Comments on: Drawing Comics Pages Out of Order http://adistantsoil.com/2009/08/19/drawing-comics-pages-out-of-order/ The Official Website of A Distant Soil, the legendary graphic novel series from Image Comics. Wed, 23 May 2012 04:33:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Thomax Green http://adistantsoil.com/2009/08/19/drawing-comics-pages-out-of-order/#comment-1897 Thomax Green Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:32:52 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=3781#comment-1897 I think I'll leave the artistry of comics to the artists and stick to something easier, like writing them. I think I’ll leave the artistry of comics to the artists and stick to something easier, like writing them.

]]> By: Arlnee http://adistantsoil.com/2009/08/19/drawing-comics-pages-out-of-order/#comment-1895 Arlnee Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:57:43 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=3781#comment-1895 hee hee, I saw you refer to "Going to Amerikay" as GTA and I thought "wait, they're making a Grand Theft Auto comic?" XD in the words of Emily Latella, "Nevermind..." hee hee, I saw you refer to “Going to Amerikay” as GTA and I thought “wait, they’re making a Grand Theft Auto comic?”

XD in the words of Emily Latella, “Nevermind…”

]]> By: Allan http://adistantsoil.com/2009/08/19/drawing-comics-pages-out-of-order/#comment-1893 Allan Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:03:19 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=3781#comment-1893 As you say, there are no rules. Some artists (like Steve Dillon, for instance) start drawing at top left of page one and keep going until they reach bottom right of page 22, while others bounce around all over the place. Jack Kirby apparently used to create a comic by drawing disparate sequences -- a 4-page fight scene, say, then a 2-page quiet interlude for a completely different comic -- once he felt he had sufficient sequences to fill an issue, he'd chop and change, reorder pages, shuffle the sequences until he was happy, and then erase a few panels and draw new ones so the story would flow in a logical order. From time to time he'd take a sequence originally intended for, say, Thor, and drop it into an issue of the Fantastic Four. Seems an odd way to work, but, hey, it worked! As you say, there are no rules. Some artists (like Steve Dillon, for instance) start drawing at top left of page one and keep going until they reach bottom right of page 22, while others bounce around all over the place.

Jack Kirby apparently used to create a comic by drawing disparate sequences — a 4-page fight scene, say, then a 2-page quiet interlude for a completely different comic — once he felt he had sufficient sequences to fill an issue, he’d chop and change, reorder pages, shuffle the sequences until he was happy, and then erase a few panels and draw new ones so the story would flow in a logical order. From time to time he’d take a sequence originally intended for, say, Thor, and drop it into an issue of the Fantastic Four. Seems an odd way to work, but, hey, it worked!

]]> By: Colleen http://adistantsoil.com/2009/08/19/drawing-comics-pages-out-of-order/#comment-1892 Colleen Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:56:31 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=3781#comment-1892 Torsten: yes. The work is never perfect, but it has to be finished. A big reason why A Distant Soil has not moved forward much lately is because no one is looming over me holding back a paycheck and saying "Get on with it!" It is too easy to niggle when you are your own boss. I turned in some GTA pages more than a week ago. This did not stop me from finding a few details and errors that need touch ups. So, I will re-upload them. And then I will stop and move on to something else, I hope. Torsten: yes.

The work is never perfect, but it has to be finished.

A big reason why A Distant Soil has not moved forward much lately is because no one is looming over me holding back a paycheck and saying “Get on with it!” It is too easy to niggle when you are your own boss.

I turned in some GTA pages more than a week ago. This did not stop me from finding a few details and errors that need touch ups. So, I will re-upload them. And then I will stop and move on to something else, I hope.

]]> By: Torsten Adair http://adistantsoil.com/2009/08/19/drawing-comics-pages-out-of-order/#comment-1891 Torsten Adair Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:51:22 +0000 http://adistantsoil.com/?p=3781#comment-1891 In other words, you're using the same type of scheduling that movie studios employ when shooting million-dollar movies. Evil question: How do you know when the art is perfect and finished? When do you stop working on a page? In other words, you’re using the same type of scheduling that movie studios employ when shooting million-dollar movies.

Evil question: How do you know when the art is perfect and finished? When do you stop working on a page?

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