The Rookie on Break Again

Brief Expanation for those who just want the facts –

First off, I want to appologize for not getting a page up for this week.  Once again, real life and earning a living has intruded upon our fun.  Thankfully no one has the flu (like two weeks ago) but other things have been happening.  Nothing bad, thankfully — just busy.

Look for The Rookie Page 10 — the Last Page of Chapter One — Next Week.

Longer Explanation –

I’m not a real fast artist.  I think I have mentioned this several times. 

But even I ought to be able to do a page a week.   And most weeks it’s no trouble.  Even with earning a living and raising a son, I still have extra time.  Most of us are never really quite as busy as we think.  Even this week, as hectic as it was, I had some spare moments. 

That’s why I was able to ink the Black Jack Justice page, letter it and get it up on the site.  That’s also why I was able to start The New Art of Addictive Comics Blog (more below) and get it put up.

It’s not really time — it’s QUALITY TIME that matters.

For me, at least, the difference between drawing and doing most everything else on the website (inking, lettering, posting) is sorta like the difference between writing a song and singing it (or writing a play and acting in it.) 

Inking, lettering or the easy conversational tone of the writing of these posts are like singing or acting — they involve a bit of creation, intrepretation and concentration, but NOTHING compared to the intense dedication it takes to draw. 

So — I can ink for 20 minutes between work and fixing supper, or letter a page when I first get up at 4 am (as I did yesterday morning) or add to these posts in 5 minute spurts all through out the day. 

But to draw requires much, MUCH more from me.

Of course if I ever hope to be a professional artist, this will need to change.  But then again, if I am making a living at artwork, I’ll have a bit more time to do it and a bit more incentive to make the time.

This is not meant as a complaint.  I love drawing The Rookie and all artwork.  I have a pretty good life right now.  I just wanted to share the reasons.

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There is something else happening with the artwork on the Rookie — but I’m gonna save that for next week.  Be sure to watch the blog. 

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We have been promising it since day one — and it’s finally up and running

The Art of Addictive Comics Blog is LIVE!

We’ve wanted to do this even before we started the comics, but we weren’t sure if there was really a need for it.  As creators we love to discuss the story and artwork amoungst ourselves, but we didn’t know if the readers would be interested or not.

But the comments on the Blogs have convinced us that at least a few of you would like to delve more deeply into the creation process. 

So we’ve created The Art of Addictive Comics Blog.

Some of you may note that we only have one Art Blog when we have mentioned before that we would be doing individual ones for each book.  We decided that one would be better.  That’s all.

You might also notice, when you visit, that it looks a little sparce.  We’ll be fixing that as we go along. 

Our first post is all about the Black Jack Justice page for this week - Justice Served Cold - Page 8.  But don’t worry– The Rookie and other Sigler stuff will get its fair time.

If you are interested in Artwork, the creation process or you’re just wasting time at work until the whistle blows — Check out The Art of Addictive Comics Blog by CLICKING HERE NOW. 

Mark

PS - Be sure to read Scott’s post just below this one. 

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