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I like clips just because it tends to stop desk roll. Lost many a pencil to that.

Amen! I began gaming in 1986, but still love B/X. Only began to discover Original when S&W was released (2008) but this was and is so solid and playable for OD&D gaming! Great iteration of super old-school (original, even)! And the thief is present and highly usable, too! Solid work! Super fun. It’s been my personal go-to when I don’t use B/X or another system entirely, ever since its release in 2017 or so! I know this is an old vid but I wanted to give credit where it’s due. Thanks, man. Cheers! 🙂

Really great book but I do have a couple gripes. Firstly, Tom Fox is surprisingly against gesture, which is a fundamental skill that artists of all level should possess and be able to execute. Fox emphasizes structure more than rhythm which may lead some beginner artists to create stiff figures. Also, a feature of beginning drawing books that I believe is really important is subdued style/not stylizing figures. Fox's figures are very stylized which may impact beginners ability to properly express their own style down the line. Fox's book is amazing and also very fun to work from, however, I would just be wary of the ideas mentioned above.

It looks like a video in 2008, ahh memories when we barely could see the letters in the menus explaining software. But the message is cool. Well thought.

A lot of things they did and did not do I had put into the book. But any of their revision is good.

I have this book😎the thumbnail caught my attention!

Well, I did work for Marvel Comics and if you liked the stuff we grew up on, check out my Marvel Adventures Hulk stuff. All issues are one and done. Enjoy. :)

Man I loved this video am definitely gonna do the hw. Keep it up man love this.❤❤❤

18:27 they do that because they don't want another Image comics. Todd McFarlane always told artists to get a two year run before they go off and do their own thing. Marvel editor Bob Harras countered that by not letting an artist build a following passed 10-12 issue runs.

Great book! Definitely worth the price. And yeah it is dense with information, tons of fantastic examples to work with and study from.

Great review, Scott! I noticed the upside-down page too, while I was studying the flying figure that seemed to be diving backward. Thanks for creating all the lessons to follow along with this book! It inspired me to make a couple of videos on the book's best practices as well. Let me know what you think!

My condolences about your father. Thanks for staying determined and continuing your lessons.

Is this the one that published in simon & schuster company or titan books ltd company? Im not sure which one to buy, do you think its the same?

I’ve always said that the job I want in comics doesn’t exist anymore

When was Oklahoma bombed

I still remember the day.

Congratulations with your Comic book. I really hope you find the time to continue this series. Great work all around.

That clutch pencil should have a sharpener on the end of it.

Great commentary. I’m staying indie and honestly doing comics for fun. It’s less stressful that way. ✌️

Disillusioned. The last Mainstream (DC/Marvel) comic I randomly purchased was a CONAN because I heard Marvel had the rights again. It left much to be desired. Marvel just seemed to be in a holding.pattern, trademark wise, instead of a creative one! Fergeddaboutem!

Hi Scott, can you please do a flip through review of Rich Buckler's How To Draw Super Heroes. Thanks

Holds up the second one completely broken…pauses in thought 3:45 “so eehhh I can’t recommend this.” Love it man ahaha. I too wouldn’t recommend a broken one either 🤣

Good comics make you make your own storys . Good comics make you day dream.

Any problems in the comic business can only be solved with one word- more gay.

John Byrne and Alan Davis are the 2 best ever writer/artist combination creators in the history of comic books. In my humble opinion.

Nice man

100% Its not about the love of the medium or quality content anymore. They're not attracting top-tier talent. They are recruiting to check a box at the lowest possible cost. They are doing nothing to attract their audience, they are actively turning them away and deriding them. Its a shame. What happened to Ed Piskor, who did more for comics with his enthusiasm and knowledge than almost anyone has in the last 10 years, is a tragedy and the industry has hardly blinked an eye.

I wish you much success.

keep speaking out my dude! This is the Iron Age now!

It's very sad to hear these stories where the more we go on over time, the less excitement Marvel and DC have in terms of making comics. I know that there's more comics our there than just the big 2 and superheroes but for better or worse, they are the lifeline for comics in general over in the US. To me the problem is not much on the content but how that is being portrayed. Most of current creators understandably are looking for abetter pay and instead of creating a thought out story with known characters, it's in their better interest to make up their own for residuals and extend the story for the trade sales. A good example is BMB with Miles, did gang busters for many reasons but that sort of plan is really just lucking out. Not everyone can make the next breakout character, it didn't even work for him a second time over at DC. Plus, editorial has a terrible grasp in keeping the momentum. Still in these new characters like the newest Ms Marvel, editorial dripped the ball because they didn't know what to do with her even though she has the the last I can think of that had such fan support. And on top of that, I agree with the general resentment towards fans from Marvel in particular. Ms Marvel was killed off so apathetic for the sake of making a buck out of cha in her to a mutant in a Spider-Man book out of all places. If there's no direction with these people, it seems that creators are left adrift to help themselves to whatever they can get in this industry. Like seriously, even synergy is done so haphazardly. I think of how the animated Spider-verse movies had done so well for Marvel and just now are we getting a Peter and Mike team up book when there's no movie out and 5 year too late. Instead they do as others here said, farming for more characters to keep expanding but no one will use them because every other writer wants to come up with their own cashcow.

I miss the sweatshop days when everything was done out of an office, and comic book production actually paid wages to live off of. Hasnt been that wayfor decades.

Marvel is worst than DC in that they give no incentive to add to their or better said Disney IP portfolio, they own it and that is that. Another reason non of those is the industry actually write endearing and lasting tales.

These comic companies are just part of bigger companies, they are not their to make entertaining tales or invest into making a solid living, it is all about keeping the intellectual property running and adding more elements to mine for other media and merch. I gave up on Marvel and DC. Yet I'm happy to find great tales from Japan, Europe and the indy scene.

1 - treatment of Jack Kirby

Totally relate to you man!

The comic industry was infiltrated by activists with bad intentions. They don’t care or love comics. As a writer I’ll be glad to stay independent and continue having fun creating new stories and putting out my books. The great thing is that I get to write anything I want with no one except the editor standing over my shoulders. It’s been a blast and I’m learning a lot about storytelling and about my potential

I agree.

Too bad they're not carrying them anymore. They look like they were pretty good.

The Dark Pheonix was the pinnacle of Xmen. Absolutely. Marvel was at pinnacle then.

Thanks to everyone who watched this video and gets what I’m trying to say. People have asked what the comic I mention in the video that I’m currently drawing. It’s a Bronze Age Marvel style comic called The Black Cricket. It’s about the adult son of an inventor. The inventor accidentally caused his son to go deaf and spent the rest of his life trying to get his son’s hearing back. As an adult the son realizes he cost the world all these great inventions his dad developed so he has adapted them to fight crime as a way of atoning for this. It’s written by Dan Johnson, penciled by me, inked by Jeff Austin and lettered/colored by Kevin Halter. Antarctic Press has expressed interest in the project as an ongoing but nothing official has been announced.

Well spoken man. I wanted to become a comic book artist so bad at one point. I still do but I think I missed the boat. I love drawing. But as the saying goes. I guess life got in the way. I do dream of publishing my own graphic novel. But I get your point of what Marvel Comics has become. It’s not a friendly place from all I’ve read and heard now days. I recently re read a reprint of Secret Wars #4 and man, what a difference!!! In that one issue I got to see so much action and drama and like more than a dozen of Marvel’s best characters interacting and the action, wow the action! They don’t even put the classic “Stan Lee presents “ tag line anymore in the introductions. So man, I get it. I for one dream of writing a Superman book regularly for a couple of years. My life would be complete as the saying goes.

The creative arts have really taken a beating as far as being "full time jobs" that adults can live on these days, that's for sure. I am very intrigued by the comic you mentioned working on right now, tho! :)

I Bought a $3 usb to usb C adapter from Amazon for my 2024 Mazda 3 Carbon Turbo and I play all my music through a flash drive

I find this book very akward. It tends to verbally desribed things instead of just have visuals.

CD player? You got a rotary phone and a rolodex too?

Was it cuz it was a Mazda?

Birds or bats?😮

Yay! Nightcrawler!

I love your nerdy subjects! We are fans of the same stuff. I found this because I'm thinking of picking up this sketchbook.

Great video, thank you for the review!