Yeah I have a number of friends who started in comic books did a few books -
one discovered rather quickly that with an agent he could get as much for a
single drawing as doing an 8 page story. When I moved to Madison and went to
Raven Software to visit Mark Nelson -every artist in the office I had set up at
the Chicago Comicon in artists alley as comic book artists . Less fan
recognition but they all bought houses and some are looking at retirement in
their early 50's
George
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From: "Bill Morrison" <bill.littlegreenman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: comicartl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: "Comicart-L" <comicart-l@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 11:40:36 AM
Subject: [comicart-l] Re: So I am sitting earlier this evening...
Yes, unfortunately nearly everything pays better than comics (Film and TV,
video games, advertising) unless you have a royalty deal on a super hot book,
like the Image guys did when they were at Marvel in the early 90’s. Otherwise,
working in comics is a labor of love.
Sent from 1947
On Jan 13, 2021, at 10:29 AM, Mark D. Nevins (Redacted sender nevins_mark for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I don't follow movie art closely, but I'm pretty sure Guy Davis is working
almost exclusively in film these days. To my mind, this is a huge loss for
comics: Davis is an extremely gifted comics storyteller.
Someone can correct me, but I'd be astonished if Davis was not involved in
designing the kaiju (monsters) in PACIFIC RIM (by the way, it's a really fun
movie especially if you have tweens to watch it with) and the creature in THE
SHAPE OF WATER.
And if, like me, you enjoy free-standing comic book series (not dependent on
crossovers, etc.) the work of Davis on BPRD, SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE, and
UNSTABLE MOLECULES (Fantastic Four) is superb, and they are all great reads.
Finally, in the spirit of the occasional plea here, I would really like to
acquire this page:
Guy Davis - BPRD - Universal Machine Page 17, in Delforge St�phane's Guy Davis
Comic Art Gallery Room
I own the pages prior (16) and following (18) and want to reunite the three
because it's a great sequence. I've send the owne Stephane Delforge several
messages via CAF. Does anyone know him? He doesn't seem to be active on CAF.
Best,
Mark
On Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 10:06:01 AM EST, yellowkd@xxxxxxx
<yellowkd@xxxxxxx> wrote:
The movie industry is where talented comic artists go for steady work and good
pay- the names are legion -including Jack Kirby, Mike Vosburg (I own a pile of
storyboards of mikes I use in presentations to especially younger artists) Will
Meugniot .............and of course Bill Stout - our own Bill Morrison has also
done a bit (under statement of the day)
Best George Hagenauer
From: "Bill Morrison" <bill.littlegreenman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: comicartl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 6:06:50 AM
Subject: [comicart-l] Re: So I am sitting earlier this evening...
Bill has spent quite a lot of time working in the film industry doing
storyboards and production design. Notably, he designed the famous “Tar Man” in
Return of the Living Dead.
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On Jan 13, 2021, at 12:46 AM, Kevin Alsop < amryl@xxxxxxxxx > wrote:
On my couch to relax and watch some TV. Rambo: First Blood (the original) is on
and its at the end when he gets to back to town and takes care of business.
Credits are rolling and I am just watching them for no reason and a line pops
up that says “Storyboards William Stout”.
Is that OUR Mr. William Stout or some other person with the same name?
Kinda came out of nowhere and I had to scroll back up on the screen to make
sure of what I read!
Kevin
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