http://www.imagecomics.com
 Rules & FAQRules & FAQ   SearchSearch   RegisterRegister   ProfileProfile   Check private messagesCheck private messages   Log inLog in 

Mr Mack, Some Q's for you

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Image Comics Community -> Brian Michael Bendis
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
montyburns
Stranger


Joined: 14 Sep 2003
Posts: 27

PostPosted: Dec 07, 2003 10:17 am    Post subject: Mr Mack, Some Q's for you Reply with quote

Sir, If you would indulge us, is there any info you can give us on your upcoming Ultimate X-Men run:

Which issues you and Bendis are co-writing?
Are you open ended on you run or do have a set amount your going to do?
You have mentioned that your first arc is Logan going to Japan. Do you have a title for the arc and any little tidbits to work us up in a frenzy?

Thanks!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
innocentboy
Enthusiast


Joined: 11 Aug 2003
Posts: 656
Location: Toronto, Canada

PostPosted: Dec 07, 2003 11:44 am    Post subject: Re: Mr Mack, Some Q's for you Reply with quote

while we're at it,
mind if i ask how old you are?
(if you don't mind me asknig)



God bless,
innocentboy
my visual art: http://www.angelfire.com/ca7/innocentboy (last updated November 23, 2003)
Song of Songs the comic book: http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/songofsongs (last updated Novermber 23, 2003)

nosebleed, nosebleed, rain, nosebleed, nosebleed, yawn
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
MACK!
New Kid on the Block


Joined: 27 Sep 2003
Posts: 80

PostPosted: Dec 07, 2003 1:50 pm    Post subject: Re: Mr Mack, Some Q's for you Reply with quote

Bendis won't let me give anything away, but I will say it is a GREAT BIG BLAST to be working with him on this project.

An exciting experiment to be involved with. I'm very excited to see how Dave Finch brings it to life.

I'm 30.
I've been working professionally since I was 18. I met Bendis in 1993 when I was 20. That's when I wrote and drew the first KABUKI volume- KABUKI: Circle of Blood. And several other jobs with Brian back then.

In case anyone cares and doesn't know, I have six Kabuki volumes collected in Hardcover and paperback volumes, and have completed three Daredevil stories that will all be available in Hardcover and Paperback (the by next year). I'm working on the seventh Kabuki volume right now. KABUKI: The Alchemy. The first issue ships in January.

Thanks,
DM
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
MikeHaseloff
Senior Member


Joined: 31 Aug 2003
Posts: 1408
Location: icww.cjb.net

PostPosted: Dec 07, 2003 2:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Mr Mack, Some Q's for you Reply with quote

Wow, that's some cool and interesting info. Eighteen!
I hope I get published sooner than later, I'll be too bloody old to get anywhere if I'm not!

Since we're asking questions - how was it you broke in?
_________________
- The greatest website online.
- Diverging Comics, great site with range.
- GeekPunk, because I'm kissing arse.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
cburnham
Senior Member


Joined: 01 Sep 2003
Posts: 2291
Location: Redmond, WA

PostPosted: Dec 07, 2003 4:21 pm    Post subject: Re: Mr Mack, Some Q's for you Reply with quote

MACK! wrote:
I've been working professionally since I was 18. I met Bendis in 1993 when I was 20. That's when I wrote and drew the first KABUKI volume- KABUKI: Circle of Blood. And several other jobs with Brian back then.

This was back at the now defunct-Caliber Comics, correct? I heard you guys had met while you were both published there, but I'm not certain of that. I know you were both with the company at one point, just not sure of the timelines on it.
_________________
Regards,
Chris Burnham
Redmond, WA
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Yahoo Messenger MSN Messenger
Twocool4u1
Enthusiast


Joined: 11 Aug 2003
Posts: 527
Location: oregon

PostPosted: Dec 07, 2003 7:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Mr Mack, Some Q's for you Reply with quote

i'm pretty sure they met through calibur
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
justJeffery
Junior Member


Joined: 11 Aug 2003
Posts: 373

PostPosted: Dec 07, 2003 7:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Mr Mack, Some Q's for you Reply with quote

MACK! wrote:

And several other jobs with Brian back then.

Thanks,
DM


Dont be afraid to say Flaxen... just spread the prejinx love around man... Very Happy dont hide it behind phrases like "several other jobs"... Flaxen had to be more than a job... it's a freaking work of art!

Jeffery
_________________
Visit Pre Jinx World!
http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/t/jtbw/prejinx/
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
MACK!
New Kid on the Block


Joined: 27 Sep 2003
Posts: 80

PostPosted: Dec 08, 2003 4:26 am    Post subject: Re: Mr Mack, Some Q's for you Reply with quote

Flaxen was definitly more than a job. And a GREAT experience on several levels. Most of which I won't go into. She is a lovely and sophisticated lady. And it was fun to work with Brian.

I was actually referring to several other early jobs we did in 93.
I don't think I was involved with Flaxen until 94/95.

Brian and I met at the Chicago Convention. We were both doing creator owned comics thru Caliber and other publishers. At one point we were both signing at the Caliber table at the same time and introduced ourselves and showed each other our work and immediatly became friends and hung out together for the entire rest of the show. And at the show, he told me he was up for some pencilling gigs, and wanted me as his inker. So we began working that way as well and we were on the phone every week from then on. And we began critiquing each other's personal work as we developed it. This was hugely helpful and we each sort of shaped and informed the other in our early formative years. Brian's advice and POV opened up whole new worlds to me at that time, that enriched my approach to my storytelling. And I'd like to think I was as helpful to him in that regard.

I did a couple creator owned series before Kabuki. But I decided to not mention or keep in print any of my work before Kabuki.
I did many hundreds of published pages of work before Kabuki. I was at the show promoting this books and handing our or selling my homemade Kabuki ashcan comics.

As far as breaking in, at 18 I just accepted any job no matter how small or lowpaying (or nonpaying) as long as it was published. Then I used those published books as examples to get other work. I'd set up at cons with all my motley crew of published things and present my work.
But that work for hire was all really just for practice and and fun and learning the business and the craft and the experience of the publishing. I really wanted to do my own book which turned out to be Kabuki. I was able to practice my skills and learn the nature of the business side and contracts and stuff by working these smaller gigs, or any gig I could find, cover artists, pencilling, inking, whatever.
And when I felt I was ready, I would do my own thing. But I wanted to get my work to a readable and less embarassing place first.
My theory (and Brian's) is that you need to do about three hundred pages of work just to get the crap out of your system. Stuff you think is your serious work, you are really trying your best, and you think it is your best, and you really put in the time and effort to improve on every page and panel, but it really serves to get your influences out of your system and to develope your own POV. Then after doing that for about 300 pages of varieous books, and developing your arsenal of skills and experiences, and problem solving abilities, you can be a bit more objective with your work, and move on into your own sense of what you want out of your work.

So when I felt like I learned enough to be able to begin my own larger project, I just did Kabuki and made homemade comics. And sold them. And used it to present to my publisher, retailers, distributors and readers. That is when I made my first significant mark, (or break) in the consciousness of most readers.

But before that I did a lot of long hard work to develop. My first job paid ten dollars a page as a penciler. And it took me twelve hours for each page. And I drew seven issues of that title. Six were published. I painted the covers too. I was paid thirty dollars for each of the painted covers.

To make ends meet, I also worked many other non comics jobs. I worked for a printer, and then hooked the printer up with the comic I was drawing. So besides being paid to draw it, I also was paid minimum wage to print it and trim it, and staple it. I learned a lot about the nature of printing.

But it was just practice that I needed. Like going to college that I didn't have to pay for. But it even paid me. And the excitement and experience of the published work was priceless. I started college at 17 knowing that I would be doing comics. My freshman year, I turned 18 and got that first paying ($10 a page) job right around my 18th birthday. And that job was just due to having a large body of work and constantly showing and giving copies to everyone even remotely interested or involved in the business. It comes down to nobody is going to offer you work if they don't see it, or more importantly, if you don't do it. But if you are constantly showing large bodies of work they start to take you seriously and know you can meet the deadline.

As far as Kabuki, I just did it first. And figured out how to publish it after.

Is that what you asked?

Best,
DM
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Twocool4u1
Enthusiast


Joined: 11 Aug 2003
Posts: 527
Location: oregon

PostPosted: Dec 08, 2003 5:30 am    Post subject: Re: Mr Mack, Some Q's for you Reply with quote

Happy the Clown.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website
innocentboy
Enthusiast


Joined: 11 Aug 2003
Posts: 656
Location: Toronto, Canada

PostPosted: Dec 08, 2003 7:46 am    Post subject: Re: Mr Mack, Some Q's for you Reply with quote

good autobiography!

somebody post a nice picture to go in with the thread!



God bless,
innocentboy
my visual art: http://www.angelfire.com/ca7/innocentboy (last updated November 23, 2003)
Song of Songs the comic book: http://www.angelfire.com/ab7/songofsongs (last updated Novermber 23, 2003)

nosebleed, nosebleed, rain, nosebleed, nosebleed, yawn
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website
daGetHighKnight
Senior Member


Joined: 11 Aug 2003
Posts: 1616
Location: NYC/Staten Island

PostPosted: Dec 08, 2003 4:49 pm    Post subject: Re: Mr Mack, Some Q's for you Reply with quote

Do you use WinterGreen Oil in any of your work?
_________________
"You don't truly know a Someone ... Until you fight Them.."

XBOX GAmerTag - daGetHighKnight
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
MACK!
New Kid on the Block


Joined: 27 Sep 2003
Posts: 80

PostPosted: Dec 08, 2003 9:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Mr Mack, Some Q's for you Reply with quote

I use it for mouthwash. I gives you fresh clean breath.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
JonnyZ
Junior Member


Joined: 11 Aug 2003
Posts: 350
Location: Long Island, New York

PostPosted: Dec 08, 2003 9:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Mr Mack, Some Q's for you Reply with quote

MACK! wrote:
I use it for mouthwash. I gives you fresh clean breath.


hahaha funny guy! Laughing
_________________


XBOX Live! Gamertag: Jonny Venom
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger
daGetHighKnight
Senior Member


Joined: 11 Aug 2003
Posts: 1616
Location: NYC/Staten Island

PostPosted: Dec 08, 2003 9:39 pm    Post subject: Re: Mr Mack, Some Q's for you Reply with quote

MACK! wrote:
I use it for mouthwash. I gives you fresh clean breath.


Someones been hangin around Bendis too long Wink
I take that as a NO.... Cool

I use it on some of my stuff and i get a faded effect that reminds me of some of your stuff...
_________________
"You don't truly know a Someone ... Until you fight Them.."

XBOX GAmerTag - daGetHighKnight
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    Image Comics Community -> Brian Michael Bendis All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Powered by phpBB