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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited May 2013
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  • VirumVirum Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    ergh. At my resolution the text is like half a centimeter tall.

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  • anableanable North TexasRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    That'll teach you to get a fancy monitor.

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  • bread of wonderbread of wonder Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    It's pretty hard to read on my 1280x800 as well.

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  • StealthNachosStealthNachos Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    anable wrote: »
    That'll teach you to get a fancy monitor.

    As opposed to getting a radio?

    I've got 1024x768, and it's pretty tiny for me as well. I can still read it mind you, but it is super tiny.

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  • Stupid Mr Whoopsie NameStupid Mr Whoopsie Name Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2007
    I really LOVE how the first panel's background is static but the characters are placed in it as though it were 3 different panels =D

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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I really LOVE how the first panel's background is static but the characters are placed in it as though it were 3 different panels =D

    Thanks, I debated for a long time whether I should put panel gutters between them but I figured it looks cooler like this.

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  • Sam :)Sam :) Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    hah, I love the dad, nice inks and the writing is excellent.

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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I'm officially halfway through the first issue now. We're sending out the pitch to seven different companies in the next couple days (Image, Fantagraphics, Dark Horse, Slave Labor, Drawn and Quarterly, Top Shelf, and Tokyopop). Cross your fingers for me.

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  • anableanable North TexasRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I didn't know that Tokyopop published non-manga stuff. In any case, good luck!

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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Thanks. Tokyopop published The Abandoned by Ross Campbell, which is very un-manga, so that's the only reason I'm submitting to them. I actually showed some pages to a Tokyopop editor a year ago when he came to my school, and he said my style's not manga enough. I took it as a compliment (take that, manga!)

    Anyway, they're accepting project submissions, so I figure why not?

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I'm assuming none of those publishers have any kind of qualms about multiple submissions, right?

    Good luck either way, although I base that off the fact you deserve it, not that you'll need it :wink:

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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    One of the companies said they need to know if we're submitting this to multiple publishers. I forget which one. Our plan is to include in the cover sheet that it's a multiple submission, so they all know.

    Does anyone know anything about submitting to publishers? I've been reading a few submission guidelines on different sites, but I'm not the one writing the pitch, Kevin (the writer) is. So far we've got a cover letter, a page talking about who we are and what our goals with the series are, two pages of character descriptions, six pages of synopses, and a page about a possible sequel miniseries, then the first fourteen pages that I have done. And that's cut way down from what it was to begin with, where there would be a three or four page synopsis of each issue. Is this still too much?

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I've no experience in comic pitches, but as a general rule it's far better to give publishers too much than too little (although obviously you should stick religiously to the individual guidelines each publisher offers). As long as the portfolio/samples are well arranged, they'll be able to navigate them even if there's more content there than they would've expected.

    And relax, I'm sure your art would carry it even if your writer just scribbled all over the submission letter :P

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  • u63ru63r Jon "Bad Wasabi" Wood Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I liked the fruit bar bit.

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  • The Duke of TacosThe Duke of Tacos Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I like how the dad acts, he's my favorite character, but is his only purpose for comic relief though? That's what it seems like.

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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I like how the dad acts, he's my favorite character, but is his only purpose for comic relief though? That's what it seems like.

    No. In later issues his character becomes much more developed. Also, Kevin has started writing a second six-issue miniseries while I'm working on this one, and in the second one Richard becomes the focus of the story.

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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited May 2013
    THE SUNDAYS has been the major project I've been working on for the last five years or so (I've probably re-drawn the first ten pages at least half a dozen times), so it's exciting to be so close to finishing the first issue. Here are two new pages, pg. 19 and 20.

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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    We submitted this to every independent publisher we could find, but they all passed on it. This year we decided to redo the whole thing as a webcomic, and put up one page a week. Here's what we have so far:

    http://www.thesundayscomic.com

    Written by Kevin L. Sheath - pencils, inks, letters, and colors by me.

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  • NightDragonNightDragon 6th Grade Username Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    The hand on the mouse, in the 2nd to last panel there, is really distracting. It's not up to par with the other hands.

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  • mullymully Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    i really like it, so far - it's rare that i actually take the time to read a comic that is posted, but i found that really enjoyable; especially the fat dad with the constant fat jokes

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    My only gripe is everyones eyes have a default setting of "stunned" or "brainwashed".

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  • worstcaseworstcase Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    don't know if its helpful, but i love the dad. He's very funny.

    It reminds me a bit of the venture bros, but that could just be me

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  • ManonvonSuperockManonvonSuperock Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    the art is clean, but very stiff and lifeless. It reminds me of Michael Oeming's work in Powers, but very stagnant. The lack of facial expressions mustang mentioned has a lot to do with it, but also the characters look very forcefully posed, with no exaggeration to their movements at all.

    looking forward to seeing more of it though.

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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
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  • J-PJ-P Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    This is a positive statement.

    Holy shit man I remember this shit! Your comics are awesome shit! I want to eat your shit, I'm eating your shit right now! Mmmm, tasty shit!

    Seriously, I haven't seen your comic since 2007. I love it man, keep it up.

    But yea, to amp up your emotion, I would doodle an over exaggerated emotion, then tone it down to what you need. That's just what I do to capture emotion. Whatever works best for you though.

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  • Tubesteak SamuraiTubesteak Samurai Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I'm loving these as well.

    a tip on drawing convincing emotions is to get a mirror and make the face you want to draw. Then let your expression drop. Make the face again paying close attention to what changes. works much better than just trying to draw the expression you see in the mirror.

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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    That dad is the best dad charachter......maybe not ever, but he's pretty fucking rad.

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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
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    Click the preview to see the whole page. Sorry to do it like that, and I don't want it to seem like I'm site-whoring (I really do want critiques on this page), but when I show the page in the thread I don't get views on the ads on my site. So it's an extra click for you guys but it gives me a few extra pennies.

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Nice Scott, that page made me laugh.

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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
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    Click here to see the image full-size. By the way, comments and critiques are encouraged.

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  • MrDelishMrDelish Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    ScottEwen wrote: »
    By the way, comments and critiques are encouraged.

    I need more

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  • MustangMustang Arbiter of Unpopular Opinions Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    The perspective in the second panel is really off.

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  • Brainiac 8Brainiac 8 Don't call me Shirley... Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    So far I'm loving your comic man. Very funny and I enjoy the art. Keep em coming.

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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
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    Click here to see the image full size: http://www.thesundayscomic.com/?p=158

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  • DeeLockDeeLock Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I'm just wondering how fucking narcissistic you would have to be to say that you're the fourth hottest girl in school.

    Maybe that adds to her character but it seems a little weird to me that she would say that.

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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    DeeLock wrote: »
    I'm just wondering how fucking narcissistic you would have to be to say that you're the fourth hottest girl in school.

    Maybe that adds to her character but it seems a little weird to me that she would say that.

    Laura is a very narcissistic character. It's actually a running joke. On page three Teddy calls her the fifth hottest girl in school. Here we see she is moving herself up the list, and by the end of the first chapter she's almost at the top of it.

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  • TheJacksTheJacks Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    DeeLock wrote: »
    I'm just wondering how fucking narcissistic you would have to be to say that you're the fourth hottest girl in school.

    Maybe that adds to her character but it seems a little weird to me that she would say that.

    Girls say shit like that allllll

    theeee

    tiiiime.

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  • ScottEwenScottEwen Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
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    Click here to see the page full-size: http://www.thesundayscomic.com/?p=161

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