People and ideas i’ve been researching lately:
Not using Wikipedia for everything, mind. This is just easier to point people around with. And there’s only one vampire in this story and no, it ain’t Vlad Tepes Dracula.
Stigmatador
October 31st, 2009 by richardbaseySchedule.
October 28th, 2009 by richardbaseySo, got most of the stories lined up in the order I’m going to produce them. Tonight, I’m going to finish up page plots for the first – after I decide how I’m going to work in some additional information; and, then, for the remainder of the week I’ll wrap up the script. Sunday will see layouts done, and then Monday I’ll begin penciling.
I’m currently aiming to finish a 10 to 12 page story in two weeks. Weekdays will be about penciling and inking, with the weekends reserved for color, lettering, and design.
I’ll get into more of this as it progresses, obviously; but for now I’m in a rush and need to finish this post with some links of inspiration for this first story:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Savage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos
Again, appearances can be deceiving;
Chet
Repurpose.
October 26th, 2009 by richardbaseyDropping some sketches today to get some art on this blog. These were originally intended as a pitch for a freelance gig while I was living in Atlanta. While I didn’t get the gig, I don’t see the point in letting the designs just going to waste either. So, they’ll be repurposed for one of my strips, but I’m not entirely sure how yet.
Obviously, these were for some kind of cyber-punk project, but like a friend suggested – maybe I should’ve stuck closer to the accepted tropes of the sub-genre. Meh, fuck that. That’s boring, but maybe why I didn’t get the job too. Oh well…
Doing a lot of thinking about scheduling today, as well.
Thanks for looking,
Chet
Repurpose.
October 26th, 2009 by richardbaseyDropping some sketches today to get some art on this blog. These were originally intended as a pitch for a freelance gig while I was living in Atlanta. While I didn’t get the gig, I don’t see the point in letting the designs just going to waste either. So, they’ll be repurposed for one of my strips, but I’m not entirely sure how yet.
Obviously, these were for some kind of cyber-punk project, but like a friend suggested – maybe I should’ve stuck closer to the accepted tropes of the sub-genre. Meh, fuck that. That’s boring, but maybe why I didn’t get the job too. Oh well…
Doing a lot of thinking about scheduling today, as well.
Thanks for looking,
Chet
Monsterfight.
October 21st, 2009 by richardbaseyAnother playing catch-up post:
When I was little, like most children, I was afraid of monsters. In movies, in comics, in the Weekly World News, it didn’t matter where they were I was afraid of them. Unfortunately, I had an uncontrolled and irrational fear of whatever was in the dark until much later then i’m man enough to admit without a little bit of the sour mash to loosen these lips. One day, I picked up a comic, and I can’t remember the one, but there was a great line about there aren’t any monsters that we don’t make up.
Oh, yeah. It’s a message that’s been all over every bit of popular media as long as media has been popular: But I heard it first from Comics.
(I’m starting to learn to stop saying ‘Graphic Novel’ and call them exactly what they are. I’ll still capitalize it every chance I get.)
Anyways…
Chet’s got his Light Brigade thing (and I say ‘thing’ not in a demeaning manor, but because I have no idea what the hell the project actually is. And i’m excited to see it. You should be too, you know.) and it will probably be more meticulously researched than any 12 page short should. Me? I’m working on putting my fear of monsters into the next generation. And then i’m going to tell them it’s okay to bloody your knuckles punching Frankenstein in the mouth or ruin a good pair of Converses kicking Satan’s balls into his lower G.I. tract.
There’s not much in the way of research, but for inspiration there’s the masterful works of Junji Ito (he of Uzumaki and Gyo) with a whole lot of the style of Mike Mignola. Because if there’s a man who’s better at making Comics about punching monsters, i’ve yet to read anything he’s made.
And then there’s wikipedia, bringing the goods with things like this: The Revenant.
Anyways, Thanks for reading.
Richard.
Deep Fried Comics.
October 21st, 2009 by richardbaseyChet fired off the first couple of salvos of our comics revolution, so I figured it’s probably time for me to introduce myself and maybe expand upon a little of what we’ll be about.
Like Chet said (Or didn’t.) we’re an online studio looking towards producing the cheapest, dirtiest, pulpiest comics we can put out into the market. Greasy, deep-fried comics. Comics for people who don’t exactly think that the pen is mightier than the sword but still know you can use it to jab an eye out.
Or, better yet: For people who know the Chainsaw beats all.
However you want to look at it, that’s all besides the point. Which is this: Comics. We fucking love them. We talk alot about making them. We talk too much about making them. So now we’re going to talk about it while we make them.
If you’ve ever sat down and watched Hellraiser or Ichi The Killer and thought “Why can’t there be any American comics like this” then you’re probably someone we’d like to talk to.
-Richard.
Light Brigade
October 21st, 2009 by richardbaseyGame Plan: Richard and I are individually – and in at least one instance, collaboratively – cobbling together 10 to 12 page stories to be posted here once completed and then collected in some POD book.
Anyway, when an idea hits, I like to do a little research to hopefully add weight or maybe even inspire a change in whatever it is that I’m working on. The links below deal with Alfred Tennyson’s CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE. I haven’t read the poem since high school – and have yet to do so again, as of writing this entry; but it isn’t the poem itself that I’m actually interested in. I’m looking to pull from the events that inspired said poem and see how they work against or with what I have in mind.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Charge_of_the_Light_Brigade_(poem)
http://poetry.eserver.org/light-brigade.html
And out of the links that I’m going to drop, this is probably the least obvious indicator of what’s actually going to come about.
Currently, I’m in a pretty good position to start writing scripts. One story is already plotted out page for page. So, tonight scripting will commence, but I’m not entirely sure how I’m going to go about that. I usually try to stick with a full-on script – all actions dictated and dialogue provided, for those that don’t know – but I’m considering just scribbling it all down on paper and jumping into layouts. Try to keep the energy and spontaneity alive and well. We’ll see.
Okay, I’ve blabbed enough. Richard should be along shortly to give a shout out.
Thanks for looking,
Chet
Intro.
October 20th, 2009 by richardbaseyHello and welcome to the latest reincarnation of Pulp 21. Some of you reading this may remember the webcomics venue birthed at MillarWorld from over 5 (!) years back.
This go around, partner-in-crime, Richard Basey and I are going to run at this a little differently. Pulp 21 is the two of us – with some friends – producing the kind of comics we’d like to read. For the time being we’re keeping it closed off and just concentrating on the projects we have in mind.
We’re going to start with the web and plan to branch off elsewhere, like POD printing and (hopefully) legitimate print at some point.
This blog is going to serve as the home for all things originating Pulp 21. We’ll post links of research, discussions about work processes, and as things unravel… some actual goddamned comics.
In fact, you should be seeing some stuff from us relatively soon at both the following sites:
http://www.buckshotsundae.com
http://www.yourmomsbasement.com
And if for nothing else, you should just drop by those site, period; because they already house plenty of fine content.
For now though, we just wanted to get the ball rolling.
Hope to see you around;
Chet Presley