident comic book artist at the V&A:
Open Studios
It’s the London Design Festival next week (19th – 25th September) and the V&A is hosting a number of events. To coincide with this we are holding more Open Studio sessions.
19th, 20th, 21st, 24th, 25th September 13 00 – 16 00

And as part of the Big [...]

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Entirely Pointless

September 16, 2009

One more for the writers! I’m working on some more drawing-related posts, but they’ll take a little more work. Maybe next week.
This post describes a little technique I use to make sure my scenes don’t end up being Entirely Pointless, because it happens to the best of them, so you have to watch out for [...]

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Do you want to be part of Leek & Sushi 2?

September 14, 2009

ITCH’s biggest success, Leek & Sushi’s Manga Show, is getting a sequel. You can be part of it, even if you don’t (or don’t want to) enter the Manga Jiman competition. All the details are on here: Leek & Sushi 2.

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Are you a writer looking for an artist?

September 9, 2009

So many writers post their story ideas on internet forums etc, looking for an artist to work on “their” story. They’ll describe characters and whole story-arcs that have little or no room for change, and inevitably, there won’t be much interest from artists. It may seem silly to point this out, but artists are creative people too, and most artists have a few story ideas of their own. So, if you’re a writer looking for an artist, this is how I would go about finding one.

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Donna Pesani – International Superstar

September 5, 2009

It turned out he is an editor for a new magazine starting up in Italy called “Mangaka”. It will feature European manga, and he was interested in buying “Stars” for the magazine. Much excitement ensued!

So Davide and Donna got in touch, and Donna tells me things are working out well. She sold “Stars” as well as the one page comic “The Wish”, and they’ve asked for a full colour splash page to go with the story. Hurray!

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Writing for comics

September 2, 2009

Time for something basic. Some thoughts on scripting a comic.
The Format
One of the difficulties of scripting for comics is that, unlike in its sister medium, TV and film, there’s really no agreed format for what a script should look like. It can be, but isn’t necessarily, broken into scenes. It might contain detailed, panel by [...]

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