{"id":5031,"date":"2019-10-02T22:02:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T02:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/?p=5031"},"modified":"2019-10-02T23:46:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T03:46:41","slug":"10-steps-to-a-finished-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/10-steps-to-a-finished-page\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Steps To A Finished Page"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Okay, I know I said in some old article that I could never teach you how to do what I do. Well, I was in a bad mood when I wrote that. I can totally<\/em> teach you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You think you can make good comics? I can show you how in 10\u00a0Steps.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

It doesn’t matter what kind of comics you want to create. I can show you how to take a page from out of your brain to a page you can frame, publish or sell in 10\u00a0Steps.<\/strong> All I did was write down the things I do that work, and before I knew it, I had a book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you are or know someone who enjoys drawing comics, with a general knowledge of the medium (plus the necessary supplies), I can show you how to increase your output while honing your existing skills along the way. I have 30 years of experience to impart. If I don’t teach this method to anyone, it dies when I do, and it’s too valuable for me to give it away free. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, from the people who told you water is wet, I need money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want to draw and publish your own comics, which I actively encourage, I can show you how to do it, and do it well.<\/em> You are welcome to argue with the results shown in the margins of this site. If you have even a basic set of cartooning skills, I can show you how to take those skills to the fabled next level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can show you how to put your money where your mouth is, as far as comic books are concerned. This is a method that will almost guarantee you will produce a book a year, or more. 10\u00a0Steps\u00a0To\u00a0A\u00a0Finished\u00a0Page.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a dry run in the run-up to the release of 10\u00a0Steps,<\/strong> I have made eBooks available for purchase of both Lost\u00a0Book<\/a><\/em> and Suicide\u00a0Street<\/a><\/em> on Gumroad. All this stuff is extra secure when you order, if you worry about that kind of thing. Bad\u00a0Shape<\/em> is just about to drop as well, it just keeps taking more time. You have to understand, there’s Halloween content in Bad\u00a0Shape<\/em>, so the frigging baby gotta berth real soon. Between that and needing money I’ve been a real barrel of laughs lately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What can I say, non?<\/em> Bad\u00a0Shape<\/em> (Next Issue) is really good. It’s possibly the most animal comics I’ve ever done. Plus there’s features to make it feel like a magazine you’d hide from your parents when you were thirteen. It will be available both as a physical copy and an eBook, because I can no longer make fruity distinctions over format integrity (plus I have to pay to print the thing, obviously). Please buy it, and make me rich so I can buy a house. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I will update this page with the pre-orders as soon as I set them up. Bad\u00a0Shape<\/em> will be available ASAP, and 10\u00a0Steps<\/strong> will be available early November. It’ll make a shweet Christmas gift for anyone who wants to make great comics, and great comic books. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can show you how, in 10\u00a0Steps.<\/strong> Using this method I’ve drawn hundreds<\/em> of pages. Akira Toriyama (Dragon\u00a0Ball\u00a0Z<\/em>), at his peak, did 15 pages a week<\/em>. I don’t care if that rhymes cornily, it’s true. That’s the kind of artist you have to complete with. I can show you how to do it. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay tuned, more to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don’t\u00a0lose\u00a0your\u00a0head.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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