PROTEGE

As much as I dig Greg Rucka‘s exceptional work in comics and novels, lately I’ve been reading and re-reading his posts about the process of writing (or, as he puts, it “Greg blathers on about Writing”). Sure, you should check out Greg and Rick Burchett’s steampunk/pirate/western mash-up webcomic Lady Sabre to see a master storyteller spinning a good fun yarn. But if you want to hear him dropping wisdom about the craft of writing, read his Dispatches section on the site.

Some of my favorite re-reads are his posts on the purpose and intention of drama, commitment to the process, and the courage to fail. I met Greg briefly when he spoke at Nunzio DeFilippis‘  Writing for Sequential Art class at UCLA (where I developed Protege) and he’s as passionate about writing and comics in person as he is on the page. When I heard Greg was coming out with a webcomic around the time I was considering whether or not to release Protege online, that sealed the deal for me.

What’s great for me about the Lady Sabre site is that Greg is generous enough to share an inside look at his process as a writer, of creating a webcomic, and he even provides his script pages below the art panels. Lady Sabre is a great read and a great resource, and you can’t beat that.