biggest inspiration?

Col · Post by **Col** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:54 pm

KeystoneX wrote:The art of Mark Bagley (a lot of Spider-Man stuff, most recently USM).. .not because I draw like him, but just because I love his work so much, it makes me want to draw.

Also, the TV shows Scrubs and early West Wing, in that it reminds me that writing is not a passive exercise, but the backbone on which all creative endeavors exist. (even a portrait tells a story)

Foxtrot, Peanuts, C&H, Far Side, Pearls Before Swine, Dilbert and Non Sequiter are my biggest inspirations from the comic strip world.

Dang, we got a lot of the same taste there. And if nothing else, you gotta respect Bagley for his consistency and work-ethic. He's one of the few artists you can count on to get his stuff done on time, and get it done well. Shame how that's not a typical thing these days with those comics.

You know Season 2 of Scrubs is coming out in November already? Life is good right now for fans.

BrownEyedCat · Post by **BrownEyedCat** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:47 pm

Oh, you know what inspires me? Rod Serling's the Night Gallery. The paintings make me want to paint and the stories make me want to write, and all of it makes me want to break into Hollywood and start making movies that don't suck.

Why am I motivated by so many things that aren't comics?

Tangho · Post by **Tangho** » Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:41 pm

My drawing and storytelling style was influenced by Yumiko Takehashi and Osamu Tezuka. That was before I took art in school and learned the techniques of different traditional and contemporary art. However, all that training didn't change the style in my comic. When I was still a graphic designer, I can use different style to suit different project's requirement. But more often than not, I would draw like the way I'd I draw my comic.

(Mr. Tezuka died many years ago and I'd stopped reading Ms. Takehashi's comic. I guess my style is fixed)

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 12:06 am

BrownEyedCat wrote:Oh, you know what inspires me? Rod Serling's the Night Gallery. The paintings make me want to paint and the stories make me want to write, and all of it makes me want to break into Hollywood and start making movies that don't suck.

Why am I motivated by so many things that aren't comics?

Oh snaff, how could I have forgotten Rod Serling!

Eunice P · Post by **Eunice P** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 7:31 am

Reading all kinds of comics! That's my biggest inspiration!

Wishmaster · Post by **Wishmaster** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:06 am

Another Rod Serling fan here, though much moreso of Twilight Zone than Night Gallery. Really I remember all of the old creepy TV shows fondly: Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Outer Limits (anyone remember Architects of Fear? I think I was the only one of my friends to get that reference when readeing Watchmen), etc.

Speaking of Watchmen, that was another major influence, along with Dark Knight Returns, and Rick Vietch's Brat Pack (an unsung contemporary of the other two).

Animation wise Heavy Metal, which I first saw when I was thirteen, was a revelation to me. Boobs, violence, sex, drugs, and rock n roll all glorified in an animated movie. That and following the trail of Crumb, I rediscovered tons of cartoons I hadn't seen since I was a kid: Betty Boop, Popeye, Heckyl and Jeckyl, Cap'n and the Kids, etc.

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:18 am

"Heavy Metal" was on all last week. Weird timing that you brought it up.

KeystoneX · Post by **KeystoneX** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:34 am

Col wrote: Dang, we got a lot of the same taste there. And if nothing else, you gotta respect Bagley for his consistency and work-ethic. He's one of the few artists you can count on to get his stuff done on time, and get it done well. Shame how that's not a typical thing these days with those comics.

You know Season 2 of Scrubs is coming out in November already? Life is good right now for fans.

It sure is, but doesn't it stink that Scrubs won't be coming back until mid-season? oh well, at least I'll have seasons 1 and 2 to keep me occupied until then!

Wishmaster · Post by **Wishmaster** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 8:43 am

PeppermintAfterlife wrote:"Heavy Metal" was on all last week. Weird timing that you brought it up.

I have it on DVD and - - meh, I dunno, maybe I'm going nuts, but there have been several noticeable changes. I've actually watched the movie enough times that most of it is burned into my memory. I don't know if it's deliberate or not.

There are others, but the first two that spring to mind...

The scene where the copilot gets yanked into the belly turret of the bomber and then ripped apart? I remember that guy screaming like a woman as he was getting ripped apart. In the DVD I own it sounds like some crappy redubbed scream.

When Taarna first steps out of the shadows and throws back her hood? Well, as a thirteen year old boy I remember being delighted by the brief glimpse of snowy white pubic hair as her cloak briefly billowed open. When I got the DVD it looked like the bottom of the shot was deliberately cropped out to remove the top of her happy trail.

The first might be one of those "DVDs can reveal limitations in the source copy" things, but the second smacks of censorship. None of it is any big deal, I just hate it when the original material gets tampered with.

Odd1 · Post by **Odd1** » Fri Oct 14, 2005 10:45 am

My inspiration comes from music, and occassionally movies or books. I can't say any visual artists have been an direct inspiration, though Josh L. made me want to publish my comics on the internet.

RPin · Post by **RPin** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 4:14 am

KeystoneX wrote:The art of Mark Bagley (a lot of Spider-Man stuff, most recently USM).. .

Hey, I love his work too. Is the guy still around? I haven't bought a superhero comic in ages.

As for references... There are so many to remember now.

Sput · Post by **Sput** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:39 am

..OHOH Agent X. And the Inivisibles.

*wanders back out*

Col · Post by **Col** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:44 am

RPin wrote:
KeystoneX wrote:The art of Mark Bagley (a lot of Spider-Man stuff, most recently USM).. .
Hey, I love his work too. Is the guy still around? I haven't bought a superhero comic in ages.

As for references... There are so many to remember now.

He's been doing Ultimate Spider-Man since it first began, and now they're almost up to one hundred issues. Once they publish issue 104, he and the writer, Brian Michael Bendis, will have beat the record for the longest stretch of issues ever done without any breaks by a writing/drawing team (it was first held by... I think Stan Lee and someone else. I forget.) Anyway, yeah, he's keeping busy.

Zhan_Dvega · Post by **Zhan_Dvega** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:26 am

Well lets see.... Calvin and Hobbes is what got me into drawing comics in the first place... A lot of my inspiration art-wise came from Rumiko Takahashi (for the longest time several years ago all I had for any form of reference material was Ranma volume 1), later on Hajime Ueda, Ken Akamatsu, and Monkey Punch.

Writing wise, originally Takahashi as well (I got SO sick of being compared to Ranma. I couldn't see them at the time, but in hindsight, they were so glaring it sickens me). Recently I've become fascinated with the writing style of Ashinano Hitoshi, which focuses a lot more on mood and atmosphere than action and dialogue. Also stuff like real life and music etc. etc. You know, the usual.

And Josh Lesnick is probably what got me thinking I could do a webcomic. Way back when he was doing Wendy and Cutewendy.

Wishmaster · Post by **Wishmaster** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:00 am

Col wrote:Once they publish issue 104, he and the writer, Brian Michael Bendis, will have beat the record for the longest stretch of issues ever done without any breaks by a writing/drawing team (it was first held by... I think Stan Lee and someone else. I forget.)

Stan Lee and Jack "the King" Kirby on Fantastic Four. You kids!

MrEff · Post by **MrEff** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 10:05 am

Straight up Bill Watterson.... I love his style with both the art and the humor.....

'Nuff said

-MrEff-

ManyWorlds · Post by **ManyWorlds** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:05 pm

MrEff wrote:Straight up Bill Watterson.... I love his style with both the art and the humor.....

'Nuff said

-MrEff-

Is there really anyone that doesn't like Calvin and Hobbes?
*sound of shotgun arming* Think reeeeeally careful before you answer.

CaptainClaude · Post by **CaptainClaude** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:35 pm

RA wrote:..OHOH Agent X. And the Inivisibles.

*wanders back out*

Udon and Gail Simone made such marvelous Deadpool...

Sss · Post by **Sss** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 6:18 pm

Newsprint comics is how I got my original inspiration way back when, Calvin and Snoopy are still my favs. I was big into Spiderman, you know back b4 there were movies! Anime and manga have been a huge influence but I cant stand it now, only extremely good ones (Evangelion anyone? also Rumiko Takahashi is a genious). Lately Ive been reading stuff by Jhonen Vasquez I love his B+W stuff, very mood setting.

Right now I'm more interested in the story writing aspect of comics because lets face it even sub par artwork can be enough for a comic if the story is extremely good.

Rocknjosie · Post by **Rocknjosie** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 9:22 pm

MrEff wrote:Straight up Bill Watterson.... I love his style with both the art and the humor.....

'Nuff said

-MrEff-

I just wanted to post that a third time because that is the greatest thing EVER!!!