boorman: what the hell

Adam (

boorman) wrote,
@ 2006-01-12 03:55:00

what the hell
The meme:

The problem with LJ: We all think we are so close, but really we know nothing about each other. So I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away.

Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.

bonus mockup:

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	jomo9754 2006-01-11 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	where are you? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	boorman 2006-01-11 08:18 pm UTC (link)
	perth, western australia (Reply to this) (Parent)

	chrisarrant 2006-01-11 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	I like the text treatment on Baron Suave. That angled text thing has been popping up all over, and you do it proud. As for a question: Where have you been published, and what are your comic plans for 2006? (You don't have to name names for the latter) (Reply to this) (Thread)

boorman
2006-01-11 09:19 pm UTC (link)

"Where have you been published"

i havent, unless you count self publishing, in which case i had a little thing in something ebess put together.

"what are your comic plans for 2006"

at this point, im really not sure. obviusly ill be doing one webcomic at the least, which will take an episodic form like hellboy or whatever, if hellboy was an ashole pilot circa 1929ish. Ive had some nibbles of interest in writers wanting to pitch things to publishers, but the difference between "hey we shuold pitch something" and actually makng comics is lke wishes to ponies, so no telling what will happen there really.

ths is getting long,continued in a seperate comment :p

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	chrisarrant 2006-01-11 09:22 pm UTC (link)
	I was going to shoot you a script on something, but you seemed busy. It was during the time you were doing almost daily art posts. Dammittt... I could have had a chance. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	boorman 2006-01-11 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	i always open for script shooting, you never know what youll find. i posted an expanded rant on what im planning for personal works here btw: http://www.livejournal.com/users/boorman/100649.html?replyto=362537 (Reply to this) (Parent)

boorman
2006-01-11 09:36 pm UTC (link)

for personal stuff, i have to say the direct market is more unappealling to me now than its ever been in the past. Its certainly true that itshard to make money off webcomics, but by all reports it sems to me to be pretty hard to monetise a comic in the direct market too, especially non superhero works by unknown creators. Singles are loss leaders at best, money sink holes at worst, and a graphic novel is hard sell for an unknown due to the price point. to my mind, the most likely path to success is to put it all online, and collect it in print, which is the path ill be aiming for. There is, of course, the possble issues involved in finding a publisher for work already existing on the net, but frankly, im willing to put my pennies into the basket that says thats the path of the future, and screw any publisher or distribution sytem that thinks otherwise.

living in australia gives me a slight edge here i think, which will hopefully counteract the bad parts of being 5 thousand dollars away from anything resembling a comic convention, and thats the fact i can live on very little money, comparitively. i can live on like 6 grand US a year, albeit very crudely, and i think thats a very achievable goal through online stuff. By cutting the whole direct market out of the picture and distributing myself, through an online store (skipping the 60% discount a store gets)i can sell 1000 12.95 -15 dollar (US DOLLAR) graphic novels a year, and get by just fine. well, get by anyway. and thats assuming like one 120 page GN a year, which will allow plenty of time to supplement that income with freelance gigs. CAN i sell 1000 graphic novels a year, i dunno yetbut i have my doubts i could sell the three times that many through the direcct market I'd need to make the same scratch anyway

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chrisarrant
2006-01-11 09:47 pm UTC (link)

to my mind, the most likely path to success is to put it all online, and collect it in print, which is the path ill be aiming for.

I agree on this. Any cartoonist/comicker coming into comics is best served by developing themselves online; it's the new itteration of zines. Web is the cheapest, and also easiest way to garner a fanbase. If you make it to a certain level on the web, you can get your webcomics collected into a book form and bypass single issues all together.

living in australia gives me a slight edge here i think, which will hopefully counteract the bad parts of being 5 thousand dollars away from anything resembling a comic convention, and thats the fact i can live on very little money, comparitively. i can live on like 6 grand US a year, albeit very crudely, and i think thats a very achievable goal through online stuff.

I live in the U.S., but a low cost of living sector so i can afford to gut it out for awhile.

I think 2006 will begin to see the emergence of the web as a viable alternative to Direct Market distribution. Key to making it on the web is good content, on time content, and good word of mouth and marketing.
One of the other freedoms of the web is that you can instantly react to something in the media with a comic the next day (like Rowland's OVERCOMPENSATING) that quickness is something prime to be picked up by major blog sites, given it's the right thing at the right time.

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boorman
2006-01-11 10:02 pm UTC (link)

i think comics also has an added bonus most other mediums dont, in that a lot of people really do like owning the comics. The physical tactile thing. The difference between an mp3 and a cd is minimal, even an AVI vs a dvd is slim (i only buy dvds with good special features), but the difference between a comic on your computer and a comic in your hands is noticable. Which is not to say that there arent peolple who wont buy a comic if they have it for free on the internet, but im not sure that many of them were buying the comics anyway. I have downloaded a few comics, but only ever stuff i was interested in seeing, but not actually buying. neverhave i foregone buying something because i could get it for free.

so if you GIVE people 100 pages, tempt them with some dvd style extras and a 20 page graphic novel only short story, then youve shown people your work, let them see if they have a taste for it, and then offered it to them to it proudly on their bookshelf with few extra tidbits to sweeten the deal. And, i KNOW comics have a kinship other indstries dont. In something thi small, it really does feel like helping a friend when you pick up their stuff, doesnt it.

so yeah, i think its viable, and i thin a prefferable option to people who ar probably looking at sales numbers in the low thousands. obviously it wont if youre trying to move 20000 floppies a month, but again, i dont think me trying to move floppies is a viable option anyway.

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chrisarrant
2006-01-11 11:01 pm UTC (link)

Jumpstarting a new successful floppy is a losing gambit unless you're entrenched at DC or Marvel. I like the way you were doing the breakdown across the medium.

Have you followed the way Hope Larson did SALAMANDER DREAM? Released it page by page on her website, then got it picked up by ADHOUSE to publish as a GN. Then she jumped from that to getting signed to do an OGN at Oni.

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boorman
2006-01-11 11:25 pm UTC (link)

i seem to recall derek kirk kim did something similar with same difference but i may be entirely wrong there...

of corse, i guess id put both of those into the same tentative genre, even though salamander dreams is a kids book technically, id aim them at the sae market if i was to try and sell them (and if comics ever yknow, aimed marketing at people....)

im not sure that theres much or landscape for an episodic hellboy-esque thing on the internet, but im not sure theres been much of an attempt to try either. If nothng else i hope to rope some people in with creative cussing.....

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(Anonymous)
2006-01-12 01:38 am UTC (link)

Derek Kirk Kim did do it first, with Same Difference & Other Stories.

Yeah, genre is something I see not being explored in webcomics either. It seems most are "slice of life" or humor. It seems hauntngly similiar to standard newspaper strips. I'd love to see some more web comics that go into the realms of action, suspense, and your own mentioned hellboy-esque.

I read Matt Byrne's Knights of the Shroud on Girl-A-Matic, and it's a good read.

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chrisarrant
2006-01-12 01:38 am UTC (link)

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boorman
2006-01-11 09:39 pm UTC (link)

"I like the text treatment on Baron Suave. That angled text thing has been popping up all over, and you do it proud."

ive noticed that too, i think it helps that in this exaple, the baron is actully looking right at it, smugly. that forced perspective thing just doesnt work so great when its pretending to not be in the picture (and, honestly, im pretty much talking abot th all star line here)

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	chrisarrant 2006-01-11 09:42 pm UTC (link)
	On the DVD titles for the TV Show Collection Lost they have the best example I've seen so far. I think it's an itteration of the Superman 3-D text in some ways, with a more extreme perspective. You did a great job with the placement of it all. And the subtle tattered font works too. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	phil_knall 2006-01-11 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	Do you have any siblings? (Bonus question: If yes, are they as cranky as you?) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	boorman 2006-01-11 09:28 pm UTC (link)
	aye, two, older brother, younger sister. i am the black sheep of the family, funnily enough (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thelivingrobot 2006-01-11 11:34 pm UTC (link)
	Why are you so insitant on leaving austraila when you have a nice life there? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	boorman 2006-01-11 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	no growth, no industry. no-one stays in australia australia is great for setling and relaxing, but i dont really want to retire jst yet (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	docfisher 2006-01-12 10:00 am UTC (link)
	Hear Hear. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	naruhodo 2006-01-12 12:05 am UTC (link)
	Your favorite comics/manga? (Reply to this) (Thread)

boorman
2006-01-12 12:17 am UTC (link)

recently:

Bleach, one peice and eyeshield 21 are currently my favorite manga, but i havent read the recent stuff off any of them (scanlationwise, I buy the trades when tpop releases them)

Scott pilgrimm is he best thing since sliced bread, and as far as monthlies go, brian woods DMZ is the only one im really enjoying at the moment.

all time:
Akira, Nauusicaa, Bone, Channel Zero.

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	naruhodo 2006-01-12 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	For some reason, I thought you might like Takehiko Inoue's stuff (like Slam Dunk, Vagabond, etc)... Have you read his comics? (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	boorman 2006-01-13 07:34 am UTC (link)
	not as much as id like to have. Ive read the first few slam dunk volumes, and skimmed avolume or two of vagabond, but havent had the money around to actually buy any vagabond yet, since the volumes cost a good ten dollars more than the tpop and shonen jump volumes (Reply to this) (Parent)

	the_meg_theory 2006-01-12 04:01 am UTC (link)
	What is your goddamn name????? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	boorman 2006-01-12 10:35 am UTC (link)
	adam boorman (Reply to this) (Parent)

	pimpfish 2006-01-13 02:35 pm UTC (link)
	What has been the most influential album to your outlook on life and why? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	boorman 2006-01-13 03:03 pm UTC (link)
	i dont think any album has significantly altered my outlook on life really. Music has, but no specific albumns (Reply to this) (Parent)

	(Anonymous) 2006-01-14 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	whats your favorite color? (Reply to this)

	car company (Anonymous) 2007-02-17 03:43 am UTC (link)
	MESSAGE (Reply to this)

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