Comments for Adam Geen http://www.adamgeen.com Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on How to Make Digital Comics Pt. 2 (Page sizes and resolution) by Adam Geen http://www.adamgeen.com/how-to-make-digital-comics-pt-2-page-sizes-resolution/#comment-25 Adam Geen Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:15:00 +0000 http://www.adamgeen.com/?p=351#comment-25 Hi Wil, You're very welcome! Glad you found it useful. Adam Hi Wil,

You’re very welcome! Glad you found it useful.

Adam

]]> Comment on How to Make Digital Comics Pt. 2 (Page sizes and resolution) by Wil Overton http://www.adamgeen.com/how-to-make-digital-comics-pt-2-page-sizes-resolution/#comment-24 Wil Overton Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:37:00 +0000 http://www.adamgeen.com/?p=351#comment-24 Hi Adam, Great post, thanks. I use the magazine Ka-Blam templates, too but I didn't think about the iPad's resolution (schoolboy error!). Hi Adam,
Great post, thanks. I use the magazine Ka-Blam templates, too but I didn’t think about the iPad’s resolution (schoolboy error!).

]]> Comment on Guest Post: The Write Stuff – Writing Comics by Yan Basque http://www.adamgeen.com/guest-post-the-write-stuff-writing-comics/#comment-22 Yan Basque Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:22:00 +0000 http://www.adamgeen.com/?p=576#comment-22 Interesting, but I disagree with that definition of compression vs. decompression. I would argue that Grant Morrison's All-Star Superman is the very opposite of decompression. It's one of the most compressed comics I've ever read. My understanding of  decompression has less to do with the word count on the page and more to do with how fast the plot moves forward. It's less about density and more about pacing. Bendis is an incredibly wordy and dense writer, but his comics are also terribly decompressed. The new Ultimate Spider-Man is a perfect example of his. A conversation between two characters with no action and that does nothing to drive the plot forward is extended to six pages. That scene is "dense" in the sense that there are no splash pages and there's a lot of words on the page, but it's decompressed in the sense that after six pages, you're pretty much still at the same point you were when you started, and you realize that you've paid $3.99 for a 20-page comic book in which nothing happens. I think Grant Morrison is a better example of hyper-compression than Alan Moore. He's not nearly as wordy, but he moves much faster. The ultimate hyper-compression moment is the first  page of All-Star Superman, in which we zip through Superman's origin in only four panels and six words. That's the opposite of what Alan Moore does, but it's definitely hyper-compression. Interesting, but I disagree with that definition of compression vs. decompression. I would argue that Grant Morrison’s All-Star Superman is the very opposite of decompression. It’s one of the most compressed comics I’ve ever read.

My understanding of  decompression has less to do with the word count on the page and more to do with how fast the plot moves forward. It’s less about density and more about pacing.

Bendis is an incredibly wordy and dense writer, but his comics are also terribly decompressed. The new Ultimate Spider-Man is a perfect example of his. A conversation between two characters with no action and that does nothing to drive the plot forward is extended to six pages. That scene is “dense” in the sense that there are no splash pages and there’s a lot of words on the page, but it’s decompressed in the sense that after six pages, you’re pretty much still at the same point you were when you started, and you realize that you’ve paid $3.99 for a 20-page comic book in which nothing happens.

I think Grant Morrison is a better example of hyper-compression than Alan Moore. He’s not nearly as wordy, but he moves much faster. The ultimate hyper-compression moment is the first  page of All-Star Superman, in which we zip through Superman’s origin in only four panels and six words. That’s the opposite of what Alan Moore does, but it’s definitely hyper-compression.

]]> Comment on How to Make Digital Comics Pt. 4 (Being Your Own Boss) by Adam Geen http://www.adamgeen.com/how-to-make-digital-comics-pt-4-being-your-own-boss/#comment-21 Adam Geen Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:22:00 +0000 http://www.adamgeen.com/?p=475#comment-21 Oh no problem at all, Michael! That's precisely why I started these articles. Glad you found them useful! Oh no problem at all, Michael! That’s precisely why I started these articles. Glad you found them useful!

]]> Comment on How to Make Digital Comics Pt. 4 (Being Your Own Boss) by Michael Jasper http://www.adamgeen.com/how-to-make-digital-comics-pt-4-being-your-own-boss/#comment-20 Michael Jasper Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:10:00 +0000 http://www.adamgeen.com/?p=475#comment-20 Thanks for putting all this info together about web-based storefronts, Adam! This is an area I really want to learn more about, and I'll be using this article as a resource. Great stuff! Thanks for putting all this info together about web-based storefronts, Adam! This is an area I really want to learn more about, and I’ll be using this article as a resource. Great stuff!

]]> Comment on How to Make Digital Comics Pt. 1 (File types and creation) by Making Digital Comics: Selling and Finding Digital Distributors | Adam Geen http://www.adamgeen.com/how-to-make-digital-comics-1/#comment-19 Making Digital Comics: Selling and Finding Digital Distributors | Adam Geen Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:59:40 +0000 http://www.adamgeen.com/?p=337#comment-19 [...] s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); So far in Part 1 & 2 we’ve talked about creating file types and setting the proper page size and resolution for your digital comic. This week I want to talk a [...] [...] s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); So far in Part 1 & 2 we’ve talked about creating file types and setting the proper page size and resolution for your digital comic. This week I want to talk a [...]

]]> Comment on How to Make Digital Comics Pt. 1 (File types and creation) by Making Digital Comics: Setting Your Page Size and Resolution | Adam Geen http://www.adamgeen.com/how-to-make-digital-comics-1/#comment-18 Making Digital Comics: Setting Your Page Size and Resolution | Adam Geen Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:57:51 +0000 http://www.adamgeen.com/?p=337#comment-18 [...] s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); After last week’s post on How to Make Digital Comics I quickly realized there is an awful lot of you out there looking for this kind of information. So [...] [...] s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); After last week’s post on How to Make Digital Comics I quickly realized there is an awful lot of you out there looking for this kind of information. So [...]

]]> Comment on Making Comics by The Art of Personal Branding: Do You Not Enjoy Being You? | Adam Geen http://www.adamgeen.com/making-comics/#comment-17 The Art of Personal Branding: Do You Not Enjoy Being You? | Adam Geen Fri, 16 Sep 2011 07:47:34 +0000 http://www.adamgeen.com/?page_id=372#comment-17 [...] Posted by Adam on Friday, September 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment  FB.Event.subscribe('edge.create', function(response) { _gaq.push(['_trackEvent','SocialSharing','Facebook - like button',unescape(String(response).replace(/+/g, " "))]); }); (function() { var po = document.createElement("script"); po.type = "text/javascript"; po.async = true; po.src = "https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); I think the How to… digital comic articles are done for the time being so this week I’m gonna change things up. This does however still fall in line with the topic of Making Comics. [...] [...] Posted by Adam on Friday, September 16, 2011 · Leave a Comment  FB.Event.subscribe('edge.create', function(response) { _gaq.push(['_trackEvent','SocialSharing','Facebook - like button',unescape(String(response).replace(/+/g, " "))]); }); (function() { var po = document.createElement("script"); po.type = "text/javascript"; po.async = true; po.src = "https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })(); I think the How to… digital comic articles are done for the time being so this week I’m gonna change things up. This does however still fall in line with the topic of Making Comics. [...]

]]> Comment on How to Make Digital Comics Pt. 2 (Page sizes and resolution) by How to Make Digital Comics Pt. 3 (Digital Distributors) : Adam Geen http://www.adamgeen.com/how-to-make-digital-comics-pt-2-page-sizes-resolution/#comment-16 How to Make Digital Comics Pt. 3 (Digital Distributors) : Adam Geen Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:39:52 +0000 http://www.adamgeen.com/?p=351#comment-16 [...] far in Part 1 & 2 we’ve talked about creating file types and setting the proper page size and resolution for your digital comic. This week I want to talk a little bit about digital distributors and how [...] [...] far in Part 1 & 2 we’ve talked about creating file types and setting the proper page size and resolution for your digital comic. This week I want to talk a little bit about digital distributors and how [...]

]]> Comment on How to Make Digital Comics Pt. 1 (File types and creation) by How to Make Digital Comics Pt. 3 (Digital Distributors) : Adam Geen http://www.adamgeen.com/how-to-make-digital-comics-1/#comment-14 How to Make Digital Comics Pt. 3 (Digital Distributors) : Adam Geen Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:47:45 +0000 http://www.adamgeen.com/?p=337#comment-14 [...] far in Part 1 & 2 we’ve talked about creating file types and setting the proper page size and resolution for your digital comic. This week I want to talk a [...] [...] far in Part 1 & 2 we’ve talked about creating file types and setting the proper page size and resolution for your digital comic. This week I want to talk a [...]

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