Right now I listen to Journey's "Don't stop believin'". This was one of the last songs at the dance I went to at Gencon. The entire crowd was locked arm and arm in a giant circle, I was in good company and it's brought all us geeks together in an epic way. There was much camaraderie.
I listen to this and I am attempting to write the rough draft of a comic book. I don't want to go into too much detail, as I fear my ability to follow through with it. The work I have ahead of me is daunting if I am to pull this off. I want to be able to tell a grand tale over 6-12 issues. I have never written a proper comic book and I want it to sing! I want it to look professional, but I know it will be clumsy. Mayhap it won't be if I pay enough attention...
Fleetwood Mac's "Don't stop".
I have work tomorrow, I am on a super strong coffee caffeine high. I have been doing research on Astoria, OR where the setting is loosely based. I know the characters, I can feel the setting, I have a vague concept of the look I want, I know incidences and key points, but the pacing and paneling. The fear comes from the angles and the intricacies. The actual page layouts and the dialogue. (Harry Bellafonte "Senora").
I want to write this, I want it to be a freaking awesome story. I need to do this! Writing, drawing, and creating is like sleeping. I never want to go to bed on time, but when I do I don't want to wake up. My mind shifts in a dream state and I want it to focus on something specific, but I have to trick it and relax to go there... very much like controlling dream from my experience.
It's like having a freaky bug on your arm that you have to study, but being calm enough to observe it without freaking out while your skin crawls. That's what creating big stuff like this is like me thinks. (Fats Domino "Blueberry Hill").
La Ninja - wielder of the sacred spatula!
(Ray Charles - "Hit the road jack")
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Comic book making is really hard. I spent a year obsessively drawing mini-comics. Those damn things took me weeks for each issue to write, draw, ink, letter, and then assemble into 8 page xeroxed minis. Despite the huge effort I poured into it, I got mostly bad reviews. However, I still felt a lot of personal accomplishment. In the long run it's gotta be something you really want to do for yourself and you will only accomplish it if you approach the project that way. You can do it, if you let yourself.
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