Diaperman Meets Milk
This week’s Two Gargoyles update has a sneak peek at the script for Twilight Detective Agency #2!
When I write, the characters in my head are as real as if they’re in the room with me. They’re more than just dialogue and action prompts; I think about what they’re wearing– like, how their clothes FIT. What they’re thinking behind what they’re saying. How they relate to each other, to the environment nearby, to the world at large.
In this scene, Riverdale is making a journal entry about his and Hawkstone’s ostracism from the Gargoyle community. It’s a pretty big deal to him; he thrives on social interaction. Riv needs people. To someone like him, ostracism is straight-up torture.
There’s so much around that concept that won’t make it into the comic– maybe he took up yoga to try and distract himself from the loneliness? Maybe he plays video games all day until it’s time to sleep? Maybe he drives his brother insane with a constant need for interaction? Those are all possibilities, each one a reality for the character– but my favourite thing as a writer is that even I don’t know which one will become part of the published story until I write it– and even then, it isn’t a sure thing until I re-read the script and edit it.
Writing is as much a journey for me as, I hope, the reader who sees the finished product and discovers the story for themselves.
See you next week!
Michael
Back from Saskatoon Expo and now, getting ready for… Edmonton Expo!
This weekend marks the final convention of my “Iron Man” month of conventions, 3 back-to-back weekends! So far, I’m still standing, but if on the Sunday of Edmonton Expo I seem to be slurring my words and wobbling in place, I hope you’ll understand.
I’m at Artist Alley Table F10 this weekend in Edmonton!
Saskatoon was a nice show. Not as crowded as Calgary or Edmonton, it nonetheless had over 15 000 attendees– no small number! I remember when the largest convention in Calgary hosted 700 and we thought that was a huge number!
New audiences are a funny thing; it can be hit or miss until they get to know you and your work, so this being my first show in Saskatoon I’d have to say that for me it was a miss. But the lesson is to keep trying, to give your audience a chance to know you. On the plus side, I met some new artists and comic creators and we swapped books– which is lovely, getting to know someone else’s work while sharing your own! Gives me the tinglies.
Looking forward to sharing a table with Jeremy Thew this weekend, as he’s flying up from Seattle to spend the weekend at the con, meet-and-greeting his fans and making new ones!
Kyle Burles, Mike Rieger, Lisa Redfern and the usual crew from 
That’s right, on Friday Kyle Burles and I jet off to beautiful downtown Saskatoon for our very first ever Saskatoon Expo! Things are a little crazy getting ready here, but I’m looking forward to meeting a new audience and sharing my books with them! Be sure to follow twogargs on Instagram (or Twitter) for pictorial updates!
Many thanks to my friend Sherri for making some ‘meme art’ with Twogargs characters on it for me to comment on Facebook with. 🙂
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