tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post2278827023735679837..comments2024-03-28T21:17:45.398-05:00Comments on A MOMENT OF CEREBUS: Carson Grubaugh: Working On SDOARA Moment Of Cerebushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02718525538144698138noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-7413433348911251342016-08-16T17:14:50.574-05:002016-08-16T17:14:50.574-05:00Ray Cornwall - IDW doesn't really offer me any...Ray Cornwall - IDW doesn't really offer me anything apart from interest in publishing the finished book(s). Emphasis on FINISHED, I think. The fact that we're coming up on the fourth anniversary of my signing for the COVERS TREASURY book with no sign of the book I take as -- at least potentially -- a bad sign. <br /><br />I think there will probably have to be an Aardvark-Vanaheim version of SDOAR first: modelled on THE CEREBUS ARCHIVE PORTFOLIOS with the proceeds used to finance the research and writing phase: a major part of which is trying to make it as readable as possible and then to finance the Mock-Up Pages for Karl and Carson phase and then finance the Karl and Carson pages phase. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502294606395720342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-72609013255546351352016-08-16T16:57:30.047-05:002016-08-16T16:57:30.047-05:00It really worked. At the end there I was even sep...It really worked. At the end there I was even separating my pen nibs by category. It not only helped me to get 100% guaranteed fine pen lines where I wanted them, it also lifted the unconscious inhibition that kept me from getting a full brush-style line out of the 102 (because unconsciously I would think, but then the line won't be thin enough when I need it to be 290 thin). No worries. That's a separate pen nib entirely. If you test it and it doesn't give you 290 thinness and sharpness, it's just a garden-variety 102. Whale away with it and when it loses tension throw it away and grab another. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502294606395720342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-37058669849269869142016-08-16T16:53:04.600-05:002016-08-16T16:53:04.600-05:00Anyway, Eve Jones hair aside, I finally decided, o...Anyway, Eve Jones hair aside, I finally decided, okay, what is it that I want from the 290? Microscopic Neal Adams and Stan Drake pen strokes. So, analyzing the problem I recognized that the Hunt 102 is like any other drawing instrument. There are good ones and bad ones. That's why I bought them by the gross. To get over the "preservative/conservative" urge to save money by using a pen point past its peak. So what I started watching for was particularly SHARP 102s. That is, when I was testing a new nib, I'd start with the tiniest finest lines I could make. Really gentle touch. MOST of the time, it would be just a garden variety Hunt 102 line: thin, but not 290 thin. But sometimes it was 290 thin. No reason I could make out but, "Ours is not to reason why..." ours is but to recognize the pen nib reality in front of us. If it WAS an unnaturally thin 102 line, I'd stop right away, clean the nib and put it in a separate pen stock, mark the pen stock with a piece of masking tape and make that my "TINIEST LINES" pen nib: not to be used until I was finished all of the other pen lines on a given page or panel. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502294606395720342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-70279853695013953572016-08-16T16:44:12.251-05:002016-08-16T16:44:12.251-05:00Russ Heath, when he lived in Westport, went over t...Russ Heath, when he lived in Westport, went over to Stan Drake's place to watch him ink. Figuring (as we all would have) if I can just WATCH HIM closely enough I'll figure out how to do hair like he does. Because there is just no hair like Eve Jones' hair in the history of comics. Well, he watched him, but it didn't do any good. "It was all hand and wrist motion: his arm wasn't even resting on the page." If you've used a 290 you know how amazing that is. For us non-Stan Drake people, braced and focussed is the only way we can get ink out of the thing. You mean, you just hover over the page and swoosh swoosh here's Eve Jones' hair right here? <br />GAH!<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502294606395720342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-45487917052136638992016-08-16T16:37:59.345-05:002016-08-16T16:37:59.345-05:00Sean and Carson - re: pen nibs. When I was (unkno...Sean and Carson - re: pen nibs. When I was (unknown to me) coming to the end of my drawing days, I finally decided that the Hunt 102 is the better choice over the Gillott 290 unless it was a day when I was metaphysically amenable to the 290 which is a condition that occurs as a result of -- literally -- sub-conscious awareness of the nib. It's so sharp that both flanges touching the page is a matter of perceiving accurately how the nib is touching the page. The slightest tilt and only one flange is touching so the ink won't transfer. If you have that UNFAILING aptitude -- which Stan Drake had and Neal Adams had -- then there is no pen nib like the 290. But, reading between the lines, Neal stopped using the 290 sometime after he stopped working on BEN CASEY because he had to be more productive (what he was getting at DC wasn't what he had been getting on BEN CASEY) from which I infer that he still had trouble with it. You're never going to master the 290. Leonard Starr tried it...once...and swore off it forever. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502294606395720342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-49455856240428518642016-08-15T21:23:31.703-05:002016-08-15T21:23:31.703-05:00Thanks, guys. It is an honor to get to help out on...Thanks, guys. It is an honor to get to help out on the book.<br /><br />What I am doing is creating a bridging story to tie together what would have been the first four issues of SDOAR if it had been a monthly book.<br /><br />I can't speak to Dave's plans, but from what I saw the first four issues, plus what I plan for the bridging sequence, would make a really good Volume 1. My pages also create an out for me since I am not in VA any more. Getting the photos of Jack and Local Heroes that I need is now more of a pain for everyone involved.Carson Grubaughhttp://hodtech.net/comics.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-22433371147145264452016-08-15T18:48:46.641-05:002016-08-15T18:48:46.641-05:00man the rough marker version looks fantastic. Can&...man the rough marker version looks fantastic. Can't wait to see the finished work. David Branstetterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746259518107518123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-69832446291495000752016-08-15T16:05:23.359-05:002016-08-15T16:05:23.359-05:00I thought you were aiming for readable, if not pub...I thought you were aiming for readable, if not publishable, Dave? Or did IDW offer you any encouragement in that direction?Ray Cornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05949935685030824321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-63173445207161553122016-08-15T14:56:29.559-05:002016-08-15T14:56:29.559-05:00Thanks for the correction Dave. Still Yay though!Thanks for the correction Dave. Still Yay though!Jason Winternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-87785963571420635832016-08-15T14:36:55.626-05:002016-08-15T14:36:55.626-05:00Hi Jason - SDOAR is being worked on. "Finish...Hi Jason - SDOAR is being worked on. "Finished" is a whole 'nother ball of wax. :) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502294606395720342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-44616607405652719172016-08-14T19:56:47.207-05:002016-08-14T19:56:47.207-05:00This is great news! You're a perfect fit Carso...This is great news! You're a perfect fit Carson. Yay! SDOAR is going to be finished!Jason Winternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-17300799777365941002016-08-14T09:29:44.925-05:002016-08-14T09:29:44.925-05:00Ugh "best no naive"= "best nib I ha...Ugh "best no naive"= "best nib I have"Sean Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614233518820831301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-4052666134978602262016-08-14T08:05:52.495-05:002016-08-14T08:05:52.495-05:00I can send you some of the old onesif you want. Em...I can send you some of the old onesif you want. Email me st seanmichaelrobinson at gmail.Sean Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614233518820831301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2837001751311078781.post-78632545423364144072016-08-14T08:04:23.326-05:002016-08-14T08:04:23.326-05:00Carson- make sure you have a classic 290 and not a...Carson- make sure you have a classic 290 and not a recent one! The recent ones I've tried (blue color) are garbage. But the bronze colored ones I have (bought a gross a whole back) are fsntsdtic! Best no naive ever used.Sean Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614233518820831301noreply@blogger.com