I don't know if anybody else has watched this debate between Tom Feister, Mark Brooks, Laura Martin, Ron Marz, Dave McCaig against Erik Larsen because of the notion he thinks a good inker and colorist should NOT get paid royalties because they do not move the needle on sales, and comes across as unimportant. He literally just said
"If a given inker moves more comics--a Nowlan or McFarlane--should his participation be the same as a tracer?"
Homeboy just went "Chasing Amy" with the tracer terminology. Now I've butted heads with people before (my heated arguments with a certain DC artist are things of urban legend now. I was called an "astronaut dad-fucker". Yet people still wait 3 hours or more to talk to this guy. Insane.) but when you disrespect people who make your book look good, that's even more insane. Maybe it's because I've gotten in the habit of dissecting books to where all the pieces are seen as their own to make the collective piece look either horrible or great, in which sales the book or doesn't.
I mean, have you SEEN a bad coloring job on an otherwise great book? Maybe it's just me, but I'll buy a book with Karl Story's name on it or Laura Martin or Nei Ruffino just because I know it won't LOOK as bad.
Then again, Larsen's book only sells, what, 5K issues? Maybe he needs to look into better colorists then.
If you haven't check out the debate: @erikjlarsen, @markbrooksart, @tomfeister, @ronmarz
"If a given inker moves more comics--a Nowlan or McFarlane--should his participation be the same as a tracer?"
Homeboy just went "Chasing Amy" with the tracer terminology. Now I've butted heads with people before (my heated arguments with a certain DC artist are things of urban legend now. I was called an "astronaut dad-fucker". Yet people still wait 3 hours or more to talk to this guy. Insane.) but when you disrespect people who make your book look good, that's even more insane. Maybe it's because I've gotten in the habit of dissecting books to where all the pieces are seen as their own to make the collective piece look either horrible or great, in which sales the book or doesn't.
I mean, have you SEEN a bad coloring job on an otherwise great book? Maybe it's just me, but I'll buy a book with Karl Story's name on it or Laura Martin or Nei Ruffino just because I know it won't LOOK as bad.
Then again, Larsen's book only sells, what, 5K issues? Maybe he needs to look into better colorists then.
If you haven't check out the debate: @erikjlarsen, @markbrooksart, @tomfeister, @ronmarz