Giant Centipede Synchronicity 11/22
Captain Zero
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Prince Valiant:
Can't find a link to the current strip; consult your local funny pages.
D.D.Degg
> Prince Valiant:
> Can't find a link to the current strip; consult your local funny pages.
Courtesy Jym Dyer's link earlier today on another thread,
a great full page (screen) version of Prince Valiant at
http://john.seikdel.net/prince_valiant.php
otherwise at
http://content.comicskingdom.net/Prince_Valiant/Prince_Valiant.20091122_large.gif
Speaking of Prince Valiant...
Flesk is publishing a new Gary Gianni book
(Major Thrill's Adventure Book) which in turn led
to interviews with Gianni and Mark Schultz.
Parts of the interviews dealing with Prince Valiant:
TW: You’ve been drawing Prince Valiant written
by Mark Schultz. Is that a straight scripter/ artist
relationship or is it more flexible than that?
GG: Mark and I work together on the general story
arcs and we try to have fun with it. The week-to-week
scripting is crafted through Mark’s gifted yarn-spinning
skills.
TW: You are known as quite a slow artist (although
with the results, that is certainly not surprising☺)
but have you worked out a method of drawing faster
than you would normally for Prince Valiant?
GG: “Slow –thinking might be a more apt way to describe
me. Prince Valiant has extremely tight deadlines but
that’s the nature of a newspaper strip. While I’m always
worried about next week’s page and the ghost of Hal
Foster coming to get me, the broad strokes applied at the
eleventh hour sometimes surprise me.If I had more time ,
I’m not sure the strip would be any the better for it.
And the Mark Schultz part:
TW: You have written for other artists and written
your own work. Is there is a difference in the
way you approach writing for other artists than if
you were writing something you will be drawing
yourself?
MS: I always take into consideration with whom I am
working, and what are that artist’s particular strengths
and interests. That will affect the themes, locals and
characters that I use in a story.
Whether I am writing for myself or for others, I like
to do a full script treatment. In an ideal situation, when
I know the artist with whom I’m working, I’ll discuss my
initial story ideas with the artist and get his/her input. A
second opinion from a good storyteller isn’t usually a bad
idea and can help push things down interesting paths I
may have not have myself considered.
TW:You’ve been writing Prince Valiant drawn
by Gary Gianni. Is that a straight scripter/ artist
relationship or is it more flexible than that?
MS: As mentioned in the above question, while I’ll
generally come up with the basic storyline, Gary and I
will discuss that and throw ideas back and forth to refine
it. Sometimes the results are only minor changes from my
initial thoughts, but sometimes our talks result in the
story veering off in much more interesting directions.
The full interviews can be read (in pdf) at
http://www.tripwire-magazine.com/Graphics/tripwire%20annual%202009%20pages%20lores%20pt2.pdf
D.D.Degg
Captain Zero
846ac6...@w19g2000pre.googlegroups.com>, ddd...@comcast.net says...
I only started reading Valiant a few years ago (around the time they
introduced Skyrmir the Viking) and it's quickly become my favorite serial
strip.