Something that annoys me even though it's what I expect.
Another comment on one of my blogs was going on about how new artists do not get a chance to see their strip work in print and how most small press publishing is all ego promoting.
Since the 1980s if someone sent me sample art and asked if I had a script they could draw to contribute to one of my publications to see their work in print and if they are enthusiastic and at a reasonable level I usually do work with them. They get a couple copies of the book their work is on and I get to fill a book.
I have made that same offer since 1995 on so many sites and not one taker. However, over and over again there are the complaints "No one will give me a chance".
On a number of occasions I have responded with "Send a few sample pages over" and...."How much do I get per page?" I even had one artist who was not that good say he would never work for free as in a year he'd be working for Marvel or DC. Never heard from again.
Dave Gibbons, Ian Gibson, Brian Bolland and many other creators started drawing strips in the small press to get experience and practice.
The internet created a generation of whiners.
Yeah. Everybody had a chance.... But that chance as what you could make of it. I made my bed. Guess I'll die in it. Still, old memories are worth celebrating. TTFN.
ReplyDeleteIt's more a case of people wanted to draw comics for fun and develop their art style and see their work printed. It was all fly by the seat of your pants and people trying new pens, brushes or nibs. It all went from "Let's have fun" to "I am not that good but I deserve a huge wad of money and I'll be a major comics creator in a year and the movie deal comes after that!" Matt Brooker's D'Israeli series would have made an incredible TV series. Very talented and underused and, to 99% of comic buyers a case of "Who?"
ReplyDeleteYeah. But I still like ' Let's have fun
ReplyDelete' Makes me smile while I still can TTFN
You need to write to me at some point. But, yeah, making comics WAS fun!
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