So, I have this advice in my head about comic writing for beginners, it being that first time writers of the medium need to understand that comics are a visual media first and a textual media second and that the artist is usually the one pulling the heavyweights. (no offence)

So, is it good advice or does it need more work?

It's bad advice. I'm not going to deny that even a hardworking writer who does research and test reads and multiple drafts usually spends significantly less time per page than the artist, but that's not really "advice" so much as "a statement", and you didn't actually advise anything in your advice. Are you saying the artist should stay humble? Feel bad? Are you explaining why the writer is usually the one who does the web site stuff as well to try to even the workload slightly? Is this entire ask just attempting to subtly neg me about being a comics writer? What's your point?

But more importantly you're equating "the writing" with "textual media" as in "the text in the narration and dialogue balloons" which is super bad advice if you're a writer working for an artist, because most of the text in a good comics script isn't text that appears on the page, it's the text that tells the artist what to draw. The less good you are at writing this part of a script, the more the final page is going to deviate from what you wrote, so you want to be clear and detailed both in what's happening and why it's happening. When you're writing for prose, you want to try and cut as many useless words as possible, but when you're writing a comic script you're giving directions and you want to make it as clear as you can. This includes things like

Literally what is going on in the story. Alice and Bob are walking down the street carrying shopping bags.

Details. It's late afternoon, and there's no one else on the sidewalk that we can see. Alice is wearing a light yellow sundress. Bob is wearing a thick orange parka pulled close. One of these characters are not dressed appropriately for the season. The sky is cloudy and there's a little snow on the ground, implying it's Alice. They're walking past a store called Carl's Car Calls whose logo is a car on an old-timey telephone.

Emotions/Explainers of what's going on in the story to help the artist make decisions you forgot to think about. Alice is dressed like this because she's been trying to ask Bob out for a while, but every time she does she gets cold feet at the last minute. A writer might not think to make Alice's skin red from the cold, making it clear that she's uncomfortable and drawing attention to her choice of outfit, but an artist knowing the context might think to do that, and help make the writer look smart.

Directorial details. Alice is going to beat Bob to death with the baguette in twenty pages, so make sure it's the most prominent thing in either bag.

Dialogue. BOB: "Carl's girlfriend apparently makes enough that they can afford a new house. I wish I had a girlfriend who got me my bread."

I'm not saying we all have to be Alan Moore writing 1600 words of description for a page of Batman opening a door, and some artists want less guidance than others, but precisely because comics are a visual medium that it's important for the writer to dedicate the overwhelming amount of their time to describing what things, y'know, look like. If you skimp on that stuff you'll describe a character as wearing "an ankle-length skirt" and you'll get the page back and it's like

If you've written for artists long enough, especially as an amateur, you know the pain of getting a page back that's different from what you wrote in such a way that it's create a plot hole or the Chekov's gun you meant to establish is barely even visible or whatever. No skill as a comic's writer is worthwhile until you've developed the skill of telling the artist what they're supposed to draw (and yes the artist is also part of the creative team and different artists have different workflows etc., but that's for lesson 102). If you can't do that, what's even the point of anything else?

reminders of the passage of time moodeboard

twin boys, sniff and whimper

the cigarette company

ID: small drawing of a mainly pink, blue, yellow, and purple plushy version of a star-nosed mole character. It wears bright pink glasses and a sparkly graduation cap with a tassel that reads 2024. End ID.

i graduated :^)

crazy impression how mines been dead for years but we still always have something new/more to say about him. Most minedai fans leave after the 2 year mark thank you for being a trouper for like 3 years now🤞

its a side effect of the mental illness i think

Jam, some interview for you https://youtu.be/FKk_Miqx6W4

Thank you anon!!!

A new Olena interview!

Mostly about her work with some interesting informations and background stuff.

Some private questions at the end but not really anything new.

Asked again about how Ze (and his character) changed during the war. Olena says she can't really give an answer to that because you can only assess any change after the war. But some of his character traits (that were already there) have come out more / are now stronger / sharper. Like he is now more stubborn (probably meant as in persistent) and determined.

Also no, she does not know more than the public, adding she wants it to end (like everyone else; it's a bit unclear what she is refering to - a second term? the war? the separation?)

Ze has become more emotional / sentimental about the things close to his heart / that are important to him as a person, especially family topics (communication with his family, with his kids, ...). He is now appreaciating that very much. You can now cheer him up (and he will get really emotional) with any little thing, like when Olena talks about the children (like when she tells him what the kids said) or sends him a pic of the kids. He wasn't so sensitive before the war.

She talks with the kids about the war.

In February, when the war started, she was on her way to the kids room to wake them and tell them what happened, wondering how and what she should tell them, that they have to pack the emergency suitcases. Oleksandra was already awake and had no questions, knew what happened. Kyrylo was confused and Olena tried to distract him and engaging him (them) in everything they now had to do. For Kyrylo the distraction worked for the first day.

Olena understands that it is a great honour for other First Ladies to be the "first advisor" to their President (like Jill Biden). But she is not Ze's advisor at all. She jokes that a good husband, of course, always will say that the wife is the most important advisor and she is sure Ze would say the same. But he is the President and it's not her place to tell him anything or advise him with anything.

my rinkydink splat drawings of Him (ft. apprentice number 1)... this shit is so hard to draw on and yet so worth it. yes i know the squid/octo eyeliner is missing i forgot okay

[Image ID 1: A black and white drawing on the splatoon 3 post feature of hershel layton with octoling features holding a finger up and smiling. The caption next to him says "Every puzzle is a fun puzzle!". /.End ID.]

[Image ID 2: A black and white drawing on the splatoon 3 post feature of Hershel Layton and Luke Triton with slight inkling features smiling at the camera. There are large jigsaw puzzle pieces and exclamation points patterned around them. /.End ID.]

I love team skull. they have a fire extinguisher in the kitchen. like we’ll wreck the rest of the shady house but let’s keep fire safety a priority, you know, for the kids. anyways I made the world’s worst layout of the shady house lol

total beds (excl. guz and plumie’s): 8, queen-sized

2 couches

a lot of chairs and tables

side note: HW WHY ARE THERE SO MANY TRUCKS

LIKE SERIOUSLY THERE “S   THERE”S NO CONNECTION TO THE REST OF ULA’ULA ISLAND. NOT AT ALL. THE STONE PATHWAY IS BARELY A ROAD BUT EVEN IF YOU COUNT IT AND YOU COUNT THE DIRT PATHWAY THAT IT DISAPPEARS INTO THERE IS NO WAY TO CONNECT TO THE REST OF THE ISLAND!!! THE DIRT PATHWAY TURNS INTO A WOODEN BRIDGE FOR PEDESTRIANS ONLY. WHY ARE THERE TRUCKS WHY ARE THERE. TRUCKS.

whoops I think I accidentally sent a question but without the question. anyway I was just trying to ask about the little guys (the forgotten)

Always down to talk about My Boys

My writer’s block has been really bad lately, but recently I’ve been mulling over some ideas again, specifically about Lionel. I feel like I could be doing some more interesting things with him. He’s the point of view character and the narrator but he often feels like a bit of a passive character, like a vessel for other people’s stories. I might lean into that and have him develop enough to start claiming his own agency. And I’ve been thinking about the plot trajectory in general. Im trying not to worry about that and just WRITE but in the words of Steve Coogan in Hamlet 2

hm

ahh i’m so happy when i get gif requests!!! i see them all and i’m so flattered ya’ll trust my skill :) 

i’m in my last semester of grad school and things are super stressful/very busy for me rn...which is NOT me saying no or stop requesting, just a note that it may take a long time for me to get them done (especially more complex ones)

⌖ I DEFINITELY won last month’s game of WHISKEY & ONLINE SHOPPING! Look what arrived! MEAT/FISH MEMO PADS!

⌖ YES, they came wrapped in PACKAGING!

⌖ THIS promotional image in particular KILLED ME

⌖ I don’t need ALL of these, but I apparently ordered one of each! BETTER FIND SOME MORE THINGS TO WRITE DOWN!

Smth ive been thinking about since i reböogged that thing about men not getting comforted and how shitting on all men is fucking aweful.

And i experienced that.

i sorta socially transitioned into a more masculine role over the past year. And its astounding that there are actually people who treat me like predator or bad person since i had top surgery and go by masc pronouns.

It hurt.

Being openly told "youre not allowed to hug and cuddle because you are a man" when im not only not a man but non Binary, but also always have been treated like someone to trust with this stuff. Its just a hug. Just flopping on each other and watching a movie. But because im a "man" its suddenly all sexual and predatorial.

I have never felt as lonely as i did in that week meeting with these friends.

It was a hard pill to swallow.

And a wild mix between getting treated like a piece of shit because im masculine (they were btw not the first ones in my life to do that) and also still being treated like a woman by others with all pros and cons.

Treating all men like shit has consequences on trans folk too.

honestly its perhaps a bit of a necessity, for being a well-rounded Media Enjoyer who understands the history and possibilities and systemic flaws of your medium of choice, to be able to engage from time to time with Old Shit That Sucks

sometimes ill look up the old fics i wrote on my old, orphaned ao3 account, and theres one that I wrote almost 10 years ago that just got a new bookmark recently.

I’m so tired of trying to be me