Comments on: Chapter 15 – Apart: 10

By: Chris Roller

Chris Roller — Tue, 13 May 2014 22:27:00 +0000

Not formally trained? Coulda fooled me…

By: Red

Red — Sun, 11 May 2014 13:19:00 +0000

He reminds me of Kurt Kobain with that looks

By: themice

themice — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 18:10:00 +0000

I’m glad you are enjoying it Pork and Bones!

Well, Pork and Bones (just wanted to type that again), I do read books, but they are not too related to what I’m doing now. I love reading the zine Creative Nonfiction Magazine, and I just finished A Death in the Family by James Agee and reading The Secret Life of Objects by Dawn Raffel – their lyrical prose inspires me to create but not borrow. :) So it isn’t entirely truthful that I’m not influenced, I just try to keep away from webcomics or books too similar to like mine.

I do have to say one book I read a while ago that started Elan and Rafa was A Folded Leaf by William Maxwell. Elan is patterned a LOT from Lymie and there is some Spud in Rafa. I don’t want to do that too often.

By: Pork with Bones

Pork with Bones — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 17:25:00 +0000

You cannot avoid being influenced by works that have come before. The only cure is to read them all. Read everything, as much as you can, and it will help you find your own voice.

I just found this comic earlier today. I’m enjoying it very much so far.

By: The Mice

The Mice — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 16:29:43 +0000

Yes, that is what he is thinking.

Perspective is hard, especially since I never was formally trained. I had to use a reference for that one.

Thanks for reading!