The People’s Publisher

Im back in Vancouver again, the greatest place on earth if you can believe the license plates, and it’s feeling pretty chilly. We have had a lot of  progress on the book this week. It looks like the pencils are all finished and posted to the dashboard. This must be a relief to Miguel, as he has really been working hard, usually completing a page per day or more over the last three weeks. As well, each page was done right the first time. Out of the whole comic I have only had to have two revisions done to pages,, and each time he brought something totally fresh and dynamic to the table.  It has been great working with such a talented, and professional artist.The pencils are the foundation of the comic book, as they will dictate where the black lines will go, (provided by the inker, of course). If the art does not look good at the pencil stage, the most talented inker and colorist will not be able to make it look good. You cannot polish a turd, and without a solid foundation, clear and correct pencils, you cannot have a good comic page. FOR EXAMPLE: Good looking pencils, good looking Inks.The inks and colours for this project have been provided by Ian Sokoliwski, and he has been impressing everyone with the super high quality and speed providing his pages for this comic.Ian has finished over three quarters of the inking, I believe we are at page 18 of 22, and the first 5 pages have already been colored as well.Here as promised is an example of one of the finished pages.