{"id":258,"date":"2012-01-29T09:52:22","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T17:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fortdudak.com\/apostatemansion\/?p=258"},"modified":"2013-09-22T12:40:49","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T19:40:49","slug":"seattle-graphic-artists-guild-panel-the-graphic-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fortdudak.com\/apostatemansion\/2012\/01\/29\/seattle-graphic-artists-guild-panel-the-graphic-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"Seattle Graphic Artists’ Guild Panel: The Graphic Novel"},"content":{"rendered":"

This happened on Saturday the 28th of January at the Seattle Design Center, which happens to be two blocks away from my house, so I had<\/strong> to attend.\u00a0 I’m pretty glad that I did.<\/p>\n

The panel well-represented the different classes<\/em> of cartoonist: Mark Monlux<\/a> the current SPGA\/Seattle Chapter Ethics Chair and well-established designer who studies sales of books at conventions in order to best choose design elements of his own books before printing, expert in all things copyright and trademark; Megan Kelso<\/a> an indy creator, former self-publisher, who makes personal comics in a literary tradition, once-contracted by the New York Times as a staff cartoonist; a “big two” (Marvel & DC) professional artist (snarky and self-effacing), Matthew Southworth<\/a> who straddles the chasm between\u00a0drawing\u00a0the Spidermans of the industry and his personal work; Emi Lenox<\/a>, the young ing\u00e9nue<\/del>, [I recently realized that this word could also mean an art-less and naive young woman, and this is not the sense I meant: Emi, if you ever read this, I apologize if that’s what you took from it.\u00a0 I meant to express how you were new on the comics scene and you have a genius for it. My bad — Fort<\/em>] social-media-maven who stumbled into her first publishing deal; the charmingly geeky, comic-book-guy writer, Brandon Jerwa<\/a>, with an impressive professional r\u00e9sum\u00e9 of licensed products and an official comics ambassadorship to Algiers; lastly, the owner of the number one independent\/artsy comics publishing outfit in the United States, Kim Thompson of Fantagraphics.<\/a><\/p>\n

There were about 45 attendees and I think that’s a fairly excellent turnout for such a panel.\u00a0 Most impressive was that the audience was pretty much 50\/50 in male\/female ratio.\u00a0 That tells me that the proponents of comics are making progress at expanding readership.<\/p>\n

The one main point I walked out of the room with came from Megan Kelso, though it was expounded upon by most of the panel: participate<\/strong> in some manner, participate interpersonally.\u00a0 Join groups and forums, attend conventions, post comments on review websites, and promote, promote, promote: not just my work, but all of comicdom.\u00a0 Spreading the word helps us all.<\/p>\n

Our problem, I’m sure this is a widely spread problem among sequestered artists and writers, is that we focus so intently on how to be productive<\/em>, we develop poorly at self-promotion.\u00a0 I’d hazard the assumption that most artists are introverted by their histories and, hence, even further behind in our networking abilities.<\/p>\n

So, I walked out onto Orcas Street with the word “participate” floating in a thought bubble over my head.\u00a0 And I realized that what I want is respect.<\/strong> I think my work if pretty effing good and it deserves to find its audience.<\/strong> Self-respect demands that I present what I’ve done.\u00a0 Maybe it’s not your cup of nutritious broth, but I’m going to start ladling it out, one mug at a time, all over town.<\/p>\n

So, in line with this commitment, I present to you my website, and my most recent work of which I am most proud I Quit<\/a> <\/strong>my 30-page, page-a-day, improv comic about quitting smoking.\u00a0 If I may toot my own horn: this comic is being circulated in the office of the WA State Quit Line, and used by a Seattle-area therapist to help his chemically dependent patients. Enjoy!<\/p>\n

Read comics!<\/p>\n

Fort Dudak<\/p>\n

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