Every week seems to turn into a month where I’m wishing I had produced more – but after a month, looking back gives me a better perspective that I did get a fair amount out for you.
This last month, I’ve been focusing on what I call the Luggash and Felk “parachute sequence” of More Doris Danger Giant Monster Adventures’ “Alps” storyline! (The parachuting began at page 02-04 – Published, but “The Idea” with the sequence was to expand on a very brief one-page HINT of a story I introduced in Monstrosis (Doris’s second volume) – which I’ve posted HERE – page 123 – Published, and which I decided should be related to a second Monstrosis two-page sequence which may APPEAR to be completely unrelated (page 156 – Published), and which has now become a MAJOR recurring storyline for the bulk of More Doris Danger Giant Monster Adventures!
So here at the web comic, I’ve begun constructing the series of sequences leading to Felk and Luggash getting stranded in the Alps, and how they escaped. The first sequence, chronologically, is page 07-03 – Published – and the story will be playing out from there – but not chronologically… UNLESS you click the icons for:
THE ALPS
If you peek your way through page 02-04 – Published through page 02-09 – Published (which include a couple Patreon $1 “exciting all-text” pages), you will find some THOROUGH COMMENTARY pages (which are ALSO for YOU kind $1 Patrons), describing how the sequence came about, samples of all the original Jack Kirby “parachute” artwork that I swiped, and how the sequence progressed from a few panels to a four page sequence with an additional four pages of EXCITING ALL-TEXT supplemental material. (For example, on page 02-07 – Pre-Edits, I shared emails between colorist Ricky Sprague and I as we formulated how the pages in question should be colored!) AND THEN I posted SCRIPT pages (also for YOU kind $1 Patrons, with either scripts of the sequences or brainstorms of what the scripts developed from)! And THEN I ALSO posted a bunch of original scans of the artwork, so you can compare how they looked pre-colors and even sometimes with different text before I edited it (for YOU kind $4 Patrons!)!
Then finally, for those who prefer not to read and to watch Youtube videos instead, I posted this informative page 02-08 – Commentary Video – Parachute Sequence for YOU kind $7 Patreon patrons!
[NOTE: If you’re NOT a Patron at my Patreon.com/ChrisWisniaArts, don’t beat yourself up! You can read THIS (short) explanation of all that’s going on: page 02-06 and 2-07 – navigation]
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While posting all this work, I realized I have never posted the page 000 Cover – Published of Monstrosis, so now it’s up, WITH a link (for YOU super-sweet $4 Patrons) to a FULL COLOR HIGH RES printable of it!
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For YOU kind $7 Patrons, my fantastic editor for “Diary of a Struggling Comics Artist” and I went through and figured out who our most popular videos have been, and then we found more clips of those artists. Here are the videos we posted this last month for your enjoyment:
44. ADAM HUGHES (approx. 4:00) DIARY OF A STRUGGLING COMICS ARTIST
Difference between “rewarding” and “fun”
45. LEE BERMEJO (approx. 3:20)- DIARY OF A STRUGGLING COMICS ARTIST
Lee Bermejo describes how he worked his way into the comics industry, through the nurturing guidance of Wildstorm Comics.
46. SAM KIETH (approx. 2:05) DIARY OF A STRUGGLING COMICS ARTIST
Sam Kieth discusses the difference between working on a character he created and characters he’s been hired to work on.
AND THAT’S NOT ALL! ONLY for $7 Patrons, and not with any plans for posting to the public, this BONUS ORIGIN STORY:
47. BILL SIENKIEWICZ – (approx. 6:50) DIARY OF A STRUGGLING COMICS ARTIST
EXCITING ORIGIN EPISODE! Bill Sienkiewicz shares how he got into comics.
Keep popping over HERE to the blog to see what’s new, or I’ll let you know what I’m up to “next week!”
Thanks, sincerely, as always,
Chris