#bendy jacob

[salpho]

Still can't get over the fact they whitewashed the only black man in the novel in later pages like. This isn't even lighting man they just made him white.

[paint-n-thinner]

IMtober day 3: letter

Our favorite mailman, here to deliver your letter at the speed of sound

[buttercup-the-cat]

So this is a rare pair of mine, I don't really know how I started shipping them I thought they would be good friends and here we are now :D

[inkdemonapologist]

nobody asked but since I've seen a lil chatter on the DCTL Graphic Novel on tumblr too, here's the thread I posted on twitter, speaking as someone who's done a little freelance work as a comic artist, under the jump:

Main thought about the DCTL graphic novel preview is: yeah, I've made designs like that when I was being paid by the page and expected to just throw in extra design work for free and I have a deadline and no time to scour the source material or really put my heart into the design No shade to the artist; every complaint I have about the pages we've seen is that this looks like someone who was just working (quickly) from a script. The artist is likely not a Big Fan, so they only know the info and descriptions they're given. And the artist's portfolio shows they're capable of the kind of designs and dynamics this comic needed. its possible they phoned it in for no reason, but feels more likely to be "not enough time/not paid enough/not given enough info to give it that level of care." Which, don't get me wrong; an important level of craftsmanship and care is missing and im not gonna blame the artist but i AM gonna be a hater abt it lmao It's not just about designs; the convo with Joey is another good example. It's a literal illustration of the things Joey said and did in that scene, but it's missing the point -- that scene is our introduction to the way Joey throws Buddy off-balance. That energy is missing. And that's the sort of thing that needs the script to convey this purpose well to the artist, that needs the artist to have time & freedom to invest in portraying it, that needs time & investment & knowledge to ask for adjustments at early stages and get the page right one more note: begging batim fans 2 think abt the plot of DCTL and realise why "maybe we will not make the creepy guy who dies at the end a black man in this" is perhaps a reasonable choice. like im a fan of poc norman headcanons too but pls recognise this would be a tough call!! anyway, genuinely cannot wait to see how off sammy is gonna be in this lmao. will he be a mid non-design like norman or will he be conventionally handsome or will he get graphic novel dave miller vibes b/c hes an antagonist? will we get the fabled black hair sammy??? i cant wait

TL;DR I strongly suspect this was an issue of not enough time/not enough money. That design looks nothing like the description of Norman, right? Like, there's hundreds of different AU designs of all shapes, colours and sizes that you could create that would still look like Norman Polk, but somehow they managed to make a character that isnt ANY of them, lmao??? So... how could that happen, unless nobody gave the artist a description of Norman? Or if they did, how did that design make it past anyone else, unless there wasn't time for revisions or a system worked out for revisions, unless whoever was managing the comic project thought it was fine if the designs didn't fit with the descriptions in the book? If everyone is doing their job, then the artist is given the information they need without having to go do unpaid YA novel research before they can start drawing. That's why you have a writer adapting it!!

("they should hire fans, a fan would've done a better job" OK BUT THATS B/C FANS ARE MORE LIKELY TO ALLOW THEMSELVES TO BE EXPLOITED AND DO EXTRA UNPAID WORK B/C THEY CARE!! THATS NOT A SOLUTION!!!! THATS A JOEY DREW STRAT!!!!!!!)

Anyway I could yell about this for 15 years so I'm going to shush for now BUT I JUST FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IT LMAO.

[dimonds456]

Mike is back at it again Being The Fucking Worst so here's a reminder that any and all interpretations of the BATIM cast, but especially ones that lean more into minority representation, ARE valid and should be loved and appreciated. With BATIM now officially being an all-white, straight, cis cast, there are no rules. Go absolutely wild.

Fuck you Mike.

[pa-pa-patato]

Im to tired to draw or write right now but crack ships

Jack x Michael

Reid x ebi

[eyeballsoup7310]

Hey what the hell happened to Dot. She’s like the only person on the outside of the studio other than Real Joey who really knows what was happening, and yet (as far as I know) we just. Never see her again. Huh

[angelofthepage]

Oh yeah, almost forgot! While making refs for Art Fight this year, I made a proper reference for Jacob for SRU! Behold, my handsome spider tailor son! It is so nice to finally have this together, I feel good.

[reanimationstation]

more batim book characters! this time some of my favorite side characters, some important ones, and some that literally could not have a smaller role with still being in the book.

the first picture is my personal favorite strange side character from DCTL, the infamous Violinist. i support women's wrongs. the second is the Art Department whom i love <3

the third pic is mostly TLO side characters! Plus Miss Rodriguez from the other two books, and Toby from DCTL. as you can see i am normal about Miss R and Scott

[rainbowspinch]

Yippie, Christmas art! A day late! I actually finished these yesterday night and completely forgot to post them!

[zoeyandguys]

Haven't seen to much from the novel but I got inspired to redesign my Dot based on her design in it. And I had to draw Jacob because I like him.

[sirensea14]

Day 13 problem

(the arson mystery in Oddswell's attic)

Hey its friday the 13th now guyz

Bruh he has armor--

[buttercup-the-cat]

Jake! Here he is! my design of him ^⁠_⁠^ he has armor on btw :D

[mimikip-stuff]

Ink Demonth: Keep

One of the earliest things I made for Skunk was a pocket knife that belonged to his older brother, who tragically was killed at the age of 10 (New York in the 30s was rough). Skunk has kept that knife for all of those years, taking care of it and polishing it. Jacob's initials are carved into the blade- thank god both of their initials are J.D.

[towritecomicsonherarms]

The Ones #1

[graphicpolicy]

Exclusive: Metal Hurlant returns from Humanoids and we have an exclusive excerpt from Caza!

Exclusive: Metal Hurlant returns from Humanoids and we have an exclusive excerpt from Caza! #comics #graphicnovel

50 years after the debut of Metal Hurlant in France, the iconic and genre defining publication is returning to English, with a bigger and bolder iteration than ever before: as a quarterly anthology published by Humanoids. Each volume of Metal Hurlant will be a massive 272+ page literary experience. The ambitious venture will be funded via Kickstarter and will be released as part of…