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MACK! Senior Member
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Posted: Jan 20, 2005 4:43 am Post subject: Re: Kabuki questions of all kinds...Q&A (and artbook que |
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Darediva wrote: | You'll be the first! Did you ever publish that little 8 or 10 page story you had on the wall at your gallery show? The one about your childhood? Man, I saw so many parallels with my own childhood (making costumes, stuff out of practically nothing) that I had to leave the room for a while to get myself back together. Yep, made me cry. It was such a moving piece. |
You'll see that sequence appear in a published format very soon.
It's a surprise!
And it is just sort of a little peek at an entire story of that. That will be my next creator-owned project after the current Kabuki story. The full autobiographical story.
I'm really glad you liked it and related to it. |
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the last ronin Senior Member

Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Posts: 2284 Location: First Ninja President of Mars
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Posted: Jan 20, 2005 4:51 am Post subject: Re: Kabuki questions of all kinds...Q&A (and artbook que |
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hey Mack, just wondering, with the Kabuki variant covers, when are we going to see an Oeming cover? _________________
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i'm Ronald Reagan straight, but that kid is dreamy |
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Darediva Junior Member

Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 214 Location: Hell's Kitchen South
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Posted: Jan 20, 2005 4:53 am Post subject: Re: Kabuki questions of all kinds...Q&A (and artbook que |
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Good to hear that, David. Thank goodness for mothers that inspire and encourage creativity. All I wanted as a kid was a new pack of construction paper and a big box of crayons, and chalk for the sidewalk. And my mother saw to it I had that. Now I know she had found a way to keep me occupied and out of her hair.  _________________ Alice
"How do you know I'm mad? said Alice.
"You must be or you would not be here," said the Cheshire Cat.
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MACK! Senior Member
Joined: 27 Sep 2003 Posts: 1336
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Posted: Jan 20, 2005 2:42 pm Post subject: Re: New to Kabuki? Questions on story or where to start? Q&a |
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davidmackguide wrote: | MACK! wrote: | HI DT!
Thanks for the links to the updates.
I saw that Best Artist of 2004 think on your site today. I would never know about these things if not for you!
How do you feel about the Art of David Mack format mentioned so far? |
You're welcome
I love the idea of a series of oversized hardcovers featuring your artwork.
Due to the wide variety of material in the series and the possible difficulty in accurately describing each volume, the only thing I would change is a volume number in place of a description. For example:
The Art of David Mack - Vol. 1
(Contents: Kabuki covers with sketches and commentary)
The Art of David Mack - Vol. 2
(Contents: Alias, Daredevil, Ruule, Swamp Thing covers and more with sketches and commentary)
The Art of David Mack - Vol. 3
(Contents: Kabuki covers and more with sketches and commentary)
I did consider a time span format (ie The Art of David Mack: 1993-2000), but I believe your work on Kabuki should be the focus of the first book since you undoubtedly have a plethora of terrific sketches, photos and insights about Kabuki unlike your pre-Kabuki jobs, which may amount to artwork and very little related material.
In regards to the first volume, I'd like to see the artwork from the first six Kabuki storylines plus the assorted one-shots. (And there's no need to separate the Scarab artwork by Mr. Mays; you could simply talk about cover as it ties into the issue and the history of the cover). My hope is that when you finish The Alchemy, you will be able to provide an in-depth examination of the seventh Kabuki series in the third AoDM collection, one which would include the covers, sketches and commentary as well as the material found in the cancelled Kabuki: The Alchemy Preview (interview and your first arrangement of the pages in the first issue).
As far as bonus features (and I'll confess that is a lofty idea), I'd love to see a DVD similar to Ashley Wood’s second Popbot collection that features a tour of your studio and an interivew with you talking about Kabuki; something along of the lines of your interview on the Daredevil DVD.
My hope is that the DVD would be a value-added feature that immediately compels someone to select your book over anyone else's collection
Hopefully, your printer will be able to match the price and size format of the two art books you mentioned earlier:
Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross - $35.00 - 12.4" x 9.4"
The Art Of Greg Horn - $39.95 - 12.3" x 9.3"
Anyway, this is just my 2 sickles, er, cents
Best,
David Thornton >> http://davidmackguide.com |
Thanks for all the great suggestions.
I appreciate it.
I just wrote down the order and format for all the covers in the first volume.
Including the covers to the collections and varients, oneshots, etc, I have counted 100 covers (if I put this out after Alchemy #5). (that's if I try to shoot for the release of this in July. Or if I try to make it more of a Christmas time release, there will be more Alchemy covers in it.)
So with the opposite pages for each showing the sketches with commentary, that means the first volume will be over 200 pages (as I'll inlcude some step by step process and other things besides just the 100 covers and 100 sketch/commentary pages.
So maybe 212 to 228 pages.
It will be a very nice and extensive collection of Kabuki cover work.
And I think a lot of them will be paintings people have never seen before. |
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IVAN Senior Member

Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Posts: 1583 Location: NYC
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Posted: Jan 20, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject: Re: Kabuki questions of all kinds...Q&A (and artbook que |
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MACK! wrote: |
The Art of David Mack.
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that title's a little too out there. _________________ -i.
http://nycmech.com
http://ivanbrandon.com |
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MACK! Senior Member
Joined: 27 Sep 2003 Posts: 1336
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Posted: Jan 20, 2005 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: Kabuki questions of all kinds...Q&A (and artbook que |
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IVAN wrote: | MACK! wrote: |
The Art of David Mack.
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that title's a little too out there. |
Yeah, I'm thinking of dropping the David Mack part.
Or at least the Mack part.
And maybe dropping the "The" and the "of".
Maybe just call it Art. Or just call it David. Or just call it "The" to keep things simple.
What do you think?
Maybe I'll just call it "The Ivan of David Mack". |
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IVAN Senior Member

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Posted: Jan 20, 2005 4:57 pm Post subject: Re: Kabuki questions of all kinds...Q&A (and artbook que |
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MACK! wrote: |
Maybe I'll just call it "The Ivan of David Mack". |
SOLD! _________________ -i.
http://nycmech.com
http://ivanbrandon.com |
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daGetHighKnight Addict

Joined: 11 Aug 2003 Posts: 6954 Location: NYC/Staten Island
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Posted: Jan 20, 2005 4:59 pm Post subject: Re: Kabuki questions of all kinds...Q&A (and artbook que |
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Hey hows that documentry your working on going? _________________
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MACK! Senior Member
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Posted: Jan 20, 2005 11:22 pm Post subject: Re: Kabuki questions of all kinds...Q&A (and artbook que |
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daGetHighKnight wrote: | Hey hows that documentry your working on going? |
The artist that I was documenting died.
I'm glad I met him and began documenting him when I did, so I got to know him better. And I went to a sort of benifit of him. I'll have to continue it by interviewing the people in his life, and documenting the affect he had on people as the discuss and present his work.
He is a real fascinating guy. Very fascinating story. ANd his art too. |
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Medical Popcorn Senior Member

Joined: 02 Nov 2004 Posts: 1462 Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
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who cares? Machine

Joined: 12 Jan 2004 Posts: 11664 Location: my secret laboratory
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Posted: Jan 21, 2005 2:52 am Post subject: Re: Kabuki questions of all kinds...Q&A (and artbook que |
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umm, kind of a newbie question, since i dont know that much about your career yet (unfortunately), but...
have you ever considered having an art show tour? maybe across the US and Canada?
it might increase people's awareness of your work....
just a random thought i had... _________________
My wallpapers!
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MACK! Senior Member
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Posted: Jan 21, 2005 9:09 am Post subject: Re: Kabuki questions of all kinds...Q&A (and artbook que |
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Thanks.
I did just check out the Yumiko thread you mentioned.
I have indeed seen her work before.
I know her as a different name than Yumiko.
We met in California a few years back.
And she has since sent me some of her recent paintings.
Her artwork is absolutely incredible.
And it was cool to see the Kabuki stuff in the background of her apartment in the photos she posted.
I'll drop by on that thread and say hello.
For the SHY CREATURES children's book, I did each double page spread on an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of regular paper. So one sheet regular paper = two open pages of the book.
But I do intend to offer it in a full size children's book format if readers would want it. |
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InevitablyGODDARD Machine
Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Posts: 12154 Location: burning bridges
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Posted: Jan 21, 2005 9:45 am Post subject: Re: Kabuki questions of all kinds...Q&A (and artbook que |
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How do you feel about my editing out my own drunken ass statements being the first response to your Q&A? |
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