![]() ![]() A few of my favorite webcomics are Cucumber Quest, Roza, nemu*nemu, and Solstoria! What is it about polar bears that brought you to depict global warming through their perspective? His openness about his process and his success with the medium gave me the courage to go for it. I credit Jason Brubaker’s online graphic novel reMIND for inspiring me to take the plunge into webcomics. What other webcomics have influenced your work? In fact, I storyboarded all of the pages of LOTPB as double-page spreads to ensure that the panels on one page flow into the next when the pages are presented side-by-side. I appreciate the flexibility of the online format, but I love tangible books. There aren’t any concrete plans, but I’d love to eventually see Last of the Polar Bears published in a print medium. When time allows! On the flipside, do you have any plans to publish your online work in a print medium? I’d also love to dig into dissecting Tezuka’s and other creator’s works, and analyze what makes their storytelling techniques so effective. There’s so many topics in that area that I’d like to cover. ![]() That said, I would love to continue the series of online tutorials I’ve been writing on the creative process of making comics. Well, an online format for my art instruction books would be up to my publisher. Do you have any plans to extend your art instruction publications to an online form at? Unlike Peach Fuzz, where we shared artistic duties (I penciled, Jared inked, and we both screen toned), the art in The Last of the Polar Bears is 100% illustrated by me, which I think gives it a different feel. From there, I wrote the initial draft for each chapter before handing it over to Jared to look over and offer notes and ideas for fleshing out scenes, or cutting parts that weren’t working. I came up with the initial concept, and then Jared and I worked together to develop each of the characters and transform the rough concept into a complete outline. The online comic format hasn’t made a significant difference in our collaboration process. Do you and Jared Hodges collaborate on the webcomic to the same extent as you did on Peach Fuzz? What is it like to have a partner creating an online comic compared to a printed comic? It’s really nice to be able to release each page as it’s created and receive immediate feedback from readers. The webcomic format has benefits, of course. With Last of the Polar Bears, I’ve had to work on it as a side project, which has regretfully slowed its production. With Peach Fuzz, working for a publisher, we had deadlines and funding-both extremely helpful in focusing our efforts to create the comic. How has your experience publishing The Last of the Polar Bears as a webcomic contrasted from your experience publishing Peach Fuzz in print? Lately I’ve been enjoying the works of Haruki Murakami. I really like Tamora Pierce’s Song of the Lioness and Protector of the Small series (and think they would make for an awesome comic adaptation). Spending a lot of time sitting in a chair drawing = lots of time to listen to books. Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha is my favorite Black Jack is also an entertaining read, and Unico is super cute. His approach to storytelling, cinematic layouts and expressive characters is really inspiring to me. Little by little, I’m reading my way through his entire catalog (those available in English). I’m absolutely in love with the works of Osamu Tezuka. What are your favorite books and comic books? ![]() She took the time to answer some questions via an email interview: I was very lucky that she agreed to be interviewed for Webcomics Week. Her latest publication is the ongoing webcomic The Last of the Polar Bears. Lindsay has also contributed work for Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Children’s Digest Magazine, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Domo: The Manga. They published the work in a three volume set and then extended their talents to produce several instructional books based in manga and digital art. ![]() In 2003 she won the Grand Prize in Tokyopop’s Rising Stars of Manga competition for Peach Fuzz. Lindsay Cibos and her creative partner Jared Hodges are major up-and-comers in the manga world. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |