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THE WILL BEHIND 'WILLWORLD'  I wish I had some kind of super-secret to share with you about how I do a
page. My pages are a delicate mixture of love and stress. Sometimes I do a
few sketches to layout the panels and get the flow, though often times I
just sit down and start drawing (and erasing). I like to approach my pages
with the "infinite monkeys" theory of drawing (the theory goes, if an
infinite number of monkeys had and infinite number of pencils and DC paper
than one of them would produce the complete works of Sergio Arigones).
Therefore, I figure if I just keep drawing, and then keep erasing,
eventually something interesting will emerge from my page. The
"Machineworks" page is one of my favorites from the book and I think it
starts to illustrate my though process. I often re-draw parts of panels
after I the pages have been lettered because the placement of the lettering
can sometimes upset the balance of the page. For this particular page you
can see some elements changed from the pencils to ink.
 In this case I felt like the right hand page didn't have a strong enough
focus. I had thought the text might provide that, but it didn't so I swapped
stuff around. I do feel that inking is an important part of my problem
solving and I am a little nervous that if I do a monthly book won't get to
ink my own stuff.
As for the coloring: Chris Chuckery colored these pages, and let me tell you
that is no small feat. Most colorists I know really pride themselves on
volume, sometimes cranking out 4 or more pages in a day. My stuff is such a
pain in the butt color that it probably takes them just as long to lay in
the flat color as it does to completely color someone else’s page. Chris and
I shot e-mails back and forth and kind of settled on a look for the book,
and he was really willing to take his time to find the right look. The color
is so important and can really make or break a story, so when I saw what
Chris was doing I was really relieved to know this book was in good hands.
His subtle subdued palettes are just stunning.
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