13.01 Endstone “I’m a Stoner”
Mar27
Welcome to Endstone Volume 3 (Issue 13).
I hope you don’t mind, but this volume will be in black and white. The main reasons for going black and white are basically time and cost. I takes too much time to color the pages on my own and hiring a colorist or flatter (as I did in the past) is cost prohibitive.
I may go back and color pages later, but for now I hope you enjoy the story in monochrome. 🙂 As for the story, we are just getting started. Please pull up a chair. I’ll be back sometime mid-week, probably Wednesday with another page.
See you then… Tony
Hello again! Nice recap ^^ can’t wait to see what adventures will befall everyone 😀
I gots my popcorn, a comfy chair and am ready for the ride!
@ Li – Great to see you are still reading as well. 🙂
@ GumbyDammit: Glad to have you along, man. 🙂
Love the recap, but I still like his most horrible name, Chief Financial Officer of Goldman-Sachs. I love that one. Everytime I think of it, I giggle.
Woo! Endstone is finally back! 😀
Love the quick recap, and that you’ve finally acknowledged the double entendre behind “stoner”! I had been wondering when you would do that.
What is the planned update schedule?
The monochrome looks good so far. Will you be mostly going for outlines without much shading/contrast (as in the ‘past times’ panel), or will you have time to make most of it in a more complex monochrome style?
Personally I find that sketchy outlines with shading and contrast are more appealing than polished outlines only, but I can imagine that the outlines only style is a lot quicker.
Dude. It’s a new Endstone story. You could draw stick figures, and I’d be here to read it.
Hey! Glad to see you’re still reading after all these years. 🙂
@Ying-Ko – Right on. 🙂 I’ll have to squeeze that line in again somehow in the future. 😉
@Silly Name – Yeah with Jon having memories from the 21st Century I can stretch out a little and have him comment on things from our point of view. And the update schedule will be twice weekly – Mondays and Thursdays – but sometimes I get excited and post a page a little earlier. I can’t help it. 😉
@AndyW – Oooo an art question! First off, the style I use is mostly not a conscious thing. I’ve had folks tell me my black and white style has something of a Jaime Hernandez/Love and Rockets vibe and I can see that: He uses thick black areas and open figure outlines without much mid-tone detail (and he’s obviously a much better artist than me).
To answer your question I think this is pretty much how the art will look through-out. 🙂 (And I still haven’t ruled out color entirely)
Thanks for the detailed answer – looking forward so much to more stone rocking 😀
I certainly don’t mind early pages, Tony. 😉 The more Endstone I get, the better!
Absolutely random thought: Should we Endstone fans start calling ourselves “(End)Stoners”? Because I’m going to do that from now on.
Endstoners?!?!
Hahaha I love it!
Hi Tony
May I use the page with the Goldman-Sachs reference in my classes?
Ok, I have to ask: 1) Why would you use it? and 2) Can I please get in your classes? They sound freaking AWESOME!
Absolutely you can use it in your classes. I would be honored. 🙂 What do you teach?
Tony: Thank you! I teach college History, Anthropology, Sociology, and American Government at various schools. I also taught Library Science courses.
Silly Name: I would use this particular comic to illustrate perspective. The Chief Financial Officer of Goldman-Sachs bit will help me make a point about the topic. I often use comics that fit into the lecture and the students seem to remember things better when I do. http://endstone.net/comic/issue-2-page-10/
As for taking one of them, my next course is in Montana.
Cool. I have a master’s degree in US History and in my secret identity I also teach.
Hi Tony, I’ve taught everything from Ancient History to Modern. What is your specialty?
I took comps and I didn’t write a thesis so I studied American History fairly broadly. I’m actually a huge WWII buff, but they don’t teach that in grad school.
Woot, new Endstone chapter(s)!
B&W style is more than fine – it’s your own style, and there’s always that pesky green paper to consider.
End of Line
Good to see you’re still out there, DarthNSupreme. And thanks. 🙂
Welcome back. I actually prefer it in black and white.
Keep up the good work
Thanks. 🙂 I actually agonize over whether to stay color or go black and white so it’s good to know. 🙂
I think the black and white works well, but you could do color for some particularly spectacular scenes. Sort of the best of both world, color when it would make a particular bit stand out visually and black and white for the rest.
That’s a great idea and I will consider it. 🙂 The only problem is when I go to print the volume, color is three times more expensive to print and I’d have to print the whole book in color even though only a few pages would be in color. Maybe just select webpages would be in color and not the print version? I’ll think about it.
Well, i’m more of a color-version lover, as i already told you long ago. But truth be told, your B&N is a true one, well done and well polished. Always has been since chapter 1. From my experience, not all graphists can claim that about their B&N work, having to color it to give it any value, while yours is worthy as is.
So yeah. While i’d love it colored at some point, that does not mean i won’t love it now that it’s back to B&N. 😉
As for the idea of having a colored page here and there, I disagree. To me, it disturbs the reader. Having couple pages at the very very beginning of a chapter is ok, but having more randomly selected page be in color will just not work, i believe.
As always, I value your input DK. 🙂
Myself, I like the idea of the mixed pages, not a lot of color, but some. The print version could have black and white versions, but color ones could be on the back cover. I would assume that would make the book black and white and keep the costs down.
It’s a good idea, but the back cover only allows for one color page in a black and white book, unfortunately. Still I appreciate your input, Ying-Ko. Thanks. 🙂 Maybe I can go back and color the book later?
Hey, Tony! How the heck are you?
Your friend, James A. Page