Tom
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Post by Tom on Aug 24, 2008 0:45:31 GMT
What sort of qualifications did people look for when you went into the comics business? ;D |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 8:39:07 GMT
Was there an office culture at STC? Did you all commute to and work together in "STC Towers", or did the contributors all work from home and correspond, with the only office figure being the editor collating everything together? This is a common misunderstanding. None of us creators worked for Fleetway, we were all self-employed working from home. There were not even any contracts so if the editor suddenly decided to stop using you you just lost the work. I went to the office a few times over the years I sold work to Fleetway for meeting and so on. The fact that I spoke to Richard directly was unusual and entirely down to me. It was more usual for artists and writers on a strip to not be in contact with the only regular communication being with the editor. To me it made perfect sense to work with the artist as closely as possible. |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 8:43:09 GMT
Here's my question: Any background on Road Maniax comic? They stole your Data Strip. Also, the Streets of Rage artist did a story in it. Road Maniax was brilliant, wasn't it? Remember Abcess? Fantastic. I do vaguely remember Road Maniax, wasn't this a range of toy cars? And wasn't the comic published by Fleetway? So the Data Strip would just be Fleetway repeating what they had done before. |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 8:44:39 GMT
I'm not implying anything; I'm just asking you how you are.  I know, I'm just being silly. |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 8:47:17 GMT
Question: Who was responsible for the free gifts? Did someone have a job of suggesting what they would be or something? The free gifts were organised by somebody at Fleetway - I was never interested enough in this stuff to ask about it to be honest. |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 8:49:22 GMT
This question's rubbish, but I'm desperate to know anyway:
Was it scripted that Porker's trotters would become hands, or did Elson just decided to do it? Because there was a period when Elson drew him with hands and Casanovas drew him with trotters and it bugged me more than it should.
Christ, I'm a nerd... Give me the issue number and if possible the title of the story where Porker first got his hands and I'll track down the script and see if I mention it. |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 8:56:02 GMT
Good day Nigel, my question is: What sort of qualifications did people look for when you went into the comics business? Publishers do not care at all about whether you have qualifications or not. It's the work in your portfolio that counts. I didn't have any higher education qualifications all the years I worked as a freelance. Of course once I wanted to become a university lecturer suddenly I needed a degree. I managed to achieve this is in about 18 months (how is a bit complicated). So I now have a BA in Graphic Design - a 2.1 which I was pretty pleased with considering I was already teaching part-time and running my freelance business while I was doing my degree. |
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Post by Tom on Aug 24, 2008 10:40:24 GMT
#25 he had trotters, #26 he had hands - see the Porker Lewis thread. (And he was so far in the background in #26, I doubt it was mentioned in the script.)
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Post by Balls on Aug 24, 2008 11:01:59 GMT
#25 he had trotters, #26 he had hands - see the Porker Lewis thread. (And he was so far in the background in #26, I doubt it was mentioned in the script.)
And then well into the thirties Casanovas was still drawing him with trotters and Rich Elson drew him with hands.
Although I think the Casanovas drawn scripts were also written by Lew Stringer.
Oh, actually, that's a point. If you weren't in contact with anyone often, didn't this make sharing the main strip with Lew Stringer extremely difficult? |
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Post by obsidian on Aug 24, 2008 11:38:02 GMT
Rather than use this chance to ask one of the mainmen of something that was a "big part of my childhood" kind of thing something meaningful, I will instead go
Nigel, who'd win in a fight between the ABC Warriors and the Brotherhood of Metallix?
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Post by madhair60 on Aug 24, 2008 13:48:06 GMT
Was there anyone in particular behind the decision to drop spin-offs of other games?
Also, who decided to use the Sonic characters in comedy strips? I'll word this better later
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Post by Beta on Aug 24, 2008 18:01:22 GMT
who'd win in a fight between the ABC Warriors and the Brotherhood of Metallix? Nah that one sucks! How about asking him the Pirates or Ninjas? That's an infamous one now X) |
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Post by Charles on Aug 24, 2008 19:14:35 GMT
Nigel, who'd win in a fight between the ABC Warriors and the Brotherhood of Metallix? Oh come on, that's just stupid - the Metallix have no protection against khaos magic. |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 19:57:11 GMT
#25 he had trotters, #26 he had hands - see the Porker Lewis thread. (And he was so far in the background in #26, I doubt it was mentioned in the script.)
And then well into the thirties Casanovas was still drawing him with trotters and Rich Elson drew him with hands.
Although I think the Casanovas drawn scripts were also written by Lew Stringer.
Oh, actually, that's a point. If you weren't in contact with anyone often, didn't this make sharing the main strip with Lew Stringer extremely difficult?Can't find anything particularly relevant in the scripts. The next time I speak to Rich I'll ask him what he remembers about this vital question. |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 19:58:00 GMT
Rather than use this chance to ask one of the mainmen of something that was a "big part of my childhood" kind of thing something meaningful, I will instead go Nigel, who'd win in a fight between the ABC Warriors and the Brotherhood of Metallix? I know who it would be if I were writing it |
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Post by obsidian on Aug 24, 2008 20:45:34 GMT
Sonic - Yeah, that's even better, rather than ask him something a little out of the ordinary, LOL LET'S ASK WHAT LOL A MILLION LOL IDIOTS OVER THE INTERNET HAVE ASKED EACH OTHER LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL Charles - Deadlock alone could have the Emperor  I know who it would be if I were writing it[/quote] Damn thine eyes, Kitching, answer the question!  |
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Post by Beta on Aug 24, 2008 21:08:42 GMT
Meh, having a laugh beats serioussness in my books anyday B)
Alright, a proper question, can I ask what kinda stuff influenced your style you draw in Nige?
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 21:09:18 GMT
Was there anyone in particular behind the decision to drop spin-offs of other games? Also, who decided to use the Sonic characters in comedy strips? I'll word this better later Editors decide which strips to include in the comic. The Sonic universe stuff was more popular. I seem to remember Lew saying somewhere that he was asked to bring humour to Sonic. I found this odd as I always thought that there was already humour in Sonic when I wrote it. Having said that I always approached Sonic as an action adventure strip - this was a case I argued for and I believe if it hadn't been for my involvement you'd probably had Sonic as essentially a humour strip. Getting the strip to work as a action adventure strip is one of the things I am quite pleased about. |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 21:10:40 GMT
who'd win in a fight between the ABC Warriors and the Brotherhood of Metallix? Nah that one sucks! How about asking him the Pirates or Ninjas? That's an infamous one now X) Nope... I understand nothing of this... |
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Post by Ray on Aug 24, 2008 21:18:36 GMT
You're not missing much.  |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 21:23:43 GMT
Meh, having a laugh beats serioussness in my books anyday B) Alright, a proper question, can I ask what kinda stuff influenced your style you draw in Nige? Always hard to be sure who influenced you but I can tell you who's drawing I like. Jack Kirby Mick McMahon Ronald Searle Steve Ditko Frank Miller Arthur Rackham W. H. Robinson Moebius Ralph Steadman Tom Oreb Mary Blair Milt Kahl Mike Mignola So my influences are comic book artists, illustrators and animators. No proper artists. |
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Post by obsidian on Aug 24, 2008 21:28:18 GMT
Mike Mignola is one of the greatest comic writers and artists to have EVER LIVED.
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Post by Ray on Aug 24, 2008 21:29:22 GMT
Yay Ditko!
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Post by Balls on Aug 24, 2008 21:31:06 GMT
Did you play any other Sonic games (for example, the spin-offs or the games that came out after the comic that went re-print/dead) that you wanted to write an adaption for but never got around to?
Because I would have really, really liked to see what you'd have done with Sonic Adventure 2 (have you played it?) if you got the chance.
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Post by Tom on Aug 24, 2008 21:34:02 GMT
What drove you into university lecturing, Nigel? (Not endless arguments with teenagers over e-mail, I hope!)
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