Comments for Blood and Ink

Comment on The Etymologist’s Corner by terena

terena — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:25:51 +0000

What a great idea for a blog! Very helpful, and well written.

Comment on Getting an idea. by Ray Succre

Ray Succre — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 21:47:00 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. I was approached by a server recently who asked to read the things I wrote. I later showed him a few samples of my general page, and received the question I dread, and which you’ve addressed quite well: How do you come up with those ideas?

I’ve spent more brainpower trying to answer that question on the fly, the numerous (and seemingly random) times it’s tossed at me, than I have searching for actual ideas.

The process is much more articulate than the original idea.

Looking forward to part 3.

Comment on Publishing Rights by Alissa Nielsen

Alissa Nielsen — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:27:00 +0000

Thanks for posting this! It’s a really helpful resource. Saves a lot of people a lot of time and headache.

Thanks again!
-alissa

Comment on The War by N/A

N/A — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:45:00 +0000

Hmm, I am in the camp that you can’t please everyone. While it’d be great if every little detail could be covered, something is going to be left out.

We do need to have a well rounded inclusion of the different aspects of the human experience, but at the same time I think it all depends on the intent of the documentary. If certain outside groups demand changes to an otherwise great documentary, my response would be along the lines of “That’s a great idea. Let’s save that for another documentary - this one is done”. It’s good the lack of representation was brought up. You can only do so much.

Comment on The War by Ray Succre

Ray Succre — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 05:52:00 +0000

Wow, trouble. Documentarians have a tough niche in the world. They still represent and foster their work as an art, but at the same time, it’s more of a relevant and factual format. While I think they should be free to make the project they want, I can see why anyone left out of a topic as huge as a war would be pissed.

Shit, do documentarians have an ethical obligation to cover every facet of their topic, or should a touch of lenience be alloted them, because a documentary is essentially an interpretation based on fact? Documentaries are growing in popularity among the general populace of the U.S. right now, as well. I see many more of them in video stores and for sale in major outlets now, so there’s going to be much more scrutiny in the future over the accuracies of documentaries… I suppose the omission or inclusion of any fact or detail changes the outcome irretrievably, so in the end, this is rough terrain to work in. It will probably get rougher, too.

I wonder what the outcome will be in this particular case, with the hispanic representation (or lack of) with the project in question.

Comment on Re-Vision: learning to love your drafts by jeannine

jeannine — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 05:57:00 +0000

Good post! And good to see you the other night!

Comment on words and pictures. by vinylsaurus

vinylsaurus — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:47:00 +0000

This isn’t strictly to the point but I’m reminded of Mike Mignola’s method of page/panel composition. He says he always does the word balloons first and works out the best way to “read” the page that way.

Comment on Shake the Box by Alissa Nielsen

Alissa Nielsen — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:13:00 +0000

I found these suggestions really helpful. There are so many writing exercises out there to help with first drafts, but not very many creative exercises on revision or rewriting old poems. These were great! I especially liked the every-other, the machine translation and the list.

Thank you!!

Comment on words and pictures. by Alissa Nielsen

Alissa Nielsen — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:02:00 +0000

Thanks for this post, I really enjoyed it.

Maybe this question is for another topic, but the whole Stan Lee/Daredevil thing reminded me of collaboration between writers and cartoonists.

What methods are used when writers collaborate with cartoonists? Is there a general script format? Do you think that there are certain themes or styles of writing that lend better to comics? If a writer wanted to approach a cartoonist about working together on a project what would be the most professional way to do this? What are some things writers should ask themselves before contacting a artist for collaboration on a project?

Just something I'd be curious to know more about...

Thanks again.

Comment on How to make comics by N/A

N/A — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 05:37:00 +0000

Scotch (not fucking hooch) is an invaluable tool in making comics. At least 12 years old, but right now I am drinking 16 year old scotch. Blow whatever money you have after you buy art supplies. Drink and repeat. It makes me feel better about my own drawings. Or worse, depending on my mood.

-Dalton