Episode 261 Topics Include:
- Dexter Season 8, Episodes 1 + 2 (00:07:00 - 00:28:35)
- What we've been watching
- The problem with Pixar
- Image Comics Expo announcements
- Featured Review: The Fantastic Four (1994)
Running Time: 2 hours, 22 minutes
Episode Songs:
Ain't No Rest For The Wicked - Cage The Elephant
This Podcast May Include Some Explicit Language
...It Also Most Likely Contains Some Spoilers
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Silence of the Lambs is another Demme movie, that's why Corman is in it! Lambs also has George Romero in a cameo, he plays an FBI agent.
ReplyDeletei'm not familiar with Jason Latour but that's awesome he got that Winter Soldier writing gig, i'd love to do something like that. even though i'd love to get work as a writer and i've lamented about it, i actually haven't stuck my neck out that far, i've only pitched a couple things over the years with me just as writer. i got really close on a Ninja Turtles thing last year, i was so excited. one thing i pitched years ago i was told by the publisher that they'd only be interested in it if i drew it myself, d'oh. aside from the pitching angle, though, i guess what gets me down about it isn't so much that, pitching is always hard, but it's that despite getting a lot of editors/publishers approaching me with offers, whether a series or a single issue or whatever, it's always for art and writing is never mentioned. so it's more like i'm not even on their radar as a writer, or even a creator/cartoonist, i'm just an artist. and i get that my writing isn't very mainstream and i can't imagine it being a big sell for some of these companies, but it seems like it never occurs to anyone to give me a shot. on the other hand, i think i'm kind of a limited writer, i don't know how much range i have and maybe outside of my own personal work i wouldn't do so great.
ha! Man-Gull! what sort of story would you be looking for? i'd have to come up with an idea, hmmm... i don't know if i'd be able to do anything this year, though.. :\
i haven't seen the old FF movie in forever! i remember seeing it on a shitty VHS bootleg.
Do you think the reason you always get offers for art jobs and never writing is because most of what you've written has been more personal and less generic whereas regardless of what you draw it's easy to see it and imagine your style applied to whatever someone else has in mind that's already written? I'd call that a strong suit myself, but then I'm a fan. This may seem to be exactly the opposite of reality, but I kind of feel like Mountain Girl may be the most mainstream book you've written just because there's lots of action and not a lot of relationship stuff. Then again, despite how much I enjoy Mountain Girl and would love to read more Naga stuff, I think your strongest work is still Wet Moon because of all the emotion and character building you've been able to cover over 6 volumes. Shadoweyes feels like it'll reach that same level if you do a few more volumes because there's a lot of character and relationships in there too, just with more action. All in all, I guess what I'm saying is that what makes your writing the most appealing to me as a reader is that it's unconventional, though that may also be why you're not beating off potential writing jobs with a stick because no one would read what you've written and call it "safe". Kind of like what you said about your style of writing not being a "big sell". I hope that came out right and didn't sound insulting.
DeleteNeedless to say, I'd love to draw something you've written, be it Man-Gull or otherwise. Man-Gull is structured in my mind as one fairly linear story, though. Not to say that there's not room for side stories or whatever, but I guess I'm saying I'm not sure what I'd suggest as a premise. If you ever really want to write something though, let me know.
I think Corman's Fantastic Four might have been the first movie I ever downloaded. I remember seeing a bootleg copy at a comic show back in middle school or so. It's not great, but I love that it exists.
i think it's either what you said, editors see my written work and think it's too unconventional or personal (or they just plain old don't like it, heh), or i think it might be that they don't realize i also write. they see Glory and TMNT and that's it, Wet Moon and Shadoweyes are like deep cuts at this point. it's probably also that it's easy and fast to see art, go "i like this/dislike this" with one look, whereas to make a call on writing you have to sit down and actually read a good chunk of it and i imagine most editors don't have that kind of time.
ReplyDeleteMG probably is my most mainstreamy thing, yeah! it's more straightforward, i guess. i appreciate all the compliments, thanks so much as always. :)
maybe a spin-off about Man-Gull's estranged brother, Dog-Gull, a seagull with dog heads on its legs instead of arms...