The marketing machine now says my comic book fanbase is gonna be “Mexican Deathmetal hippies”. I’m not sure if this is accurate, but I like it. Really I think the brotherhood of deathmetal hippies is worldwide and knows no boundaries.
So I put my unfinished comic script into a marketing machine to find out what my fanbase is gonna be and the machine said, “gay republican confederate black supremacists”. I think this is completely wrong. If this is the machine’s way of telling me its fetish its gonna be very lonely. That’s a tough demographic to find. I kicked it and it said, “children of all ages.” I don’t think thats right either. I think I should just finish it and stop thinking about this crap.
This is wrong.
Recently, Marvel triumphed in court against Gary Friedrich, the creator of Ghost Rider, as to whether any money or rights were owed to him from the use of the characters in movies, with the second movie starring Nicolas Cage on its way.
And while the court decided that Marvel owe Gary nothing, they also decided on a counter claim from Marvel, that Gary Friedrich owes $17,000 for selling prints of the Ghost Rider character at conventions and the like.
This represents Gary’s earnings from selling such prints over several years – but now Gary is penniless. And Marvel is demanding payment now. Oh, and that he is not allowed to say he is the creator of Ghost Rider for financial gain, say by doing an interview, in the future.
Marvel was recently bought by Disney for $4 billon. Nicolas Cage recently sold his copy of Action Comics #1 for over 2 million, and will have received similar for starring in Ghost Rider 2.
Gary Friedrich, the creator of Ghost Rider is, however, penniless.
This is outrageous.
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MOGWAI!! MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY!!!
(Source: alicealexia)
Dearest Francisco Milhouse Diaz,
I sit here having just finished thefirst issue of Flatlands while listening to Lady Gaga’s “Born this way”. I hadto write my second ever letter to a comic creator, knowing this would surelyget published because you know I’m a bastard and I know where your parentssleep. I had to say the story from the first issue, though enigmatic, felt alittle disjointed and flat. Equus looked like a character with much potentialbut we may never know as his ass was killed already. (No Sir, I don’tlike it!) Some of the backgrounds werealso drawn quite crudely. I found the color change in backgrounds jarring,specifically in page 17 where there is no change in mood and the color flipflops by the end of page 18 (thus, though this occurred indoors a night-daytransition would not explain it). Aside from my bitching, I think your serieslooks like a fun and a refreshing contrast from the traditional closetedhomoeroticism of shirtless men in tights, minors in little shorts, and all those cirque du soleil masks. I have been thinkingabout your comic a lot. In fact, I was telling my plate of spaghetti about howmuch I appreciated not seeing one bit of breast in your comic. Theobjectification of women is so below an artist like you and absolutely nothingI want a part of. Finally, I think that Prick is a great character and heshould get his OWN series!
You #1 Fan,
Adonnai Dreizehen
Athens Lunatic Asylum
Athens, OH. 45701
P.S. Where are the titties? (Or thoraxes in yourcase)
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My response is, next issue will be in color and all will eventually be explained. Also I’m killing Prick as soon as I can. JK…or not. Future issues will have more thoraxes. Many more.
Love and horrible beatings-
-Diaz
Now imagine this in every major coastal city. Spooky.
Alright here is page 1 from Issue 2 in color. I think I’ve determined the look for the rest of the book. It takes longer to color each page, but I think in the end it’ll be worth it.
That’s where Flatlands is. Currently playing with inks and watercolors with page one of issue 2. Should be done later tonight.
These were initially going to be designs for another friend’s T-shirt company. The idea was to make them about monsters from Mexican folklore. So I kept the designs and colors simple and cartoony. I haven’t heard from this guy in months, but Y has offered to buy the originals. It’s good to have some business. Pencil, ink, and watercolor.
This was a commissioned piece for a friend. He wanted a Mexican Crow with a shotgun as a logo for his Blues/Classic Rock band. We went through about eight different versions until deciding on this one. Ink Wash and Watercolor.
Comics by Frank Diaz
