Hi, Folks!
I’m actually ahead of schedule this week! I got next week’s episodes penciled, inked, and colored already! I rock! They just need lettering, and they are ready to head out into the world.
I’ve got a Zen Cart store installed, so we are almost ready to start selling stuff again. I’ve got to do some studying, because Zen Cart seems a little overwhelming, and the learning curve on it looks pretty steep. I’m going to watch some videos on setting it up tonight, so things are underway.
Benita has gotten our Johnny Saturn promo movie up and featured at Comic Book Trailers. This site, geared specifically for comic videos, is a pretty cool concept, and I suggest you check it out.
If you’ve noticed the really cool action, speed, and effects lines that I’ve been using in many of the Johnny Saturn episodes lately, they are the result of Manga Studio Debut 3.0, a very cool and inexpensive program that gives you insane levels of control over all those great effects. It also includes numerous patterns, and it may be used for drawing, inking, and lettering as well. You can see it in use on panel 1 of book 8, page 15; and book 8, page 13. I clearly am not a Manga artist, but I’m always happy to study it for techniques I can make use of in my own storytelling.
A service I really like right now is Scribd. Once you sign up, you can download all sorts of great articles or books for free. Last night, I availed myself of a Grant Morrison article that was originally written for the Disinformation Book of Lies.
