New Year, New Stuff
Well, one year is passed, and another has started. My own personal new year is also looming on the horizon. And you know what? Things are looking pretty decently on the comics front.
I was asked to write a story for pay a week ago today. It came as a shock, because I had applied for the job just a few days over a year ago when the the e-mail came in. Nice, right?
Well, I finished it a couple of days ago, and am just waiting to hear back from the guy, as well as a paycheck. And I’ll tell you what: it’s easier to adapt something than to make something out of whole cloth when you don’t own the property. I love the things I can do with Ungoodwise. It can bring out my inner militant. However, I’m trying to flesh out the world and do a lot of things that I believe can work, but I’m not the owner/creator of it. I’m just the writer, and because I’m basically setting up the world and such, it’s not as easy as it could be. Complaining? Not at all. Just saying it’s a challenge. I enjoy challenges.
Another challenge I had was to critique some art. A guy I know sent over an artist over to me. This artist’s work was pretty uneven, and I said so. I also gave him an older sample script I wrote to see how he’d do with it. Again, it was pretty uneven. Characters looking different from panel to panel, stuff like that. So, I broke down one of the pages, telling the artist where he was good and where he wasn’t.
I’ll be the first to admit being an art snob. I’m pretty spoiled, and I know it. I’ve worked with some damned good artists, and I plan on continuing that. It’s part of being painted with the brush of the people you associate with. I plan on keeping that going. What I don’t have is time to tell an artist how to draw something. He’s definitely a better artist than myself, but he’s still got a long way to go.
I should be in bed right now. Today is the first day of the new bid at work, and my workdays change. Instead of being off on S/S/M, I’m going to be off on M/T/W. Yes, I was off last night, and I have to go in tonight, and then I’m off. It’s going to be decent.
It does mean, however, I’m going to miss things like the playoffs in football, the Super Bowl, and have to watch the tennis matches on a delay. I’m thinking it’ll be okay.
And I’m only slightly sleepy, which is good. It’ll help put me to sleep, so that’s where I’m going. I’ll watch JFK as I go to sleep. It was either that, or Excalibur.
For you, however, I recommend watching Firefly. It’ll do you MUCH good.
-Steven
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