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What is WORMWOOD?
Usually this is a blog for figuring out storytelling aspects as I go, but I just had to share. Right now I'm throwing a pitch idea back and forth with the help of the awesome Cully Hamner (Red, The Question) about a Monkey's Paw-like substance that helps you achieve whatever makes you happy... or, as I should word this a little more carefully, ( Read more... ) -
Visual storytelling and how I do it
I've talked so much about story and its structure, I feel like I've neglected the other half of the comics I do--the art, and art direction. I prefer to create comics that have, as Scott McCloud defines them, interdependent art and words, where the pictures tell as much of the story as the dialogue and narration does, and each adds something to the ( Read more... ) -
Change and the sliding scale of story value
Let's talk about change. Change is what makes a story dynamic, interesting, and holds the reader. A stagnant story is of no interest, but one where the characters and situations are constantly changing can be fascinating. Now there's change on a grand scale--the story arc or the character arc--but what about change on a smaller scale, like from ( Read more... ) -
Syd Field's Storytelling Formula and the theory behind it
There is a formula for everything, good and bad. There are formulas for good TV shows, formulas on how to pick up women, and the kind I'm discussing here--formulas for a story ( Read more... ) -
Dear Penthouse, I've been having a problem with creative masturbation.
No, not like that ( Read more... ) -
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Sort of Son of Babylon related
Apparently there is a group on facebook called "i hate zerubbabel and his temple." I was, naturally, shocked ( Read more... ) -
WWW.KINETICNOVELS.COM
That's right, I have a website that, while it's still in the beginning stages and being modified, will eventually be home to my variety of comics including a weekly webcomic of Project Plastic! In the meantime, I will be working on a seven page sequence to submit to editors to see if I can get this Son of Babylon story out of my head and into print ( Read more... )
