Even the very notion of Weird West’s immersive sim mechanics left me apprehensive. From the fantasy western (emphasis on western) setting to the isometric style camera perspective, very little in the way of aesthetic and marketing spoke to me and my game preferences. Well, I should say it wasn’t supposed to be a game for me. Now that Tim Umpleby is sharing color and occasional ink and more contributors jumping on board virtually every month, I can’t wait to see what the book looks like in another four years.Weird West isn’t a game for me. Or to put it in more of an Orwellian term The best part of working with someone else is the checks and balances that you constantly have to give yourself. His unique background and vision has really helped shape this comic into what it is now. Well, four years and eight issues later, Dan Warlop has been the steam that has kept this engine rolling. It was issue four that I was having some growing pains with the art and asked an old friend if he would like to take a stab at a panel. In fact, I remember a time when it was just yours truly working on this rag, long before color and Illustrator and the multiple people who have given up their time and sweat equity to make this a better read.
It’s now 2019 and looking back on this site really does take me down memory lane. Maybe no one, but at least you can say you did it on your own terms. I can’t say it will work for you but if your really passionate about your ideas, i would suggest not waiting for something to come to you but instead find a way to get your ideas out there and see who’s interested. It has taught us a lot in regards to printing and pricing, advertising and networking. Maybe it comes from a place of jealousy since we don’t have a publisher so we have to do everything ourselves, including covering all the costs but there is a really liberating feeling about having complete creative control.
One thing that gets to me is when these artists and writers slave away at their projects and have some dead beat publishers drop the ball on their passions. Being a part of the cons for the last two years I see lots and lots of independents, some good, some not. There is something really refreshing about being your own editor and publisher. Is the name of our hero similar? Is that a coincidence?Specifically the Leonardo one shot that has 80% of each page dedicated to a fight scene with Leo vs the Foot where there is no words spoken for 24 pages. Much of the look of the book is directly inspired by Eastman and Lairds original run on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The end result is a book that we are both really proud of and eager to tell the rest of the adventure. Needless to say the books and process got better. While there were to many things wrong with it to critique here, I will say that it was a massive learning experience and I am so glad I took the proverbial plunge. The first issue “A Pale Horse” was kind of a piece of shit. With the gauntlet down I decided now was the time to make one.
#Weird west engine full#
While I had read comics my whole life, I never really created a full book. I was about to teach a new class for illustration titled “Graphic Novel”. To be more specific he (she?) is a Ninja Pirate Robot Squid. The Weird Weird West is a sci-fi western that borders on a diesel punk landscape.
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