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Open Panel Episode Three: The Bosses Said She Can’t Have Nipples
Did you think this was a game? This episode gets serious fast, as we discuss writing morality and the many many many (many) pitfalls that can catch out creators if we don’t think our stories through.
This episode hosted by Cami Woodruff of Doomsday, My Dear, with guests Miri Chamberlain (Riverside Extras), and G.C. Houle (Three’s Company).
Highlights:
Do creators have a responsibility to promote good morals?
Normalising cannibalism (Amy's fate revealed)
How do you define a 'good' or 'bad' person?
Cami says: Think! Think, think, think, and then go back and think.
Why are we so okay with violence?
What do your protagonist’s morals say about your world?
Remember, it's okay to fuck up!
We’re still looking for that elusive comic without people.
This episode’s recommendations:
Books:
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling (☹)
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, and the attendant controversy about its cover illustrations
The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo
Film:
Breaking Bad (2008)
Film Noir, particularly Double Indemnity (1944)
Monster (2003), and Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
The Killer Speaks (2012)
ParaNorman (2012)
Philip Zimbardo TED talk
The Walking Dead (2010) (☹)
Other Stuff:
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
The Comics Code Authority
The Hays Code
Philosophy Bites podcast, and Gideon Rosen on Moral Responsibility
Study suggests TV violence makes people more afraid
Undertale
Feedback? Get in touch!
Note: Open Panel will be moving to a new hosting platform with the next episode!
If you’ve been enjoying the podcast and want to help us continue to put it out, consider donating to our hosting fund by purchasing a $3 or $5 image pack from us on gumroad!
All money raised this way goes straight into our costs for Open Panel -- and we’d love to hear from you on twitter (@CountershotP) when you donate so we can say thanks!
Do you know if you guys will ever put your podcast on itunes?
It’s already theeeere! https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/open-panel/id1043360525
Open Panel Episode Two: I Don’t THINK it’s Illegal...
Time to get technical. We break down the process of taking a comic page from your head to the web -- from planning your story right through to setting up a site, with only mild larceny and a can-do attitude.
This episode hosted by G.C. Houle of H&J, with guests Amy King (The Muse Mentor) and Rosa Lee Marnie (Mythos).
Highlights:
What does a creator’s process look like?
Rosa endorses a life of crime
Hand lettering: how and why? No really. how? why??
Amy sez: throw money at your problems
Passive-aggressive vaguecasting about wordpress plugins
How do you find an audience? Tell people about your comic, dingus!
This episode’s recommendations:
Art Programs:
($) Adobe Photoshop, Manga Studio, Paint Tool SAI
($) FireAlpaca, Inkscape, GIMP, TwistedBrush Open Studio
Drawing & Lettering Tools:
Lazy Nezumi, FontCreator ($), MyScriptFont ($), PaintFont ($), Ames Lettering Guide, Blambot, Pixelovely, iStock
Website/Hosting Tools:
WordPress, Comic Easel, Smack Jeeves, ComicFury, The Duck, Simple Webcomic Theme for Tumblr, Luis Boisvert
References:
The World Encyclopedia of Calligraphy
Drawing the Head and Figure by Jack Hamm
A google image search for Jon Hamm
This is Everything I Know by C. Spike Trotman
Drawing Dynamic Hands by Burne Hogarth
’The Human Figure in Motion’ and ’Animals in Motion’ by Eadweard Muybridge (again)
Force: Dynamic Life Drawing and Force: Animal Drawing by Michael D. Mattesi
Other Artists Mentioned:
Tessa Stone (http://www.ndecomic.com/)
Feedback? Get in touch!
Open Panel Episode 1: Godspeed, You Crazy Animal
Episode one! The ladies of countershot introduce themselves, we talk Big Webcomics, and Cami sings a song.
Featuring:
Rosa Lee Marnie of Mythos
Amy King of The Muse Mentor
Miranda Chamberlain of Riverside Extras
G.C. Houle of H&J
Cami Woodruff of Doomsday, My Dear
(Also, please note, we have since expanded our ranks since the recording, so be sure to check out our new members, as well!)
Discussion points:
Getting past those first ten pages
SCOOP: Rosa secretly hates mythology
Half of us have no art background, don't sweat it
How much of your style is conscious?
Being creatively lazy
This episode's recommendations:
'Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting' by Robert McKee 'Framed Ink: Drawing and Composition for Visual Storytellers' by Marcos Mateu-Mestre 'Drawing Words and Writing Pictures' by Jessica Abel & Matt Madden 'Making Comics' by Scott McCloud 'Drawn to Life' by Walt Stanchfield & Don Hahn 'The Human Figure in Motion' and 'Animals in Motion' by Eadweard Muybridge The Animation Podcast
Feedback? Get in touch!
LISTEN UP!
Are you a lonely artist?
Stuck at the drawing board all day?
Longing for the simple sound of a human voice?
Five hot cartoonists are dying to talk to you!
That’s right! Countershot Press is launching a podcast, made by comic creators for comic creators (and anyone else who wants to listen in).
Open Panel is about the life of the small press cartoonist in the 21st century. How do you find an audience in today’s crowded market? Who knows anything about website maintenance? Is it okay to write about bad people? How much worldbuilding is too much? What should a webcomic look like? What happens when twitter turns on you? Seriously, does anyone know how to code a site?
Every episode we tackle questions like these in open conversation (perhaps sometimes a little too open). We share our experiences and try to get to the bottom of some of the tougher questions facing online creators right now. From the technical to the ethical, we open the floor and talk it out. We also bring you recommendations on comics, books, podcasts, movies and more, in case just 3-5 people’s viewpoints weren’t enough.
Sometimes we disagree, and that’s okay. Sometimes we sing songs, and that’s less okay. Keep your ears open and follow countershotpress for updates.
Open Panel: coming very soon
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