Meredith McClaren's Blog, page 292

HEART IN A BOX Chapter 1 FOR FREE!

1979semifinalist:

Hey All

Dark Horse, Meredith McClaren, and I love our forthcoming graphic novel Heart In A Box (Sept) so much that we’re doing an advance preview and digital roll out.

You can get the first 20+ pages FOR FREE at DH Digital. And you can get the next 20 pages for 99 cents!

That’s 40 PAGES OF AWESOME COMICS for 99 cents. QUITE THE DEAL.

We’re rolling out the rest of the chapters for the same low price - 1 a week for the next 5 weeks - each for 99 cents because we’re betting you’ll love it enough that you’ll also want the print edition which releases in September.

Yup, its just that good! ;) 

So get you 40 pages for 99 cents now! HERE’S THE LINK AGAIN!

GET YOURS TODAY!

LOOK!  SHINY!  GO!  HAVES!

Take your mother loving time girl - Hinges is one of my favorites. Absolutely beautiful.

^_^

Many Thanks!

IMPORTANT THINGS:First.I will be attending Phoenix Comic Con alongside Frank and Nats and...

IMPORTANT THINGS:

First.
I will be attending Phoenix Comic Con alongside Frank and Nats and KnowOne’s Designs at:

Tables 15113 and 15115

We are all good people.

Come say ‘hi.’

Second.

I am a little under the weather.

It’s pushing my deadlines back a bit.

I know I promised a HINGES update on June 1st but it’s looking like June 8th is the earliest I can swing.

I’m really sorry.

Hey, I was wondering if you are going to do another kickstarter for Hinges? Also, congrats on the new stuff and getting your comic picked up.

Things are leaning towards ‘no’ on the Kickstarter front.

Not that I wasn’t pleased with the last one.  But I might be working something out where book 2 will be printed in multiple formats that will satisfy everyone.  (And leave me with slightly more time on my hands then the last round…)

I want to address it in more specific terms, but I’m waiting for things to be nailed down first.

Also, THANK YOU!

stthenightshift:Milton dreams big.ST:TNS S1.07 WHAT ARE LITTLE...

stthenightshift:

Milton dreams big.

ST:TNS S1.07 WHAT ARE LITTLE GIRLS MADE OF is a companion episode to the ST: TOS episode of the same name.  Watch them alongside one another.  It’s better that way.

This is parody.
We do not own Star Trek.

twitter: @stthenightshift

Good times.  Good times.

Meredith, I'm a huge fan of yours and very excited to see what's next in Hinges! I was wondering how you set up the pages/panels for your comics. Do you use a pre-made template with borders or do you make it up as you go, with each new project? I'm just no

Hello and thank you!

I vary from project to project but for HINGES pages I pencil and ink on 11x17 inch paper.  (Though the live area is 10x15).  I add a little bit of a bleed (extending the illustration past the 10x15 inches) and then digitally lay in the official white border on top of that.  It satisfies my need to have borders without black lines and also everything is lined up straight.  (I am particular.) 

As far as panel sizes go though, I just wing it.

I recommend finding what’s comfortable.  Most comic pages conform to a 2:3 ratio, but if it’s going up digitally just do whatever causes the least stress.  It’s all good.

^_^

Meredith, I'm a huge fan of yours and very excited to see what's next in Hinges! I was wondering how you set up the pages/panels for your comics. Do you use a pre-made template with borders or do you make it up as you go, with each new project? I'm just no

Hello and thank you!

I vary from project to project but for HINGES pages I pencil and ink on 11x17 inch paper.  (Though the live area is 10x15).  I add a little bit of a bleed (extending the illustration past the 10x15 inches) and then digitally lay in the official white border on top of that.  It satisfies my need to have borders without black lines and also everything is lined up straight.  (I am particular.) 

As far as panel sizes go though, I just wing it.

I recommend finding what’s comfortable.  Most comic pages conform to a 2:3 ratio, but if it’s going up digitally just do whatever causes the least stress.  It’s all good.

^_^

Meredith, I'm a huge fan of yours and very excited to see what's next in Hinges! I was wondering how you set up the pages/panels for your comics. Do you use a pre-made template with borders or do you make it up as you go, with each new project? I'm just no

Hello and thank you!

I vary from project to project but for HINGES pages I pencil and ink on 11x17 inch paper.  (Though the live area is 10x15).  I add a little bit of a bleed (extending the illustration past the 10x15 inches) and then digitally lay in the official white border on top of that.  It satisfies my need to have borders without black lines and also everything is lined up straight.  (I am particular.) 

As far as panel sizes go though, I just wing it.

I recommend finding what’s comfortable.  Most comic pages conform to a 2:3 ratio, but if it’s going up digitally just do whatever causes the least stress.  It’s all good.

^_^

Meredith, I'm a huge fan of yours and very excited to see what's next in Hinges! I was wondering how you set up the pages/panels for your comics. Do you use a pre-made template with borders or do you make it up as you go, with each new project? I'm just no

Hello and thank you!

I vary from project to project but for HINGES pages I pencil and ink on 11x17 inch paper.  (Though the live area is 10x15).  I add a little bit of a bleed (extending the illustration past the 10x15 inches) and then digitally lay in the official white border on top of that.  It satisfies my need to have borders without black lines and also everything is lined up straight.  (I am particular.) 

As far as panel sizes go though, I just wing it.

I recommend finding what’s comfortable.  Most comic pages conform to a 2:3 ratio, but if it’s going up digitally just do whatever causes the least stress.  It’s all good.

^_^

Meredith, I'm a huge fan of yours and very excited to see what's next in Hinges! I was wondering how you set up the pages/panels for your comics. Do you use a pre-made template with borders or do you make it up as you go, with each new project? I'm just no

Hello and thank you!

I vary from project to project but for HINGES pages I pencil and ink on 11x17 inch paper.  (Though the live area is 10x15).  I add a little bit of a bleed (extending the illustration past the 10x15 inches) and then digitally lay in the official white border on top of that.  It satisfies my need to have borders without black lines and also everything is lined up straight.  (I am particular.) 

As far as panel sizes go though, I just wing it.

I recommend finding what’s comfortable.  Most comic pages conform to a 2:3 ratio, but if it’s going up digitally just do whatever causes the least stress.  It’s all good.

^_^