#comic business

[baradorable]

I’m loving the new West Coast Avengers. Gwen’s just constantly insulting Quentin Quire and I am living for it.

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[baradorable]

Hulkling and Wiccan are appearing in a new book, and ehhh I don’t care. Wiccan is a cunt, I hate him. Hulkling’s cool, but he exists solely to be Wiccan’s gay boyfriend, and therefore must revolve around the little shitter.

[baradorable]

Avengers: No Road Home is pretty good so far. It’s a perfect palette cleanser after X-Men Disassembled and Jason Aaron’s Avengers. 

[robotorium]

On a comic artist and writer group I visit someone posed this question:

“My intention to to open up serious dialogue. Not start an argument...

Lately, in talking with certain people in certain groups, there are varying philosophies and opinion but, one thing seemingly remains constant.

Why do artists have such disregard (and disrespect) for writers?”

And of course this kind of thing drives me up the wall.

So here’s my answer:

A writer can write a book in a week, they can in theory have 4 artists and 4 projects, an artist only gets one writer for a whole months work. Imagine it as a romantic relationship for a moment, a writer gets 4 girlfriends and is they wanna keep them they better treat them right. The reason artists don't respect writers at times is cause some writers don't respect artists or the fact we get one month and one person to collab with so it better be a relationship that works or it's not worth doing. I've been approached by a few writers and had to end it, some weren't writing on par (to many panels for the page, not pacing correctly), some writers assumed anyone could be a comic writer and had grand ideas but never handed over a script and some just didn't communicate well (calling for main character re-designs 1/2 through a book because they wanted to clarify. I drop these writers because I only get one and I simply do not have time for someone who puts in 1/4 the time and expects 1/2 the profits and 100% creative control. It's not a matter of not respecting a writer, but of them not respecting me.

[davidarcadelives]

[beaschalantasyoulike]

There shall be no new comics the week of Christmas this year cos Diamond is giving their employees the holiday off.