How to make a good manga

Kitstune3 · Post by **Kitstune3** » Wed May 05, 2004 6:59 am

If i offended anyone with the whole tit thing, sorry. I'm only a black boy uhh... urr..man

DDramone · Post by **DDramone** » Wed May 05, 2004 2:21 pm

hahaha, im the only black/mexican here, im guessing. some one to share my lonlieness and my dissenfranchisment!

MajinCanty · Post by **MajinCanty** » Wed May 05, 2004 2:23 pm

I feel ya Kitstune3. I thought I was the only bruh in here. We're probably the only two brothas on the forum.

Oh, well. Anyways, DDramone I can probably find The Hero with a Thousand Faces at Waldenbooks, but where can I find Aristole? I been dreaming about being a mangaka since eight grade. I'm 19 now. I'm not going to drop out of college for it. But, when I graduate I'm going to concentrate more on the manga.

"Stank You Very Much"

sunandshadow · Post by **sunandshadow** » Wed May 05, 2004 2:38 pm

If you're at a college, the college's library probably has the Aristotle, it's a classic and required reading for some literature classes. If you're going to start delving into literary theory I would also recommend Simon O. Lesser's _Fiction and the Unconscious_ if you can find a copy. (I majored in English with concentrations in fiction and literary theory, so I have the bibliography from Aristotle up through Campbell and more modern stuff practically memorized. ^_~ )

DDramone · Post by **DDramone** » Wed May 05, 2004 2:41 pm

i guess amazon.com would be good. i got mine at a barne n noble (were i think i saw tim armstrong from rancid!!!!!!). surprisingly, its a short read.

off the top of my head, another REALLY good book is orson scott cards book on character, as part of the WRITERS DIGEST BOOK CLUB series. its called Character and Viewpoint.

DDramone · Post by **DDramone** » Wed May 05, 2004 2:42 pm

totally agree with you. i dont plan on getting a degree in screenwritting, but something practical. but i still plan on screenwriting.

brother 2 brother, we gatta stick togetha!!

Ijnek · Post by **Ijnek** » Wed May 05, 2004 9:16 pm

Completely Wreckless wrote:You want manga, throw some tiddies in it.

You cannoot go wrong with tits.

Seriously though, throw tiddies in it.
Seriously.

But, seriously fuck what everybody else does, do you. It's your shit. No bodies gonna buy it anyway so you might as well do what the hell you want. People will respect you more if you come with some originality, throw some passion in it, show some perfection in your craft, and oh did i forget tiddies pleasssse.

Good manga is like acid. You hit it, it's incoherent, you start hearin and seein shit, you start scratching yourself, and by the end your talking to the monkey in your pillow case hoppin around like he's luke skywalker throwing shit at you and biting your finger nails.

Good luck.

Well, to be nice, you have a strong opinion. Geez.

Um, here's mine. Think about this; what do YOU look for in a manga? Which mangas make you run to the comic book store as soon as you have money? Why? Ask your friends about their fav genres, and consider your own. Also; even if you aren't a romantic kind of person, you should at least hint at SOME kind of romance. Because if you hit it big and there aren't any alleged couples... well... scary things could happen. And plus, us girls love it!

I'm pretty confident that if you have a god story line, art that you put effort in to, and you honestly think you would read it if it wasn't yours, than I think you're set! (So... no pressure.)

Ijnek · Post by **Ijnek** » Wed May 05, 2004 9:18 pm

Er... I meant 'good storyline'. Sorry! Typo...

Ijnek · Post by **Ijnek** » Wed May 05, 2004 10:12 pm

My extremely talented friend Anton drew this. It's really good, ne?

sunandshadow · Post by **sunandshadow** » Thu May 06, 2004 4:05 pm

That is indeed a nice pic, but you should put pics not directly related to making a manga in the anime art thread instead.

I made an attempt at my character M, grinning, with the feather cockatoo crest the story calls for. It looks a bit... well, you tell me. o.O I could use any suggestions for what to about these uncooperative crests...

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How to make a good manga

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