Brandon Graham's Blog, page 250

A sketchbook page

A sketchbook page

What do you make of the Comics Alliance statement on the Valerie/Sims situation?

Just wanted to pop over here to say met you last year at ECC and talked about the pains of creating and wanting to be a comic writer that I've started writing again after getting discouraged purely based on that conversation and re reading prophet and king

That is fantastic! I’m glad to hear that you’re writing again. It feels good to make stuff huh?

Yo Graham since your eps of Adventure Time is coming out soon can we see some concept art bro?

I feel like I should ask the AT guys before I show off too much before the episode is out~ but here’s some of the test boards I did to get the gig.

I really like how AT works— they give you a rough outline and then the dialog jokes and shots are on you. I’m interested in how the jokes and stuff I did translate to animation. I’m sure the Jesse Moynihan parts of the episode are at least great. They have some impressive artists on that show. 

Dr. Graham, I think I need some help. Lately I've been feeling this overwhelming sense of discouragement about wanting to make comics. It seems like everything is awful. Institutionalized racism and sexism in editorial. New voices that consider writing abo

Dear Generalissimo Anonymous,

I would say that Institutionalized racism and sexism are far from unique to comics,and impossible to completely escape anywhere

.It’s good that we’re at least talking about them more, now, in relation to comics.

I see a lot of guys in comics voicing this fear of change, or worrying they’ll be attacked for some sleight— I don’t see that as a real concern. things are hopefully shifting so that people from other backgrounds are getting their voices heard, but that doesn’t take from you being able to have a voice. It’s still easier to be a dude (and straight  & white helps) in any industry. Soooo maybe don’t worry about that.

I think the main thing to keep in mind is that it is ok to make mistakes “a man becomes a man from all the shit that he goes through”

it’s about how you deal with the mistake.after, Listen to other people and be respectful of other’s experiences that you haven’t lived. This doesn’t have to be incompatible with taking personal risks and doing stories about whatever excites you. 

I’d say just do the work you wanna do and if things come up try and learn from them.

And I think going unnoticed is ok. I’m kind of glad that I got to make comics in print that went mostly unnoticed before anyone paid me any attention. It was a good chance to learn about some things before I had to deal with the stuff that isn’t about making the work.

Frederik L. Schodt talks manga

Frederik L. Schodt talks manga

Reading Frederick L. Schodt’s Manga Manga The world of Japanese...

Reading Frederick L. Schodt’s Manga Manga The world of Japanese comics.

I like this blurb on FIRE.

“The thing you need to know about mah man Fire Wolf, is he is a born rebel.”

HoweeelllllLLLlll!!!

A late night coloring some Warheads.

A late night coloring some Warheads. 

leseanthomas:“It’s not a game of pin the tail on the racist,...

leseanthomas:

“It’s not a game of pin the tail on the racist, it’s simply a matter of social literacy. In this case, being aware of how “race” as an idea is ridiculous but still informs how we behave." - Ronald Wimberly

Profound comic story by one of comic book’s most important voices, super talent, Ronald Wimberly d-pi (Prince Of Cats)

Source: https://thenib.com/lighten-up-4f7f96ca8a7e

How do you feel about the Erik Larsen thing?

So from here/

man, I feel like I don’t really have a horse in this race. I get that Larsen dosen’t like the look of whatever modern superhero costumes. — I don’t think he worded it great. 

As far as I see it the main thing keeping superhero books at all relevant is them being inclusive to different types of readers (women, people of color, or humans who didn’t grow up on 70′s KIrby books)—- soo books like  Ms Marvel or Captain Marvel aren’t really being made for dudes like Larsen. 

I don’t like the look of the Wonder woman costume that I think started this, but I’m not a wonder woman reader so it dosen’t really matter what I think about it.

Not everything is for everyone and that is ok. Ideal even.