a good lesson “The more done something is, the more the mistakes will show”
It happens all the time, you get the proof of your new comic book back from the printers and then all these horrible, glaring mistakes appear out of nowhere. Even when you had 5 skilled folks read and re-read the material 3 times each, AND still things sneak through. I would not believe of this strange power the printed or semi-printed book has over us, but it seems that it happens every time.
When I printed a special run of BTGC #2 for Comic-Con in San Diego last year (2004) I noticed all the grammatical/spelling flaws after I was comfortably flying to the con.
So the lesson is to make sure that at crucial steps you put together a demo book to be able to judge it with the bias of presentation. Trust me, its a good thing.
Why am I thinking of this; well, I am editing my #3 issue of BTGC before I begin on the art. I took the sketches I had done in my sketchbook and mocked them up on 8.5″ x 11″ paper actual size. Then I went through and wrote a script of how the dialog would go. Then you realize that certain plot points where missed completely. Then you have to re-work it so that you the audience see the same story in my head.
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