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Post by Moo on Aug 24, 2008 21:34:10 GMT
What were you doing before STC? Did you ever have a normal job?
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Post by madhair60 on Aug 24, 2008 22:09:34 GMT
Who would win in a fight, you or Lew?
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 22:30:06 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. The last Sonic game I played was that first 3D one - whatever it was called. I think it had Flickies in there somewhere. |
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Post by Balls on Aug 24, 2008 22:36:02 GMT
That'd be Sonic 3D.
This puzzles me, though. Does this mean you wrote the Chaos arc without actually playing Sonic Adventure?
I guess it makes sense, since it was a very loose adaption.
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 22:36:16 GMT
What drove you into university lecturing, Nigel? (Not endless arguments with teenagers over e-mail, I hope!) The comic book work was getting to be a hassle. I tried to sell a couple of more strips to 2000AD but no luck. I was already lecturing part-time and rather enjoying it. It seemed like a good idea to develop that part of my business. So now I get pretty well paid and have loads of holiday a pension and great working conditions. And next year I start teaching my own comic book module. I figure I was lucky to get all those years on Sonic. Maybe it's a pity that I didn't become a big time writer for Marvel or DC but then again it's very few who actually manage that. I'm not complaining. |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 22:40:08 GMT
What were you doing before STC? Did you ever have a normal job? Before I broke into comics I worked for ten years as a Graphic Designer - maybe even that isn't a normal job though. I did quite a bit of comic book work before STC too - The Red Dwarf Smegazine, Duckula and lots of other stuff. I even worked on 'serious' comics with people like Mark Millar and Neil Gaiman |
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Post by obsidian on Aug 24, 2008 22:43:01 GMT
What's Neil Gaiman like in person?
Is he as into scientology as his dad?
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 22:49:40 GMT
What's Neil Gaiman like in person? Is he as into scientology as his dad? Neil's alright in my book. He's not exactly the most modest person in the world but I don't find that at all offensive in Neil. Once he got into DC he was really helpful to people he knew were to get work introducing them to editors and so on. I know nothing of his dad and scientology. Was his dad somebody of note? |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 22:51:15 GMT
That'd be Sonic 3D.
This puzzles me, though. Does this mean you wrote the Chaos arc without actually playing Sonic Adventure?
I guess it makes sense, since it was a very loose adaption. Some fans sent me information on Sonic Adventure. Overall I had very little to go on - which was fine with me. |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 24, 2008 22:52:06 GMT
Who would win in a fight, you or Lew? There's no answer to that. |
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Post by obsidian on Aug 24, 2008 23:05:52 GMT
His dad was/is a prominent member, apparently. Something which stopped him from getting into school, once, n'all! cosmedia.freewinds.cx/media/articles/tim130868.htmlRandom-ish question time now, do you like the work of Alan Moore/Hawkwind/Michael Moorcock?!  |
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Post by Tom on Aug 24, 2008 23:10:20 GMT
I seem to recall you telling us how you got a Saturn and the Sonic racing game, only to discover there wasn't anything worthwhile in it you could use for the comics.
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Post by Tom on Aug 24, 2008 23:11:53 GMT
Who would win in a fight, you or Lew? There's no answer to that. Actually there is, and it's Lew. He is, after all, from the Midlands. (He also knows Alan Moore, who I reckon could beat up that pansy Gaiman any day of the week.) |
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Post by obsidian on Aug 24, 2008 23:18:56 GMT
I'm pretty sure Moore could take down the Incredible Hulk.
Alan Moore got
- Powers of wit
- Powers of eloquence
- Powers of beard
- Powers of creativity
- Powers of evil
- Powers of devastatingly good looks
from the devil.
Not by selling his soul, or anything, I mean Alan Moore went to Hell and beat up Satan until he started throwing superpowers at him in an attempt to appease him.
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Post by Matt on Aug 25, 2008 1:32:39 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? Milt Kahl So my influences are comic book artists, illustrators and animators. No proper artists. sorry that was a name I was surprised to see on your list, I just wondered if you could tell me what got you to take notice of milt khal, and how big animation was as an influence (sorry animation student you see ^^) and when you were doing graphic design what kind of things were you doing? as I tried to take a graphic design course and hated it, (what with there being a lack if chance to illustrate or have much of my own ideas in the final product) |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 25, 2008 8:32:17 GMT
His dad was/is a prominent member, apparently. Something which stopped him from getting into school, once, n'all! cosmedia.freewinds.cx/media/articles/tim130868.htmlRandom-ish question time now, do you like the work of Alan Moore/Hawkwind/Michael Moorcock?! I know nothing of Neil's dad and Scientology - but thanks for the link, it was fascinating. I knew Neil for a while but we were never close friends or anything. Alan Moore - I've read his work from his really early days and some of the stuff he has written is among the best work in comics. Hawkwind - A kid at school I knew was obsessed by them. Not for me I'm afraid. Moorcock - I've read a bit of his writing but I'm not taken with it. I find his fantasy politics stuff a bit tedious. |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 25, 2008 8:33:02 GMT
I seem to recall you telling us how you got a Saturn and the Sonic racing game, only to discover there wasn't anything worthwhile in it you could use for the comics. Yes, I think that was the case |
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Post by Nigel Kitching on Aug 25, 2008 8:47:57 GMT
Milt Kahl So my influences are comic book artists, illustrators and animators. No proper artists. sorry that was a name I was surprised to see on your list, I just wondered if you could tell me what got you to take notice of milt khal, and how big animation was as an influence (sorry animation student you see ^^) and when you were doing graphic design what kind of things were you doing? as I tried to take a graphic design course and hated it, (what with there being a lack if chance to illustrate or have much of my own ideas in the final product) Well I'm a huge fan of Disney and very interested in their animation work over the years. Kahl was one of the so called Nine Old Men and he just draws better than any of the others. I'm actually more drawn to Ward Kimball and his cartoony approach but more recently I've been paying more attention to Kahl. Nowadays with the Internet and lots of great books it's possible to see examples of the artwork of these people. I can't tell you that Kahl is a direct influence but I do know I look closely at his work and try to understand what he is doing. I recently watched The Rescuers - his animation of Medusa is just stunning. At art college I studied Graphic Design in the hopes of working as an illustrator. The job I actually got was in an ad agency where I mainly did adverts for newspapers. Maybe it was lucky that the job was so unappealing. If I'd liked the work it may have made it a tougher decision to quit and try to make a living out of comics. |
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Post by Zak29 on Aug 25, 2008 10:33:24 GMT
[/quote]I can't tell you that Kahl is a direct influence but I do know I look closely at his work and try to understand what he is doing. I recently watched The Rescuers - his animation of Medusa is just stunning.[/quote] Hi Nigel, there's a couple of podcasts with Milt talking about his Rescuers work in detail recorded back before it came out in '76, thought they may be worth a look if you're interested in his processes. animationpodcast.com/archive/podcasts/milt-kahl/ |
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Post by Tom on Aug 25, 2008 11:38:43 GMT
they recorded podcasts back in 76?
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Post by Baxter on Aug 25, 2008 12:04:32 GMT
Where were you planning on taking the series after the Chaos arc?
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Post by Tom on Aug 25, 2008 12:42:35 GMT
Dan, see here. There's also explanations of where he was going with the Shanazar story before he got kicked off the first time. |
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Post by Baxter on Aug 25, 2008 13:31:42 GMT
Cheers, Tom. Ought to make for a fun read.
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Post by The Shad on Aug 25, 2008 13:33:38 GMT
And next year I start teaching my own comic book module. Could I get some info on that? |
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Post by Retro on Aug 25, 2008 13:51:29 GMT
This may be something that has been previously mentioned before that I've just missed.
Do you yourself read the fan produced issues of STC-Online created within this site? No offense taken if not, but just out of curiosity considering there are earlier comments on the speedlines (before the forum replaced them) from yourself, did you continue to read?
If so, have there been any standout strips to you in particular?
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