Dan Schkade@DanSchkade

Eisner & Ringo-nominated comics writer/artist (FLASH GORDON, LAVENDER JACK, THE SPIRIT). He/him, a midwest 8, last name rhymes with "body"

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Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 033年前
@mr_oberts @mattsouthworth Totally! JSA ALL-STARS #3, this anthology JSA book from the early 00s. The main story was about the modern version, with a backup set in the golden age. This last page is a total killer - that injured Dr Fate in the final panel really stuck with me. 2
@mr_oberts @mattsouthworth Totally! JSA ALL-STARS #3, this anthology JSA book from the early 00s. The main story was about the modern version, with a backup set in the golden age. This last page is a total killer - that injured Dr Fate in the final panel really stuck with me.
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 183年前
A theme emerges 3
A theme emerges
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 13353年前
LAVENDER JACK! A masked vigilante, a master detective, and a supervillain's Renfield have a polite conversation in an uptown apartment. Dunno if that's your thing, but it's DEFINITELY my thing. Yours on #WEBTOON! https://t.co/7LSyKDJCIt W/A: Dan Schkade C: @jemale E: @ladybb_re 4
LAVENDER JACK! A masked vigilante, a master detective, and a supervillain's Renfield have a polite conversation in an uptown apartment. Dunno if that's your thing, but it's DEFINITELY my thing. Yours on #WEBTOON! https://t.co/7LSyKDJCIt W/A: Dan Schkade C: @jemale E: @ladybb_re
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 0333年前
Don't get me wrong, a lot of people knew Johnny was trans the minute they saw him way back in Season Two Part four, but I have enough humility as a writer and an artist not to blame people for not picking up what I've been trying to lay down. 1
Don't get me wrong, a lot of people knew Johnny was trans the minute they saw him way back in Season Two Part four, but I have enough humility as a writer and an artist not to blame people for not picking up what I've been trying to lay down.
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 151063年前
Since I've seen some light confusion in the comments, let me just confirm: LAVENDER JACK's Johnny Summer is (1) a trans man and (2) a romantic interest for our hero. The narrative style for the series tends towards understatement, and I'd hate for this to get lost in translation. 2
Since I've seen some light confusion in the comments, let me just confirm: LAVENDER JACK's Johnny Summer is (1) a trans man and (2) a romantic interest for our hero. The narrative style for the series tends towards understatement, and I'd hate for this to get lost in translation.
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 193年前
MEANWHILE: Readers on the @webtoon app can read up to two weeks ahead via Fast Pass, and THIS week's new installment? It's a heavy one. Madame Ferrier and Inspector Crabb team back up to find some answers - and hey, monkey's paw, then get `em. This one changes things. 1
MEANWHILE: Readers on the @webtoon app can read up to two weeks ahead via Fast Pass, and THIS week's new installment? It's a heavy one. Madame Ferrier and Inspector Crabb team back up to find some answers - and hey, monkey's paw, then get `em. This one changes things.
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 013年前
@dancinaintfking That IS a good rule, although it's helpful to keep in mind that showing the environment doesn't always have to mean boots on the ground. Here's another page from SOLSTICE, in which Ibrahim Moustafa manages to move Bond from MI6 HQ to a train without drawing a single shoe. 1
@dancinaintfking That IS a good rule, although it's helpful to keep in mind that showing the environment doesn't always have to mean boots on the ground. Here's another page from SOLSTICE, in which Ibrahim Moustafa manages to move Bond from MI6 HQ to a train without drawing a single shoe.
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 1143年前
That's right - I tend to think of it as the prime piece of information the page is meant to convey. In this first page, it's panel 1, where we realize the convo Bond and M are having is actually about M's daughter, while the 2nd page is all a setup for the comedy beat in panel 5. https://t.co/nrBfRWL1fh 2
That's right - I tend to think of it as the prime piece of information the page is meant to convey. In this first page, it's panel 1, where we realize the convo Bond and M are having is actually about M's daughter, while the 2nd page is all a setup for the comedy beat in panel 5. https://t.co/nrBfRWL1fh
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 5183年前
More WILL EISNER'S THE SPIRIT by Matt Wagner, Brennan Wagner & me. Haven't actually looked at these in a while -- I'm appreciating how much Brennan's cool, lurid palettes do to make this really feel like the world of The Spirit, all damp and funky and uneven. He's GREAT on this. https://t.co/rAXJ9zZenr 4
More WILL EISNER'S THE SPIRIT by Matt Wagner, Brennan Wagner & me. Haven't actually looked at these in a while -- I'm appreciating how much Brennan's cool, lurid palettes do to make this really feel like the world of The Spirit, all damp and funky and uneven. He's GREAT on this. https://t.co/rAXJ9zZenr
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 063年前
Lucky thing, too -- this Gil Elvgren painting became the basis for my Ellen Dolan, which apparently was one of the things that finally put me over the top. I had the gig! Now it was time to get to it, we needed the issue in a month. An appropriate start to a comics career. 2
Lucky thing, too -- this Gil Elvgren painting became the basis for my Ellen Dolan, which apparently was one of the things that finally put me over the top. I had the gig! Now it was time to get to it, we needed the issue in a month. An appropriate start to a comics career.
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 363年前
Next round was a test page from a sample script Matt had written. A version of this was eventually run with the Hollywood Reporter announcement of the series. I love Matt's scripts -- brief, percussive, with highlight words to dictate the tone of the panel. Great to work from. 2
Next round was a test page from a sample script Matt had written. A version of this was eventually run with the Hollywood Reporter announcement of the series. I love Matt's scripts -- brief, percussive, with highlight words to dictate the tone of the panel. Great to work from.
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 3123年前
There were a TON of rounds of tryouts for this book. First, I did these spec pages -- you can see I was still using the super fine SAN HANNIBAL microns. Some good stuff here and there, but there's a pervasive stiffness. It was that last pinup that ended up pushing me forward. 4
There were a TON of rounds of tryouts for this book. First, I did these spec pages -- you can see I was still using the super fine SAN HANNIBAL microns. Some good stuff here and there, but there's a pervasive stiffness. It was that last pinup that ended up pushing me forward.
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 17873年前
Today marks 5 years since the launch of @DynamiteComics' WILL EISNER'S THE SPIRIT, by Matt Wagner (W) Brennan Wagner (C) and me -- a 12 issue jog though The Spirit's canon / a 12 month boot camp in which Matt hammered me into a proper cartoonist. SO grateful to and for this book. 4
Today marks 5 years since the launch of @DynamiteComics' WILL EISNER'S THE SPIRIT, by Matt Wagner (W) Brennan Wagner (C) and me -- a 12 issue jog though The Spirit's canon / a 12 month boot camp in which Matt hammered me into a proper cartoonist. SO grateful to and for this book.
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 173年前
Readers on the @webtoon app - a fine bunch who love their partners and always remember to floss - can read up to two weeks ahead via Fast Pass! This week, we catch up with a fan favorite character and learn a little more about our Season 2 Big Bad, The Black Note. It's great fun. 1
Readers on the @webtoon app - a fine bunch who love their partners and always remember to floss - can read up to two weeks ahead via Fast Pass! This week, we catch up with a fan favorite character and learn a little more about our Season 2 Big Bad, The Black Note. It's great fun.
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 11323年前
LAVENDER JACK! Madame Ferrier and Sir Mimley get the better part of an episode to themselves as they delve into the secrets of the Margravine Club. Part 30 (!) of our 40 ep season, free of charge, c/o #webtoon: https://t.co/JXdhNHcrhR W/A/L: Dan Schkade C: @jemale E: @ladybb_re 4
LAVENDER JACK! Madame Ferrier and Sir Mimley get the better part of an episode to themselves as they delve into the secrets of the Margravine Club. Part 30 (!) of our 40 ep season, free of charge, c/o #webtoon: https://t.co/JXdhNHcrhR W/A/L: Dan Schkade C: @jemale E: @ladybb_re
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 32823年前
Mary Marvel, in these kicky cowgirl threads from the cover of her final issue. Drew this to get my momentum back after my computer crashed during tonight's @HelioscopePDX zoom chat, taking a good chunk of Lavender Jack pencils with it. Oof! That's okay, though. Builds character. 2
Mary Marvel, in these kicky cowgirl threads from the cover of her final issue. Drew this to get my momentum back after my computer crashed during tonight's @HelioscopePDX zoom chat, taking a good chunk of Lavender Jack pencils with it. Oof! That's okay, though. Builds character.
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 6313年前
LAVENDER JACK! I was exposed to PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and BATMAN RETURNS back to back at highly impressionable age, and 20 years later, this is what you get. Enjoy?? From me, to you, c/o #Webtoon: https://t.co/uIVPffoPd4 W/A/L: Dan Schkade C: @jemale E: @ladybb_re 4
LAVENDER JACK! I was exposed to PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and BATMAN RETURNS back to back at highly impressionable age, and 20 years later, this is what you get. Enjoy?? From me, to you, c/o #Webtoon: https://t.co/uIVPffoPd4 W/A/L: Dan Schkade C: @jemale E: @ladybb_re
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 6333年前
NEW LAVENDER JACK TO-NITE! If you like slow dancing, talking politics at parties, and REVENGE (as an aesthetic as well as a pursuit), this week's new episode will do a lot for you. Missed last week's ep? Get caught up for free right here, you beaut ? https://t.co/fXNNOlrrdn 1
NEW LAVENDER JACK TO-NITE! If you like slow dancing, talking politics at parties, and REVENGE (as an aesthetic as well as a pursuit), this week's new episode will do a lot for you. Missed last week's ep? Get caught up for free right here, you beaut ? https://t.co/fXNNOlrrdn
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 1103年前
Also: it was series colorist @jemale's birthday this weekend! A wonderful artist, an exceptional collaborator, and a great mom besides. Some folk can just do it all. If you haven't caught up on her long-running webcomic DICEBOX recently, you simply must: https://t.co/KWYqO8bwcL 4
Also: it was series colorist @jemale's birthday this weekend! A wonderful artist, an exceptional collaborator, and a great mom besides. Some folk can just do it all. If you haven't caught up on her long-running webcomic DICEBOX recently, you simply must: https://t.co/KWYqO8bwcL
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 5233年前
LAVENDER JACK!! Our titular hero infiltrates a secret society masquerade, where he runs into a few familiar faces -- so to speak ?? Free to attend, masked or un, over on #webtoon: https://t.co/fXNNOlrrdn W/A/L: Dan Schkade C: @jemale E: @ladybb_re 4
LAVENDER JACK!! Our titular hero infiltrates a secret society masquerade, where he runs into a few familiar faces -- so to speak ?? Free to attend, masked or un, over on #webtoon: https://t.co/fXNNOlrrdn W/A/L: Dan Schkade C: @jemale E: @ladybb_re
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 5203年前
LAVENDER JACK! Two truths and a lie: Inspector Crabb visits the Tower of Gallery. She encounters a ruthless old enemy. She has a really pleasant afternoon. Find out which is which, free of charge, on #Webtoon: https://t.co/p1HVzU1Epr W/A/L: Dan Schkade C: @jemale E: @ladybb_re 4
LAVENDER JACK! Two truths and a lie: Inspector Crabb visits the Tower of Gallery. She encounters a ruthless old enemy. She has a really pleasant afternoon. Find out which is which, free of charge, on #Webtoon: https://t.co/p1HVzU1Epr W/A/L: Dan Schkade C: @jemale E: @ladybb_re
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 8743年前
Yesterday, @PercyPropa requested a sketch of The Question -- and listen, I love the Question and I'm happy to oblige, but in the process you're all going to have to hear my opinions about the modern miscarriage of cartooning justice that is drawing him without hair or ears: 2
Yesterday, @PercyPropa requested a sketch of The Question -- and listen, I love the Question and I'm happy to oblige, but in the process you're all going to have to hear my opinions about the modern miscarriage of cartooning justice that is drawing him without hair or ears:
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 7353年前
SO! Looks like we're finally back on track. Got my feet wet with this Medusa meets Jimmy Olsen sketch (recs by @jemale and @steve_lieber ) -- felt very stiff at first, with the texture of the new pen against the new screen feeling a bit chalky and awkward... 3
SO! Looks like we're finally back on track. Got my feet wet with this Medusa meets Jimmy Olsen sketch (recs by @jemale and @steve_lieber ) -- felt very stiff at first, with the texture of the new pen against the new screen feeling a bit chalky and awkward...
Dan Schkade@DanSchkade 063年前
Plus, I mean, check out Ditko's original pages -- the man's working with a solid basket 3
Plus, I mean, check out Ditko's original pages -- the man's working with a solid basket