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25 Aug

Some recent chatter about portfolios, submissions + 'breaking in'-

It's easy to think only in terms of what _you_ want - the work, the credit, the level up in terms of visibility.

Instead, think about what a publisher wants or needs and the process is clearer.
#ComicsSchool

Quality
Is the work you're showing as good or better than the top third of what a publisher is putting out?

They have established people getting stuff done at a base level. Can you raise the bar enough to be worth the effort to bring aboard?

Dependability
Have you produced enough that it's clear you can do the work and consistently finish it?

This is where having a completed story/book is a big plus. The more you do, the clearer that gets.

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@JimZub

11 Aug

@CianTormey

A comic script communicates key aspects of story + dialogue to the rest of the creative team.

In this thread @CianTormey masterfully goes through the process of planning a 'quiet' page from one of my scripts.

This is solid gold comic theory for artists + writers.
#ComicsSchool

https://twitter.com/CianTormey/status/1425304982706864132

@GerryDuggan

A bit of context-
Writing Uncanny Avengers was a thrill, but intimidating as well.

@GerryDuggan did a great job but had a very full plate, so I was asked to come in and sunset the series before Avengers: No Surrender.

I had to fit into the existing structure but make it my own.

In six issues I needed to:
- Show our team messed up by the dark force field surrounding Manhattan as part of Secret Empire.

- Prep character and plot threads for No Surrender.

- Thematically bring a close to some of the broader themes Gerry opened the series with.

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Jim Zub

@JimZub

4 Aug

A new #ComicsSchool video is up!

Talking about juggling freelance projects with a day job and the amount of time it took for me to get momentum as a comic writer. These creative careers are a marathon, not a sprint.

Watch and share:

@OmarDogan1976

Crucial parts of my career, whether I realized it at the time or not, came about thanks to amazing people around me.

People like @OmarDogan1976 @madnug @GailSimone @erikmona @scottmccloud @BillRosemann

Friends and mentors who taught me a lot and encouraged me at key moments.

If my comic 'career' started with making a comic and releasing it, I've been doing this for literally 20 years.

I was working on pages for my webcomic Makeshift Miracle and hand-coding parts of the website in August 2001.

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Jim Zub

@JimZub

10 Jul

Going to BBQ this afternoon, so I'm pulling together fresh potato salad this morning. So much better than pre-made and really easy.

- Boil a batch of potatoes for 20 min.

Waxy/harder potatoes like red ones work better than russets or others you'd use for baked/mashed potatoes.

- Include an egg or two with the potatoes and boil them at the same time, but take the eggs out after the first 10 min.

- Cut the potatoes into chunks to cool, adding a bit of salt, pepper and other spices to season them. If you have malt vinegar, a dash or three here is great.

This is where you can customise the heck out of it to your taste-

How big the chunks are.
Whether you include the potato skins or not.
How much mayo you use.
All variable.

For me egg, cucumber, and dill is a must. You can add red onion, pickles, even cubed up cheddar cheese.

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Jim Zub

@JimZub

31 Mar

I want to pitch a new #DnD comic series called REAL DUNGEONS & DRAGONS-

Issue #1: Five completely disparate characters with elaborate back stories that are never referenced again.

The party takes 17 pages to leave the town they start in.

TPK from a random encounter.

Issue #2: 5 new characters arrive. They are all twins of the characters killed in issue 1.

An encounter with an unimportant NPC gets the party 100% focused on a non-existant plotline.

A bad Athletics check kills two party members.

The others find a cache of gold and retire.

Issue #3: 5 new characters arrive. One is the plucky daughter of a previous party member. The others are all from Unearthed Arcana.

Ambushed by villains from the original quest, the heroes have no idea what they're supposed to do.

They're swiftly captured
An actual cliffhanger!

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Jim Zub

@JimZub

30 Mar

A quick drawing lesson for artists who struggle with street scenes/buildings-

I was giving feedback on a student layout and realized the advice here could help other people too.

Here's the construction build.
The perspective is consistent, which is a great first step.

The perspective is working, but there's a common proportion problem.

To check and adjust, we need to find the eye line used to build the scene. Follow back the perspective lines and there it is. Straight forward.

From here I add a scale figure. Sometimes I'll draw one in, but when I'm doing a lot of critiques I use an architectural figure silhouette like this instead.

I size the figure to fit on the bench and will use that to measure everything else in the scene. So far so good.

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