Reckoning pg 14
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Reckoning pg 14

by tanthony on May 16, 2012 at 8:14 am

Hmm, who is this dude? Friend or foe?

When Juan sent me the art for this page, I had an instant flashback to the comics I used to love as a kid. The gritty street-fighter super heroes were the guys I dug the most, and I set this scene in Hell’s Kitchen as a pretty obvious ode to books like Daredevil (Power Man and Iron Fist and Moon Knight were some other faves). Juan did such a great job capturing the seedy industrial vibe, it took me back to the back-alley / dark warehouse / tenement roof-top battlegrounds that used to spark my imagination.

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To BRAOOOOM or not to BRAOOOOM

by tanthony on April 20, 2012 at 8:56 am

Comic book sound effects are funky things. Some writers embrace them in all their KER-CHOW glory, others ignore them altogether. I gave this weighty matter a lot of thought after many tweaks and re-designs of the sound effect on pg 9 — which I ultimately decided to go without.

Yeah, it’s not the greatest BRAOOOM I’ve ever seen. But regardless of the design, I felt like the text kept getting in the way of the art in this panel and didn’t add any impact to the image. As I’m learning, a big part of lettering is like sound in film — you’re doing a good job if viewers don’t notice. In film, if you wonder why the dialogue sounds so garbled or why there’s a random buzz in the background, the sound guy has failed. Same thing in comics if the reader wonders why a word balloon is hanging across a character’s face or a sound effect doesn’t fit within the layout of a panel.

To read an interesting post dissecting comic book sound effects by a dude much smarter than me, check out Martyn Pedler’s great article in Full Stop.

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Protege on Sale Now at Graphicly

by tanthony on February 28, 2012 at 10:35 am

PROTEGE #1: END JOB is now available at Graphicly for only .99 cents! Now, why would you pay to read something that — if you’re reading this post — you’ve already been reading for free? Here’s four great reasons:

1) If you’ve got an iPad, Kindle Fire or other tablet, reading comics using the Graphicly app is a damn awesome experience.
2) You get to see Juan’s art in high-res glory. Plus, the issue comes with some extras — character sketches and pages that show the script-pencils-finished art process.
3) It’s only a buck for you but to us creators, when someone is willing to shell out a little monetary support for our work, it’s priceless.
4) If everybody buys it, the economy will recover. I swear.

Also, you can support by leaving a comment, tweet, +1 on our page at Graphicly encouraging the world to check Protege out.

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Beginnings

by tanthony on February 3, 2012 at 3:27 pm

Even though chapter one is wrapped up, it feels to me like things are just starting. As I write the next chapters (mid-way thru chapter three right now) and look back on End Job, I’ve been thinking about the challenges of a first issue. Especially when it’s for a story meant to unspool over a long period of time. The first story arc of PROTEGE runs 3 issues/chapters (although I might split up #3). And, if you good people keep reading, I’ve sketched out the story for another 30 issues or so.

So the first 24 pages of a long narrative are tricky things. I wanted to throw enough to clearly introduce the characters and setting, but leave out enough so you want more. I wanted to set things up so I could tear them down, and leave you either wondering or anticipating how the story would rebuild itself. Of course, I didn’t succeed with everything. But if you’re reading this, chances are you’ve stuck it out through the first-issue fumblings.

We may hardly know each other, I know, but trust me on this much: we’re working hard to make PROTEGE an action comic — hell, a story — worth reading. Stay tuned!

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Protege Wallpapers Now Available

by tanthony on December 18, 2011 at 3:09 pm

Get some PROTEGE wallpapers for your desktop, laptop, iPad or iPhone! They’re available for a one buck suggested donation, but no one has been turned away for lack of funds (as long as they take a blood oath to talk up the comic).

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Follow us on Inkoutbreak

by tanthony on December 5, 2011 at 9:02 am

In my questing to find ways to promote Protege, a few months back I came across a cool site called Inkoutbreak. Let’s be real — there’s millions of comics out there by pros and non-pros, and sometimes it’s as hard to find good content as it is for creators to get their work noticed. According to the founder Brian King, Inkoutbreak is trying to make both those things easier, as you can read from what I pasted from the site:

Inkoutbreak.com is basically the easy way to follow and discover comics. For a reader this allows them to follow your comic without a reader or bookmarks. Why wouldn’t they just have a RSS reader? Well some of us readers are reading a few comics while we sit at work and slack off for a few minutes. Or then you have the not so tech savvy that does not understand what that orange block is on your comic. I’m not saying I want to replace RSS, or anything like that. I just want to make it easy for a reader to stay up to date with your comic, and for you to gain more readers that constantly check out your updates.

One other handy feature is Inkoutbreak will bookmark the last page you read, so if you’ve missed a couple updates you won’t have to worry about opening the wrong screen and dealing with spoilers.

To follow Protege on Inkoutbreak click the button in the box below:

It’s a great idea Mr. King has and I hope it works out. Go check out Inkoutbreak and find some cool comics.

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