HERE<\/a> is the trailer!<\/p>\n Here is the COMPLETE LIST OF SNEAK PEEKS<\/a> of interviews that are so far available, or becoming available shortly.\u00a0 We are adding a new clip every week!<\/p>\n In\u00a02010 I was thinking about how difficult it is, in so many ways, to try to make a living in comics.\u00a0 Trying to get into the industry, the stress of needing to find new work every month to pay rent, to not have benefits or insurance, the shrinking state of the industry and general public lack of interest in comics, getting your work made into films and other media, decisions about taking work-for-hire in which you get a paycheck but own nothing you create vs. ownership but no guaranteed income and having to promote yourself and your product that no one has ever heard of… Regardless of the level you’re at, it comes with struggles.<\/p>\n HERE ARE some videos posted free to the public (I will continue posting a new one each week):<\/p>\n NEAL ADAMS<\/span><\/b><\/a> (approx 3:40) shares how he appealed to publishers to create a royalties system. I hope you will check out this project, and if you are willing, it would be an immense help and kindness to me and other artists interviewed, if you could share any of the above links, subscribe to my below social media accounts, and so on.\u00a0 I’d love to hear any comments you’d care to give as well!<\/p>\n I am posting these video clips (and much more) at my Patreon.com\/ChrisWisniaArts<\/a>, a platform where artists can gain support from their fans in exchange for secret-society-style access to incentives and bonus features.<\/p>\n Since the beginning of time (unless we were born or married into the class of the idle rich), artists have been at the mercy of their patrons:<\/p>\n Michelangelo could never have painted the masterpiece that adorns the Sistine Chapel\u2019s ceiling without Pope Julius II\u2019s funds.<\/p>\n The Impressionists had Durand-Ruel, who purchased over 3000 Monets, Renoirs, Pissarros, Sisleys, Cassatts, and Manets, to allow them to subsist, and to make their art. He basically encouraged, nurtured, and financed the entire impressionist movement.<\/p>\n Van Gogh never sold a painting in his lifetime. (He DID sell a couple drawings.)\u00a0 He was penniless, but had a brother who provided him with money for food, a roof over his head, and paint and canvases, to create his body of work.<\/p>\n People like these allowed artists to dedicate their time – eight or twelve hours a day – to making their art.\u00a0 Patreon is a great place for modern-day artists, who – like all the artists of history – need support in this digital age.\u00a0 If you value ART and THE ARTS, in our society and communities, or gain pleasure from it, and if you’d like to directly support me as an artist and the creation of my art, I hope you’ll consider a tier level (as low as one dollar a month) at my Patreon.com\/ChrisWisniaArts<\/a>,\u00a0where I have been dutifully posting my comics, high res images, essays, videos, and more, a few times every week for the last fifteen months, and plan to continue to do so, with great excitement for all my projects, for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n Thanks as usual for checking out all the projects I’m always up to!<\/p>\n Sincerely, I’ve begun publicly releasing sneak-peeks of my upcoming comic book documentary!\u00a0 It features interviews I conducted from 2011-2015, with comics pros NEAL ADAMS (who in the 1960’s-70’s created the “dark” Batman look that has become the standard), MIKE ALLRED (creator of iZombie, a Netflix series), SERGIO ARAGONES (Mad Magazine “between the margins” artist), DICK AYERS 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\n<\/span><\/span>LEE BERMEJO<\/span><\/b><\/a> (approx 5:15) discusses the challenges of creator owned projects.
\n<\/span><\/span>TIM BRADSTREET<\/span><\/b><\/a> (approx 3:20) <\/span><\/span>discusses the challenges of freelancing in the comic industry.
\n<\/span><\/span>JEFFREY BROWN<\/span><\/b><\/a> (approx. 4:05) <\/span><\/span>discusses the peaks and valleys of being a freelancer.
\n<\/span><\/span><\/b>HOWARD CHAYKIN<\/span><\/b><\/a> (approxx 1:45) discusses transitioning from comics to television.
\n<\/span><\/span>MY WIFE AND I<\/a><\/strong> (approx. 4:15) discuss our arguments in the early years of their relationship.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/chriswisniaarts.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Diary_Doc-logo-Patreon-lowres.jpg?resize=196%2C300&ssl=1\"){kind=logo}
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