There's Magic in Seeing the First Art for a New Comic
After the solitude and lonely exercise of scripting, receiving the first art for a new comic brings company, comradery & warmth.
Just a few months ago, I funded the first issue of Gothic Horror Team-Up on Kickstarter and have since enjoyed sharing with the world this strange, yet somehow apt tale of Frankenstein’s Monster joining forces with Lovecraft’s apocalyptic elder god to ward off a threat even worse than the two of them alone. Of course, at the time, I knew the players and the plot for the second installment, and I’m beginning to receive finished art for that project from the artist, Guilherme Medeiros.
It is stunning:
In a previous post, I previewed
’ concept images for Count Dracula and Moby Dick (yes, the white whale!), and, in panel 2 above, you see Guilherme’s first take on Dracula in action. And how about that detailed, ragged take on the Demeter dominating the page? Wow.This is just the beginning for Gothic Horror Team-Up 2, as I’ll continue to share art updates here and even more comprehensive previews for paid subscribers.
I also received seven (7!) pages of art from Oscar Pinto, nearly a full third of the first issue for a totally new sci-fi cyberpunk thriller coming this fall. You’ll see those later this week. Get excited!
Plotting and script-writing are solitary pursuits for writers, and, in the realm of comics, it often feels like a futile accomplishment until the finished script is interpreted into art by the artist/art team. Seeing all this amazing art is not only gratifying, it’s damn well motivating and gets me writing all the more.
Right now, we’re approaching the end of the road for the Amandatory Kickstarter, as it draws to a close on Sunday, July 20, at 8:00 p.m. Central time. It’s been a great run, already quadrupling its initial funding goal, and I can’t recommend enough this 160+ page collection of the short comics art of my partner and Flatline Comics art director, Amanda Rachels.
Go get it!, and thanks for making comics with us!
Kevin
That blissful feeling of receiving artwork never gets old! This looks great!