Hey There,
Happy Thursday! I hope you’re having a great week! As always, feel free to watch my video and/or keep on reading for the latest updates.
I’ve got news! I’m going to be hosting some amazing conversations on my YouTube channel. I’ll be talking to creators about their favorite comics and why they love them, as well as their own projects. I recorded the first two yesterday and I had an amazing time!
The first one is with Lydia Monette of Life On Saturn Comics. We chatted about Faithless by Brian Azzarallo and Maria Llovet. The comic has been described as “transgressive”, and Lydia talks about how she thinks that’s the perfect word for it (and I agree!).
The second is with Dom Monette, also of Life On Saturn Comics. We had a fantastic talk about the comic adaptation of Batman Forever, by Dennis O’Neil, Michal Dutkiewicz, Scott Hanna, and Adrienne Roy. Dom points out how, despite the movie’s pretty silly tone, there really are a lot of deep themes woven through the story and, in a lot of ways, they’re given the ability to shine more in the comic.
In terms of projects, this week has mostly been about Scorned April and Mayfly. I’ve been working with the amazing editor James Powell to create a new, somewhat shorter outline for the series. While I love it in its current state, I think its length is making it a little difficult to pitch, and I think there’s some stuff that I really should have trimmed from the beginning to streamline the story a little more. So I’ll keep you updated as that goes along!
And Brittany Matter, another fantastic editor I’m working back, shared her edits for Mayfly #1, which were great and super helpful. And I’m now working on the script for Issue #2. I honestly feel more confident as a writer with this story than I have with any previous project, and I’m really excited to be working on it.
As far as comics I’m reading, I just finished The Lie and How We Told It by Tommi Parrish. It’s a fascinating graphic novel. It’s quiet and understated — Cleary and Tim, two old high school friends run into each other unexpectedly at a grocery store and spend the night teasing out their feelings about their shared experiences. What I enjoy about it is how the characters delve into some pretty deep and weighty conversations — about their queer sexuality, their feelings about their present lives, and more — but they do it through dialogue that’s fairly sparse. A few words and a well-placed silent beat do a lot of heavy lifting. And of course, the title begs the question — what is the lie? And there’s not a single definitive answer to that. I think there are probably multiple lies that Cleary and Tim are telling each other and themselves, and I like that it’s open for interpretation.
Well, that’s it from me for now. As always, you can find me on Twitter and Instagram @sarahccomics. Have a great day!
Best,
Sarah