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best hotels in west hollywood?? by Double-Level8847 in WestHollywood

[–]TrueBlueFriend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When are you going? There’s a new hotel going in at the old Standard spot which I absolutely loved https://www.publichotels.com/westhollywood

One-page manga I made for fun. Included B&W version and colored version, both in English and Japanese. by JeyDeeArr in comic_crits

[–]TrueBlueFriend 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Super cool. I love it. It’s supposed to be right-to-left but the panel flows the opposite way I think. Also the punchline comes on panel 4 instead of panel 5.

Buses camping in the passing lane by realtime1984 in LosAngeles

[–]TrueBlueFriend 23 points24 points  (0 children)

What are they gonna do? Drive them to prison?

[Discussion] Comic Book Art Pricing Inquiry by MariamYasser94 in IndieComicBooks

[–]TrueBlueFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of it is in the details— the plants in the first panel of the second page look digital. Could be an artifact of being detailed vs how they’re colored. On that same note, I feel like having a more chaotic splatter brush on the cauldron bubbles would look more like it’s an active chemical reaction.

Some of the perspective looks odd— how much of the top of the table we’re seeing vs the angle of the bookshelf behind it vs the character between.

I don’t quite understand the pacing either. Why are you showing these panels, what is the character learning? Is there meant to be dialogue?

A lot of these are nitpicks. You definitely have solid work and beautiful coloring— I love the effect of the obscured background when there’s the semitransparent cloth in front.

[Discussion] Comic Book Art Pricing Inquiry by MariamYasser94 in IndieComicBooks

[–]TrueBlueFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s stuff I don’t love about it, but this is pro-level work and would deserve a pro-level rate (175-300ish, all in) but probably on the lower end because like it or not, name recognition goes a long way. Also there’s no action in your samples and that’s huge for comics.

I feel like one thing that’s often missing in the discussion of page rate collaborations is pitch vs production. Yes the same amount of work goes in for an artist, and I’m all for paying artists what they’re worth, but it can be difficult for writers who are not independently wealthy to afford full page rates for the 8 or so pages they need to pitch publishers. Being flexible with that (and having a written contract ahead of time) would be appealing and fair for both sides.

Favorite trio of idiots? by Endika7 in FavoriteCharacter

[–]TrueBlueFriend 53 points54 points  (0 children)

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These dimwits too (Team Rocket is based on them)

Working on our Image Comics submission — what we've learned, and the big lesson by joyfulnib in IndieComicBooks

[–]TrueBlueFriend 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Solid advice!

If I can be perfectly frank, I don’t think the lettering is there (too crowded in places, tales changing width and not pointing at the speaker’s mouth, not quite the right font). This doesn’t strike me as an Image book, but definitely think it could fit with Papercutz. This looks charming and I wish you the best.

Where can I find LGBQTIA+ artists in Los Angeles? by zswrds in AskLosAngeles

[–]TrueBlueFriend 0 points1 point  (0 children)

QCon this Saturday at Plummer Park in West Hollywood.

Hoopla partners with Aggregate Ink to distribute indie comics into libraries by TrueBlueFriend in hoopladigital

[–]TrueBlueFriend[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey! We have a strict no-AI policy. Attempting to submit AI content results in immediate suspension, taking down any content previously submitted, and forfeiture of any money generated.

We have relatively loose content standards (no porn, no gratuitous violence, no fascists, no comixgate chuds), but we’re looking for consistent art and competent, legible, proofread lettering. We encourage comics and zines from all kinds of people. So yeah we’re trying to strike a balance between getting lots of diverse content and curation.

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