[net.comics] Comic Book being produced on a Macintosh

moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (12/13/84)

First Comics has announced that they will be releasing a new comic book in
February.  This comic will be completely produced (except for coloring) on
an Apple Macintosh, using MacPaint and MacDraw software.  Artist Michael
Saenz and writer Peter Gillis describe the comic as the story of a
21st-century policeman dealing with corporate corruption and a mechanized
society.  This is the first time a computer has been used for any aspect of
comic art (not including animation), and it should certainly be an
interesting experiment to see how this works.  If popular, then the easier
(to my mind) method of drawing through the Mac opens up a range of
opportunities for commercial art for those who normally don't have artistic
skills.

				"You'd do it for Randolph Scott."
				(chorus) "*gasp* RANDOLPH SCOTT!"

					Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) (12/13/84)

I couldn't be more pleased, for two reasons:

1) I am about to own a Mac :-)

2) First Comics, as I have said before, has the best sense of quality (and
   selling reality) than any other company now in existance.  If anyone does
   it right, they will

I saw one panel in last weeks Comics Buyers Guide that was terrific.  Very
nice stuff.  Of course, I have loads of questions, especially about the
resolution of the imagewriter.  But maybe they will be interested in
questions from a MacHacker...

        "History is made at night.  Character is what you are in the dark."

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