Making Comics

It's time for our first guest!  Gary Hodges (writer/artist of D vs M 1997) joins Scott and Keith this week, beginning with a conversation about the script-crafting process for the next two issues of D vs M (3:45), then moving to panel layouts and the conflict between Art Gary vs Script Gary (26:30).  The three discuss long-form and short-form stories (34:00) and Kickstarters, from Keith's prep (39:00) to Scott's incentive covers (45:00).  After that, some comic convention stories (51:20) and Gary's decision where to end the story (58:55).

Keith discusses his week which leads to a discussion lettering and consistency (7:00) and finding the right script balance to make your artists succeed (13:00). Scott recaps his week, starting with a discussion on references and spending money (15:35) before the two discuss Kickstarter preparation (25:00).  Post-outro basketball talk at 42:30.

A brief review of the week starts with Scott discussing dutch angles into his work (2:40) before Keith recaps a few actions on the comic 'Animals' (6:00), including the value of throwing work away when necessary.  The two then discuss Kickstarters (13:50) with Keith asking Scott specific questions on prepping, launching and promoting them.  Post-episode riffing at 49:50.

Keith reviews his week starting with a creative conundrum (2:15) and status on two other projects.  in Scott's recap, her discusses the best person to do art for (13:20) before both guys talk about the necessary positive attitude through the creative process (23:00).  The two then move on to live music, creativity and personality after Keith decides to be a holier-than-thou indie music jerk (32:00). 

Scott begins his review of the week (1:00) with an update on Issue #10 of the Second Shift, SLAC method (12:20) for attacking an issue's worth of pages.  Keith then reviews his 'CEO week' (14:00) with his comics and writing music to them (18:40).  The two then share three comics (each) we've recently enjoyed (22:30).  Bonus stuff (49:00) includes a fast food discussion and basketball talk.

Keith starts the episode discussing his 'Animals' project (2:35) and the new art process he's working on (and is a part of) for the book.  The two discuss mid-stram artistic changes on books (10:30) and the differing roles in art and writing for comics (18:10). Scott reviews his week (24:45) and both fine-tuning and finishing touches on and upcoming issue of Second Shift.  Lost material anecdotes follow (32:30).  Bonus stuff hits with an outtake of the two discussing Keith's recent staycation and Scott's 2021 vacation designs (40:55).

Scott talks dialogue revisions and dialogue tweaking (1:00) before moving to the new coloring process he's experimenting with (9:30).  Keith reviews his week (17:10) and character writing before we answer some listener questions on writing workshops, video resources for artists and comic scripts (32:05).

As promised in the discussion, here is the link for comic page examples:  https://keithrfoster.com/home-1/comic-scripts-examples

Keith starts his week with a status of his three comics projects in their various completion states, which leads to a discussion on trilogies (15:27).  Keith then talks about gathering all his projects (17:35) in one place.  Scott reviews his week (23:10) before Keith mentions a decade-old sociological learning between East and West coasts (31:30).  The two close the episode around people that have our names/domains (35:55).

And, you'll understand when you get there: Keith is still @Keith_Decibel on Instagram.

Scott starts the episode discussing his week learning lettering techniques (1:05) before the two talk dialogue authenticity (9:20).  Keith mentions his early returns outsourcing lettering (20:35) before the two compare writing comics scripts (26:40) and conceptualizing scenes for both dialogue and music.  Prince enters the conversation (38:50) before Scott and Keith riff on collecting (40:15), specifically record-collecting.

Scott mentions a few resources in the conversation, there they are.

Radio word bubbles:

https://youtu.be/ErLkjfXdmE4

Scott McCloud basic lettering 1/2:

https://youtu.be/nhsqRjBehmw

Scott McCloud basic lettering 2/2:

https://youtu.be/GOSp76iGg94

Keith starts with his weekly recap (1:49) involving logistics around the 215 Ink book 'Gory Books #1' before the two talk single issues vs trades in today's environment (11:55).  Scott then reviews his week (21:35) with highlights on flatting and lettering.