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    1. Ben Templesmith

      Yes, I have a strong desire to "do it" with you. By "it" I assume you mean we both dress up as 13th century Scotsmen, get mohawks, steal some Choppers and ride through the night singing various tunes from Les Misérables while downing enough drugs to start shitting amphetamines.

      So let's get it on. Your oversized glasses and poor quality english are turning me on too much. I'll even supply the kilts.

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      Remember/learn the term "Reversion rights" when a comic publisher offers you a contract for your book. If it's not there, ask them why not.

    3. Ben Templesmith

      Yes, because everyone who has come to this conclusion have spent years researching Mayan culture and the complexity of their views on time.

      It's like getting stock tips from the janitor when the stock market is overheating.

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      That it is far enough away from me for me to not be there, yet close enough I can phone people who still are.

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      I write a basic plot outline, then write pure dialogue, all by hand, then layout the entire book, then draw it, then finally after all that, I actually type up the dialogue and cut it up so someone else can actually letter the thing, because they can't peer directly into my head.

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      Not as many as usual due to productivity issues. Trying to get back to the grind this year though. I know one year I did 18 issues... but some of it was crap.

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      On anything and everything. Pages become digital before they're for print, so initial paper size is largely irrelevant.

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      Not much really. If I had more time, perhaps moreso. But I generally draw a lot of how I'd dress, not how others would. ( So not many shorts appear in my comics because I don't like hairy man leg and men dressing up like little boys.

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      Sitting at a desk.

      Thank you very much but I can't marry Xmas. I'm not even going steady with it.

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      Sure. Animation first I think.

      Had quite a few conversations with frustrated writers that think they should or are better at directing films than artists when obviously, I think artists make better directors, since we're visual and about telling a story. Writers can write screenplays though... that's not to say we'd all make good directors anyway but at least the visual way of thinking might be there. Few writers have that, though some of the best certainly do.

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      Each one is different. Image and IDW are obviously the best though, since they're creator friendly for the most part so it's in my interests to work with them for what I prefer to do. Image especially, as the best creator-owned deal in comics ( 100% ownership pretty much ) That's a standard obvious business rationale thing though that can't be argued with if you've got half a brain and don't just want to draw pages for whoever will give you the biggest check in the short term. ( Which isn't what I ever look for and isn't always the best deal in the long run by any means )

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