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PUT YOUR BEARD IN MY MOUTH
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he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
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@iamsherlocked2012
R.I.P. The 2976 American people that lost their lives on 9/11 and R.I.P. the 48,644 Afghan and 1,690,903 Iraqi and 35000 Pakistani people that paid the ultimate price for a crime they did not commit
this is the only september 11th post I’m reblogging
Also RIP the American & British soldiers who lost their lives fighting in a pointless war
Comic Book Artist Wanted!
Hi guys.
I’m looking for an artist/illustrator to come on board and be my partner. I’m a professional writer and am working on a comic book idea.
The script for the issue is already written, as are character descriptions and a full synopsis/breakdown of what’s going to happen in the rest of the series.
In terms of the style I’m looking for, the artwork will need to be gritty, realistic and dark, with sprawling London cityscapes, rain, bloody murders, some gruesome scenes, chases, and lots of dogs. (All will become clearer when I explain the storyline to you). The comic itself is all of the above, but also has a great deal of humor and doesn’t take itself too seriously.
It also deals with being non-binary and transgender so someone who is cool and comfortable with that would be ideal, although you don’t need to have any direct experience. Preferably also someone who is familiar with fandoms, as some of my character descriptions reference actors, musicians or other characters as a starting point for the imagination.
I’m from the UK but it doesn’t matter where you’re based as we can communicate online. In the first instance, you can reblog and comment if you’re interested in finding out more or inbox me. I’ll then tell you everything about the project and send you some more specific details!
What I’m looking for is someone who can commit to producing one item of art per week/two weeks, and can work on getting the first six pages of the comic finished by the end of this year, so that we can send it off along with our pitch to potential publishers.
Some pre and post photo shoot selfies with @iamsherlocked2012 and @myliteraryboners :)
Martin and Stormzy from Stormzy’s Snap!
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REBLOG IF IT’S OKAY FOR YOUR FOLLOWERS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH THEIR GENDER IDENTITY/SEXUALITY TO MESSAGE YOU FOR ADVICE, SUPPORT OR HELP
please, it’s pride month.
Some shots from my Gerard Way cosplay at comic con this weekend. More coming tomorrow most probably.
A Gentle Roar
Greetings from DC’s Young Animal Control Center, a.k.a. The ZOO!
We want to start giving weekly updates on the progress of the Young Animal books. This is the first. In these updates you will see art and commentary from the collaborators, editorial, and myself.
Emerald City Con was wonderful—I met so many amazing artists, writers, colorists, letterers, and editors. The support we received across the board for Young Animal has been amazing, and it is fueling us through the next stages. Those stages include conceptualizing, storytelling, scripting, drawing, building, and a number of other processes to get these books ready to go.
Each week the team goes into Dan DiDio and Jim Lee’s offices to talk direction, ideas, art, and where we are heading. It is an amazing part of the process and gives us a chance to get on the same page and shape it together. That part is essential.
Today I want to share some art and talk a little bit about things, starting with DOOM PATROL.
Here are two pieces by DOOM PATROL artist Nick Derington. The first image is a shot of Cliff Steele, a.k.a. Robotman. This is the first image Nick created for fun, and we (myself and the editorial team) were so moved by it that I knew we needed to start working together immediately. There is something about Cliff sitting there and looking off, thinking to himself, that captures some of the energy we were going for. I’m also a sucker for Cliff’s costume from Grant Morrison and Richard Case’s run.
The next image is super exciting; we get a look inside the process of creating a new character. This is a concept for Casey Brinke, one of the newest members of the Doom Patrol, also drawn by Nick.
I don’t want to give away too much about her, but some of you might notice the costume was inspired by Black Sabbath (Black Sabbath has been really important to my personal creative process for DP), Sigourney Weaver in Alien, and other inspirations like Starlight Express (!). Some may also notice that the costume appeared on an image Becky Cloonan created for the original DC pitch years ago based on my initial designs (which I will share one day). The character has since changed drastically. My first stab at DOOM PATROL involved a very cynical character that I didn’t feel like writing anymore—the whole take was fun but it wasn’t what I had in mind years later. Casey Brinke is who I want to write—as you mature, you change as a person and as a writer. The ambulance from the original pitch remains, though. Nick and I spent a bit of time creating her and Nick spent a lot of time drawing her—shaping her—so that when the writer starts scripting, the artist can start to hear the character’s voice, and then the character develops even more once the artist brings them to life on the page.
Once we started to get a footing on Casey and other members of Doom Patrol, we then moved on to SHADE, THE CHANGING GIRL.
I thought about the legacy of Shade a lot in the initial concepts/feelings/impressions. They are a character that goes through incredible change (hence the name), and is such an interesting character from the first incarnation, as created by the legendary Steve Ditko, and on to their experimental incarnation brought to us by Peter Milligan and Chris Bachalo. The character has a special place in my heart.
Cecil Castellucci and I started working together very early, and we shaped Shade, with Cecil doing most of the heavy lifting after I told her my initial concept. I fell in love with Cecil’s writing immediately—it has a visceral and dangerous quality to it—very raw, emotional, and wildly imaginative. Her first issue of SHADE is a knockout.
Putting teams together is half the fun, and the editors did an incredible job with this—bringing me lots of art to see—and we chose the teams together.
Which brings us to the amazingly talented Marley Zarcone—someone whose art Cecil and I fell in love with.
Here is an image, much like Nick’s take on Cliff that captured the energy of the character while bringing an alien couture to the table. The Young Animal team is very big on fashion—the perfect thing to juxtapose the wild and uncontrollable nature of the madness itself, and the darkness of the story.
Here is Marley’s Shade!
MOTHER PANIC!
Tommy Lee Edwards and I have been wanting to work together for some time. In 2015, Tommy and his partners flew me out to be a guest at their NC Comicon—it was an incredible experience and we bonded right away—I had been a fan of Tommy’s ever since my brother Mikey gave me a copy of Marvel 1985, and Jon Rivera (who I will get to more later) sent me a bunch of Tommy’s Star Wars art. Tommy and I talked about doing a Batman project together, but as I tried to get in the headspace of Batman, I realized I wasn’t ready to take that on—I felt like I wasn’t in a dark enough place, to be honest! Maybe one day.
But MOTHER PANIC is something different altogether. Even though Bruce Wayne is a famous person, I could bring things from my personal experience as a musician into the character of Violet Paige, a.k.a. Mother Panic, filtering these elements through a different lens: the red carpets, the galas, the weirdos you meet, the fame and the negativity, addiction, misery, combat. Tommy and I created a character that saw a very different Gotham, and we found a whole other world to explore in Gotham—the underbelly of Gotham’s wealthy and famous, the secret things that happen, the secret world. Tommy began designing the character using only some of my crude ballpoint pen notebook scribbles of the character. Mother is still a work in progress, but Tommy blows me away with every design.
Getting Jody Houser on board as writer is the part that glues everything together, and she puts her heart into making Violet come alive. She understood the character right away and immediately found Mother’s voice. Jody is one of my top favorite writers, and I expect to see her writing many different characters in many different genres over the course of her career—she is one of the most versatile writers I have ever met. She took to crime drama immediately. She’s having fun with this and you can tell. We are learning about Violet (and Mother) together. I’m overjoyed that Jody is part of this.
Another exciting announcement is the addition of artist Shawn Crystal to the MOTHER PANIC team! Shawn will be rotating as part of the art team with Tommy Lee Edwards and John Paul Leon, and we are all extremely happy to have his talents on board.
Here is one of my favorite images that Tommy created to get the initial vibe—simple and elegant, like a witch or a ghost walking the streets in downtown Gotham. This captured the energy to me.
Collaborating has been the best part about working on Young Animal. Projects are so much better to go at as a team, and you develop bonds. I feel like the entire team of Young Animal is like a band, every piece supporting the other and bringing in new ideas all the time.
Which brings us to CAVE CARSON HAS A CYBERNETIC EYE.
Writer Jon Rivera and I go way back. We met in art school and stayed very close, working on developing television and film projects together throughout the years. Whenever I needed to bounce an idea off of someone or gain some insight, I went to Jon. When I thought about Cave Carson (and his cybernetic eye) in my head, I knew Jon would be thinking the same thing—so much potential here for humor and drama and…well, caves.
I am also a fan of his writing, and always have been—Jon has published comics of his own as a writer and an artist. He took to Cave Carson right away, as I knew he would, and we started to develop a “season” of CAVE CARSON. We laugh a lot, just like we made each other laugh back when we met during a comedy writing course at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. CAVE creates a warm place in my heart—it is an adventure series, sure, but it is also very human.
And that brings us to one of my favorite artists, Michael Avon Oeming.
I had been reading Powers for years. I remember what an exciting time in comics it was when it first came out—it was a real game-changer for art, writing and storytelling. As we got deeper into developing Cave, Mike’s art began to line up with what we had in mind, plus we know he is so great at delivering complete characters and capturing mood.
A little-known fact: Mike inked 4 of my pages many years ago, when I was trying to break into comics as an artist. Jim Krueger was one of the first people to commission me to do professional work for his comic The Footsoldiers, as well as a backup story involving a young girl Frankenstein.
So we have this interesting history together and Mike is phenomenal, but I’m sure you already feel that way. Here is his take on Cave, which I feel captures the character perfectly as a one-time action hero turned dad, exploring the unknown and answering the call to adventure.
This has been a lengthy update! I don’t know if they will always be this long, but it is nice to finally be able to share these characters with you and share some of our process. Expect many updates and images leading up to our launch in September.
Be seeing you, G
Pinkish / Don’t Try Giveaway!!
sooooo i picked up an extra copy to just have in case someone missed out on it but then it turned out at least 20 people i know had missed out on it and i felt bad picking one person so anyway…i decided to do a giveaway! you can enter by simply reblogging but if you want a bigger chance at winning keep reading!
rules/info:
following me is optional (only if you like my blog! no point following me if you don’t)
no giveaway blogs please
likes don’t count
reblogging a lot will not increase your chances
i will use random.org to determine a winner
if you win and I message you, please reply within 3 days otherwise I will choose a new winner
i will ship worldwide
ends May 15th
extra entries/chances at winning
follow http://www.twitter.com/gwayfriendships +1 entry
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send me a friendship story here or on twitter (see this tweet or this post for info, not more than 3 stories per person, stories will be posted on twitter) +3 entries (per story)
(so if you reblog this post, follow gwayfriendships, retweet the tweets and send me a friendship story you will be entered 7 times altogether)
any questions? let me know!
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emergency room nurse: you put down Gerard Way as your emergency contact ? me *bleeding out*: lmao yeah i’d love to see him before i die thank you
Lol actually me
Happy Trans Day of Visibility Non-binary here saying hi. :)
on transgender day of visibility
Remember those who can’t be visible.
Remember those who have been visible, and paid the price.
Remember those who are kept invisible by a violently transphobic, transmisogynistic society.
Remember our invisible trans siblings.
What if I just cosplayed all the music video stuff this year I’ve already got plans to do the Bond-like from Miike Snow’s Genghis Khan for May (if I get my ass together) and now I’m genuinely considering doing Ke$ha’s outfit for Tik Tok for a Noughties party I just decided to do (and maybe making an actual cosplay out of it later?)
Imagine me walking round with a boombox playing 00s music, though This is either really brilliant idea or a really dumb one, and I can’t tell which?
On a related note, @iamsherlocked2012 as epic sax guy 2k16 (i’M NOT LETTING IT GO)
My chemical romance
If I cosplayed as MCR with you would you finally agree to do epic sax guy Would you Bec WOULD YOU
Ahh fuck...uh...maybe.
