Storytelling Lecture Series, Part 13 (Edited from the transcript of a 1994 seminar) All right, we’re in the backyard of this suburban home. Three young men are arriving. Look at her, the Invisible Girl. You get a pretty good look at her. You’ll see her feet later, trust me. You get a pretty good look […]
Storytelling Lecture Series, Part 12 (Edited from the transcript of a 1994 seminar) I’m going to quickly go through a comic book for you. This comic book, an issue of Strange Tales later reprinted in Captain America. Why this one? This one is an old comic by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, and it was […]
JayJay here. I’m posting another one of Jim’s plots today. It’s a pretty interesting behind-the-scenes peek to read and compare. This is also available in a reprint volume. Some abbreviations: BG = background, FG = foreground, POV = Point of view X-O MANOWAR #1 Plot PAGE ONE Full page. Eric is fighting his way down […]
JayJay here. While Jim and I are working on the rest of the lecture, I thought I would post a sample of a plot. Jim wrote this some years ago for the Predator Vs. Magnus crossover comic.We will be putting up some of Jim’s scripts, and the Turok 1 script is already available for you […]
JayJay here. I was emailed these questions for Jim and relayed them to him. As I do. Question: Reading the blog it sure seems that office politix and egos are as bad as anywhere else. In Kirby’s case it seems to be driven by Roz, as whenever he is in anyone’s presence Jack seems to […]
JayJay here. I wanted to mention that Jim and J.C. Vaughn are doing a signing tour of three stores next Saturday on Long Island. So if you are around next weekend, come on out! Scoop – FCBD Shooter, Vaughn Triple Signing on Long Island […]
JayJay here. Jim and I are working on the next part of the Storytelling series, but we came up with a list of our favorite books for comic book creators. For general all-around drawing information, the famous Andrew Loomis books are great. Figure Drawing for all it’s Worth – Jim said, “Figure Drawing For All […]
Storytelling Lecture Series, Part 11 (Edited from the transcript of a 1994 seminar) Now, I’m going to tell you a whole bunch of other stuff that may not mean anything much to you yet, but then I’m going to walk you through a particular comic book and I’m going to show you examples. These are […]
Storytelling Lecture Series, Part 10 In my scripts, I always provide a lot of reference for the artist, or links to places he can get reference online. I think it’s important to use reference. Sometimes, it’s just so the artist understands what I’m asking for, a certain angle, expression or gesture. For instance in Magnus […]
Storytelling Lecture Series, Part 9 The first great secret of drawing better is using your eyes. Don’t laugh. Once, with another group, I leaned an umbrella against a door and asked them to draw it. I gave them a minute, I think. I watched them. Most of them glanced at the umbrella, then hardly looked […]