Comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis talks about … MAKING YOUR LAST COMIC BOOK: I’m always amazed by the people who work so hard to get here [a job in Marvel], or so lucky to get there. It takes an insane amount of work to get there and when they get there and they start bucking around, they start diva-ing it up and get high and mighty and totally forget … [you have to remember] what job you have in comics, someone else had that job before you. Settle down! And work! Now is the time to do the work of your life. Now is the time to express yourself like no one else has ever done. You should [write or draw this comic book] like it’s your last, like you’re going to be fired after this. And I do this. Remember … someone else had this job and someone else will have it after you. It’s up to you how long you can keep it. Big name people –BIG NAME PEOPLE—cannot get work because they act the fool. PROMOTING YOUR WORK: Just getting the book out … just birthing it to the world… is not enough. T...
The rants and raves of a copy/comic book/writer in Manila.