Comments on: reMIND – Spread 17

By: butterflied412

butterflied412 — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 03:31:27 +0000

Yep, it’s a disguise all right…I think;)

By: Beruthiel

Beruthiel — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:38:54 +0000

Ahaha, brilliant! The rat’s cheery little “hello” is adorable, and combined with the look on Sonja’s face it makes this spread incredible. Every element of this spread works – the three facial expressions are absolutely wonderful because they speak such volumes about each character.

I just stumbled across your novel linked from Cari Corene’s ‘Toilet Genie’, and I’m really glad I did. Your art is incredible! Seeing how much effort you put into each spread makes me glad you’re taking the time to tweak and perfect each one (and I admire you for taking crit on the grammar, by the way).

Combined with the way you let your story unfold a little piece at a time, this is a really sensational piece of art. Good luck with the publishing!

By: Dan Hoey

Dan Hoey — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:49:14 +0000

You're missing a direct address comma in "What's going on, Victuals?"

By: lordxitachi

lordxitachi — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 17:02:06 +0000

wow this comic has been interesting from the start now im hooked

By: Javier Rivera

Javier Rivera — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:44:19 +0000

Sometimes it slips the mind of us normal folk that there quite a lot more effective ways to say one thing. That’s why i trust and love writers, they play with words, and can compose a scene by what’s being said, or is omitted. As well as with drawing graphic novel panels, and photography.

Oh and btw; Thanks for visiting my site.

Greetings from Puerto Rico.

By: Dacrazycat

Dacrazycat — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:43:20 +0000

Interesting…. very interesting…

great work! Cant wait for next! :3

By: Jason Brubaker

Jason Brubaker — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:38:49 +0000

Thanks for leaving the comment. I really appreciate you reminding me to hire my writer friend. Sometimes if people don’t say anything then I start questioning if I really need one. I definitely want this thing to be the best I can make it so I know you are right! Thanks man. Beautiful photography on your site, by the way.

By: Javier Rivera

Javier Rivera — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:51:27 +0000

I've ben following your comic for a while. I absolutely am interested in more, keep going… I would like to see this printed and published.

The story so far is quite interesting. Keeps you interested. And, by the way… hire that writer. It will make this all greater.

By: Avens

Avens — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:07:36 +0000

Thanks, that was very helpful.

By: Jason Brubaker

Jason Brubaker — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:58:34 +0000

Yep, you hit the nail on the head.

As far as your question goes, I'd suggest writing a partial script (as you said it). With reMIND I started with a long bullet point list of my key plot points. Then I wrote about a page for each chapter. I didn't focus on the dialogue, just the story points from my bullet point list. But if I thought someone needed to say something really important I'd make a note of it in this stage.

After that, I drew thumbnails for the first few chapters and scribbled in dialogue if I thought of something as I drew. Then once I did my rough pencils, I started really focusing on the dialogue. At this point I am still reworking the dialogue on finished pages because I keep changing my mind about what is important to say.

In fact I am planning on hiring a writer to go over everything in the end before I go to print just to make sure it's all smooth. I heard HellBoy is done in this method with a writer writing the dialogue after Mike finishes the pages. He draws to the story beats, not the specific dialogue. That's what I heard anyway. I might be wrong but it seems to work for me.

Writing a fully finished script with panel descriptions and full dialogue is a spontaneity/enthusiasm choker in my mind. It works for some, but not me. But I consider myself an artist first and a writer second. Great question!