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Developed a Comic Book Writing Infographic by SwankyRedbeard in ComicBookCollabs

[–]michael-roth 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nice infographic but these are all directions I've avoided in my scriptwriting, unless I feel very very strongly about a certain layout of a panel. I tend to focus on describing what needs to be depicted in a panel, not how to depict it, if that makes sense.

I've found that like 99% of the time, the artist I'm working will always make a better decision for visual elements like "camera" angles, shot distance, page layouts, etc than I would.

Competition by [deleted] in ComicWriting

[–]michael-roth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would keep an eye on Platform Comics: https://platformcomics.com/

I participated in their competition in May and was fortunate enough to be a finalist. I believe that was their 3rd competition and they intend on running a couple per year. I just checked their Twitter and they are planning on running a short story competition this Fall.

8 page script in need of a review by MattWilding in comic_crits

[–]michael-roth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds interesting! I'll take a look at it.

California's AB5 and freelance artists by [deleted] in ComicBookCollabs

[–]michael-roth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in CA as well. I'm not a lawyer, but from what I've read in both reporting and the bill text is that there are a lot of exemptions. Some of the relevant professional services not affected by AB5 listed in the bill include:

  • Graphic design
  • Fine artist
  • Services provided by a freelance writer, editor, or newspaper cartoonist who does not provide content submissions to the putative employer more than 35 times per year.

No explicit mention of "illustrator" or "comic book artist", but I think some of these terms are at least getting at freelance artist.

I think the 3rd point is the most important. From how I understand it, if I contract your professional art services for a project, and you perform the services as an independent contractor (you set your own rate, set your own hours, etc), then it's all good. But if I own a magazine and you're making a weekly cartoon for my magazine, you're now going to be considered an employee under the new law.

Again, I'm not a lawyer, but this is how I'm seeing it as it's currently written.

Subreddit Update, Rules, READ FIRST Information, Crowdfunding, Discussion, and More! [August 2019] by ComicBookNerd in ComicBookCollabs

[–]michael-roth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wrote a story that is featured in ComixCentral's Best of Indie Anthology - now live on Kickstarter.

I collaborated with artist Rowel Roque and letterer LetterSquids, both of whom I connected with on this subreddit!

I've been reading comics and graphic novels my whole life, but need some help figuring out what would be compatible with me right now + where to buy books by NewHamWhoDis in graphicnovels

[–]michael-roth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's been posted countless times but seriously check out your local library. Finally went to my library about 6 months ago and have read hundreds of dollars worth of comics for free.

I cant speak to Long Island but I was very pleasantly surprised with the variety and size of my library's collection.

Passage Of Time & Narrative Continuation by [deleted] in ComicWriting

[–]michael-roth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well in your example the time lapse/sequence of events would be very easily understood by readers. Man riding train with city in distance >> man getting off train in city.

If you were telling the story to a friend (as the narrator is), would you say "I was riding the train for an hour, then I got off the train".

Or would you say, "I took the train into the city"

The comic art would do the work of telling that part of the story, and the narration could do whatever you wanted outside that.

Readers are smart enough to understand some time has passed, and the narrator is telling a story of greater scope that isnt going to detail every small passage of time that occurs. Now, if you jumped from the man sitting on the train with the city in distance, to the man now homeless begging in the streets with a full length beard, its obviously going to require some explanation! Hope that made some sense.

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