Do You Have Aspirations To Work In Comics?

[MaxTraster]

Its funny, I didn't think about it until maybe just now but I grew up with a group of people who all aspired to create for a living. I had the least direction out of everyone I knew, and a buddy of mine who strove to be a professional guitarist had the most. Talking with him one night we sort of sorted out that being poor would be fine if you could do what you love.
Having been poor doing something I hated if I can pull in that income creating something, I'd be fine with that.

Thanks for the point of view B.Claymore. Haven't gotten to your stuff yet, but soon man. And what's so selfish about doing what you want with your life?

[BClayMoore]

Thanks for the point of view B.Claymore. Haven't gotten to your stuff yet, but soon man. And what's so selfish about doing what you want with your life?

I have a family that has to live with my ups and downs.

-BCM

[MaxTraster]

Yeah having a family does make a world of difference.

What's the first thing of yours I should read?

[dmh3000]

I have a family that has to live with my ups and downs.

-BCM

That's why I'm trying to get my foot in the door now before I have to think about stuff like that.

[Jef UK]

A comic you do for free is just a fanfic.

This isn't true in the slightest. Most anthology work is done for free, and unlike publishing prose, self published work isn't a stigma in comics, but is often a part of the process of getting published.

[Jef UK]

And I have a graphic novel coming out from Oni Press at some point in 2011. I've scripted up to page 130 or so, and the artist is on page 30.

Hey, I finished this script and the artist is now on page 100 or so! Yay me! I've also released the 4th issue of Americans UK since then and had another magazine article come out.

[BClayMoore]

Yeah having a family does make a world of difference.

What's the first thing of yours I should read?

Probably Hawaiian Dick:

http://bclaymoore.wordpress.com/2010...sets-for-sale/

-BCM

[michealdark]

This isn't true in the slightest. Most anthology work is done for free, and unlike publishing prose, self published work isn't a stigma in comics, but is often a part of the process of getting published.

Wow, I actually said that? I must have been in a bad mood or trying to make a joke. I think the gist of the statement is still true. It could even be expanded to say that comics in general, and corporate comics specifically, are glorified fanfiction. But that's not a bad thing. Most of us like to come up with stories about our favorite characters in our heads. How many of us ever get the chance to get paid to do it though? And how many of us, if we're good enough, get the chance to become minor legends for it? In fact, I think my generation and the generations to follow, I wouldn't be surprised if quite a few of us get our start doing fanfiction in our younger days before learning how to properly format a script.

[Grey Warden]

I ask this question all the time, but because there are so many new people I thought it'd be a good time to ask again.

Do you have hopes or plans to work in comics?

What kind of work is it you hope to do, if so?

And what are you doing to make it happen?

That's a good question. I used to want to write comics so bad I could taste it. Then I went on this grad school journey. I learned a lot about writing and different mediums, and wonders of writing both fiction and nonfiction.

I still blog, I love writing. I'm still going to pursue publishing, but one step at a time for me. First I need to get my thesis completed and get my MA degree.

[Lester C.]

Even if I had the drive, talent and connections for a career in comics, which I don't, I wouldn't want to. I have a thin skin when it comes to criticism, and a surprising amount of fans online will act as if you've committed the worse crime imaginable against them, if you do anything original and new with a character they hold sacred. If I were someone like Jeph Loeb I would have headed for the hills or at least to Hollywood years ago.