Comment on Comics: producing, publishing and selling. by *LiamSharp[parent]
*LiamSharp
Nov 7, 2007, 4:41:21 AM
Nov 7, 2007, 4:41:21 AM
Hey Christos.
I would say absolutely no. I've heard it said that you need two out of three qualities to be successful. You need to be: very good, very fast, very nice. That's really accurate, but you'll get nowhere without any skill at all.
The press and a lot of fans rattle the cages of the industry, and there's a lot of savagery directed at the mainstream creators for being a bit lightweight, or uninspired, or pedestrian. Let me tell you that maintaining your creativity at any level over a career is an achievement, and the people who make these attacks do it on the basis that they think they can do it better. Well maybe, for one issue. Or just maybe that person IS the next Frank Miller, or Jim Lee, or whoever. But once you've told your two or three storys that you've worked on for years, that's when the work REALLY starts.
It's true that connections help - a little. But as I said in this piece, I've been around for 20+ years, I know a LOT of people, and I try my very best to be a good, civil and well-mannered man. I still struggle to land good gigs. It's tough out there! But manners help, seriously. Nobody wants to work with an arrogant, ill-mannered arsehole who thinks he/she knows more than everybody else.
Very best,
Liam.
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I would say absolutely no. I've heard it said that you need two out of three qualities to be successful. You need to be: very good, very fast, very nice. That's really accurate, but you'll get nowhere without any skill at all.
The press and a lot of fans rattle the cages of the industry, and there's a lot of savagery directed at the mainstream creators for being a bit lightweight, or uninspired, or pedestrian. Let me tell you that maintaining your creativity at any level over a career is an achievement, and the people who make these attacks do it on the basis that they think they can do it better. Well maybe, for one issue. Or just maybe that person IS the next Frank Miller, or Jim Lee, or whoever. But once you've told your two or three storys that you've worked on for years, that's when the work REALLY starts.
It's true that connections help - a little. But as I said in this piece, I've been around for 20+ years, I know a LOT of people, and I try my very best to be a good, civil and well-mannered man. I still struggle to land good gigs. It's tough out there! But manners help, seriously. Nobody wants to work with an arrogant, ill-mannered arsehole who thinks he/she knows more than everybody else.
Very best,
Liam.
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Would you say that this is true?
I hope not, but if this is the case, maybe i should put drawing aside and go study public relations...
P.s. Spawn Dark Ages... wow...
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A lot of the time, you don't get paid much either way, and the biggest thing I notice at the Cons and Panels there are the alternative of turning your comic or story into a pitch to other mediums, Like Motion Picture or Game companies.
Use of MySpace, Youtube, AtomFilms and a few others have fell into a mainstream medium online, but it's so saturated with garbage material, that we've been spoon fed dark material from a black hole and abyss of unoriginal and lackluster quality.
But, that's from my latest venture in expanding my own business and art.
Cheers on the post!
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I would say absolutely no. I've heard it said that you need two out of three qualities to be successful. You need to be: very good, very fast, very nice. That's really accurate, but you'll get nowhere without any skill at all.
The press and a lot of fans rattle the cages of the industry, and there's a lot of savagery directed at the mainstream creators for being a bit lightweight, or uninspired, or pedestrian. Let me tell you that maintaining your creativity at any level over a career is an achievement, and the people who make these attacks do it on the basis that they think they can do it better. Well maybe, for one issue. Or just maybe that person IS the next Frank Miller, or Jim Lee, or whoever. But once you've told your two or three storys that you've worked on for years, that's when the work REALLY starts.
It's true that connections help - a little. But as I said in this piece, I've been around for 20+ years, I know a LOT of people, and I try my very best to be a good, civil and well-mannered man. I still struggle to land good gigs. It's tough out there! But manners help, seriously. Nobody wants to work with an arrogant, ill-mannered arsehole who thinks he/she knows more than everybody else.
Very best,
Liam.
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I was hoping that a good comic would be published even if the writer/artist/whatever has never been to the San Diego Comicon.
For example, as a publisher, would it be a problem for you to publish the work of a man to whom you've only spoken
by e-mail? (don't worry, I'm not pitching anything here
And would you say that young artists should direct themselves to a certain style which they can do well, fast and for a long time, or should they experiment with everything and pick a style according to each project?
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Forget the freak you're just nature.
Keep the gun oiled and the temple clean.
Shit, snort and blaspheme let the heads cool and the engine run because in the end everything we do, is just everything we've done."
And I HAVE published people I never met - Matt Coyle, to name one! - based on their work alone.
BUT - "Event Horizon" LOST money, and we had to stop. That's how tough it is, even with names like Bizley, Steve Niles, Chris Weston, etc. Getting the books and talent together isn't always the issue, it's what comes next that is REALLY hard, and getting people to buy it is hardest of all.
Take care, and good luck!
Liam.
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Networking is key. It's all about communication skills - the very thing we put down on paper in the first place in the form of artistic expression. Unfortunately, some people lose the ability to interact with people. Computers and the internet are a huge help - but first and foremost you need to know how to ask the right questions.
You have to love what you do - have a genuine passion and commitment for anything you create. If all you think about is the money, you really need to ask yourself the questions before anyone else.
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Alexander Pope
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The article is updated from the ImagineFX one, with new stuff added, and some taken out...
Likewise, you're bang on.
Talk soon!
Best,
Liam.
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Very best,
Liam.
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