Comments on: Graphic Novel Grant

By: reMIND - Designing reMIND – Part 1

reMIND - Designing reMIND – Part 1 — Thu, 12 May 2011 12:01:30 +0000

[...] first met Jason when he was well along in his blog, won his grant and already started talking to printers. He had put a lot of thought into his book but knew he [...]

By: Mathew

Mathew — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:59:37 +0000

I'll definitely take a look at Making Comics. Another book, "The DC Comics Guide to DIGITALLY DRAWING Comics by Freddie E Williams II," was a big help in understanding how to do it all in Photoshop. It appeared to be a good way to do detailed comics, but not an option for me right now. I'd rather take your route of pencil and Photoshop. Thanks once again, Jason.

I'll keep in touch as I tread along the GN road.

By: Mathew

Mathew — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:33:59 +0000

Thanks a lot, Jason. Mistake is mine. I meant to say "script for the GN." I got a sample script from Anthony Johnston http://www.antonyjohnston.com/ that looks very similar to a film script.

By: Jason Brubaker

Jason Brubaker — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 04:42:53 +0000

I'm a bit unsure about what you mean by "writing a storyboard". With a graphic novel you usually don't have storyboards. Plus storyboards is more for film and animation. I drew storyboards for reMIND when it was planned as an animation but when I converted it to a GN I had to redraw the storyboards as thumbnails for an entire page.

If you are just talking about writing the outline structure then I'd suggest looking into The Hero's journey. There's a thread devoted to this at MakingGraphicNovels.com here: http://remindblog.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&am…

Another thing I'd do is get Scott McClouds book called "Making Comics". It's great for breaking down all kinds of storytelling techniques in comics. Hope this helps.

By: Mathew

Mathew — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:37:29 +0000

How did you go about writing a storyboard? I have a story which I think is good for a graphic novel or even a short film. I am a professional graphic designer/illustrator and can do the illustrations myself. But for me the tough part (for now) is whether the structure is alright or not. Any thoughts, Jason?

By: Jason Brubaker

Jason Brubaker — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:41:46 +0000

Yeah man, thanks for suggesting kickstarter. I was reluctant to try it at first but after I thought about it a bit more and hearing others suggest it too I gave in. ha. But it really does look like a great way to raise funds for this kind of project. This would have been impossible to do this kind of stuff even 5 years ago. Well, maybe 10 years ago but that's still soo cool.

Great point about Amazon too. I'm continually impressed with the great suggestions in the comments here.

By: Nathan Wrann

Nathan Wrann — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:53:05 +0000

Sorry for the delay in getting back to your reply, it's been crazy around here. I agree, Amazon (or most retailers) take a huge chunk out of the "retail price." The only way that it is worthwhile is that people buy a lot of stuff from retailers. So if the amount they sell makes up for the low profit per piece then it's worth it. Amazon might be somewhere to turn to after you've exhausted your personal fan base that would be willing to buy from you.

I'm glad to see that used the ad idea and even happier to see that it worked!

And I look forward to your future blog relaying your successful Kickstarter campaign.

By: Andy Bailey

Andy Bailey — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:05:09 +0000

I started it and I keep coming back to it in pieces. So far I'm loving it!

By: Jason Brubaker

Jason Brubaker — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:30:05 +0000

Thanks Andy! Hope you enjoy it when you give it a read. Let me know what you think.

By: Jason Brubaker

Jason Brubaker — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:20:50 +0000

Daniel, Sorry your message went into the moderation pile because of the links. Those are GREAT links by the way. Really good information there. I've talked to a few guys who have experienced the same thing so I'm somewhat prepared to spend most of the money I make from reMIND.

To answer your question. I'm not sure yet. I don't think I'll find a publisher who will make the book the way I want it. I could be wrong though. I am only use to these American publishers like Image and Darkhorse who are pretty set in their ways. On the other hand, I'd rather not publish with a small company who is just like me 5 years from now if I can do it myself. I don't really expect to make much money in the end. I'm more looking at it for the experience of at least doing it once all the way and then deciding if I want to keep going this path later.