travis charest metabarons

[SHAMWOW!]

omg finally out..even though its not all charest inside good to see it out. (http://groups.msn.com/TravisCharest/miscellaneous.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=1631)

[Popninja]

I'm sure it's been talked about, but any idea just how much of it is Charest?

[RavioliDog]

Forget the Charest book.

I want the Pierre Alary Sinbad book in the back.

[blamito]

I'm sure it's been talked about, but any idea just how much of it is Charest?

29 sequential pages and one pin-up. So about half the book.

[50%grey]

What online place is selling those?

[Finnegan]

amazon.fr (http://www.amazon.fr/armes-du-Mé-1/dp/2731614471/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222016521&sr=8-1)

-Bob

[lost-spartan]

29 sequential pages and one pin-up. So about half the book.

How many years were those pages in the making??

[blamito]

Straight from the horse's mouth:

Okay, it seems the cat is finally out of the bag and I can talk about this. I started working on this book over 6 years ago, the original idea was for me to do the pages in pen and ink and have them colored. I got it in my head that although I wasn't a painter and hadn't ever painted a comic, I would paint this one. Big mistake, a distaster. It took forever to get a page finished, I was redoing pages, changing the paints, a nightmare, by the time I'd left Paris and moved back to the USA I only had a dozen pages to show for nearly 2 years work. Since coming back, the pages haven't really come any faster, and after all this time, I've only produced 30 pages of Dreamshifters. It wasn't a case of screwing the pooch or anything like that, I've always worked hard, I just had a laborious process and a dismal understanding of how to really paint. I haven't had any new script for a year or so and I figured something like this was happening but I found out like you did, someone mentioned the article to me and I asked my editors about it. I can't blame them, if the book ends up being around 48-52 pages, then at the pace I was going, they'd be waiting another 4 years for this to be finished. If anything they should be applauded for being as patient as they were, especially Jodo, a wonderful, generous man who only wants to see his book finished and deserves more than I've been able to give him. I've wanted to talk about all this for a long time but wasn't able to. I may stil do more pages and the cover, but other than that I'm not sure. Now you know everything I know.:)

So...30 pages in 6 years. 5 pages a year. 1 page every 2.4 months. Assuming he's not able to sell the pages until the book is done, how does one make a living? Or does he sell them as he finnishes?

[lost-spartan]

I'm sure doing a few comissions here and there net's him a small enough fortune to pay the bills.

[NickRocks]

Straight from the horse's mouth:


So...30 pages in 6 years. 5 pages a year. 1 page every 2.4 months. Assuming he's not able to sell the pages until the book is done, how does one make a living? Or does he sell them as he finnishes?

prostitution

[Jel]

I had the chance to skim through it, and Charest's pages are pure beauty. They constitute roughly half of the book, the center.
His color choices and lines have become even more bold and assured than before.

The rest of the art does its job, but isn't spectacular.

[Digital Klown]

Forget the Charest book.

I want the Pierre Alary Sinbad book in the back.

Holy smokes! They should've used that guy for the Prince of Persia comicbook.

[lost-spartan]

Aaaand I just bookmarked his blog. Sweet.

http://pierrealary.blogspot.com/

[Relaxed Brain]

prostitution

he works for Marvel?! :eek:

[sdowner]

I want the Sindbad book too... but in English.

[50%grey]

amazon.fr (http://www.amazon.fr/armes-du-Mé-1/dp/2731614471/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1222016521&sr=8-1)

-Bob

Fin where you able to order from them? I don't think they will let me because I live in the states..hmph.

I wonder how much it costs to ship over here.

[lost-spartan]

What Rich Friend posted on DA the other day;


Eddy Choi ordered a bunch from Amazon.fr (they show up in about 3 to 4 days and it's the same as ordering on the US site) and he gave me one yesterday....


It's the same for me when I order from the US Amazon and have it shipped here. They just send the stuff from warehouses here in Canada.

[50%grey]

* edit nm for some reason my log in wasn't working on the french site yesterday but it is today..Yippiee.

Cost about 33 dollars with shipping ,not bad.thats about the cost on of one American comic nowadays,JOKE.

I wonder when the American version will be out.

[50%grey]

Aaaand I just bookmarked his blog. Sweet.

http://pierrealary.blogspot.com/

That dude looks exactly like Eric canetes new style. Eric we found you out haha

[sdowner]

That dude looks exactly like Eric canetes new style. Eric we found you out haha

LOL.
Actually, Caneté has Pierre in his blogroll... He's got nothing to hide.;)
I hope Alary's Sinbad books are released in English soon. I really love his artwork.

[50%grey]

LOL.
Actually, Caneté has Pierre in his blogroll... He's got nothing to hide.;)
I hope Alary's Sinbad books are released in English soon. I really love his artwork.


Shame, because Eric is better then him when he was doing his own style, one of the most unique styles comics has seen in ahwile..WHAT..yeah I said it HAHA :D Pierre should be copying the Canete, not the other way around! RAWR

[KRAZYRICKY1]

forget the book I wanna know where I can get that sponge bob shirt

[W.Blankenship]

Forget the Charest book.

I want the Pierre Alary Sinbad book in the back.

Seconded! I freaking love that guys work since someone here showed me it.

3!LL

[50%grey]

Fellow nerds, I present to you the Holy grail..Gaze upon its visage... GAZE

The UPS carrier was disintegrated on my doorstep for he dared to look at it.

http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk84/50grey/meta1.jpg
http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk84/50grey/meta2.jpg

[Manji]

OOOOOOOOOOO...........AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Now if only he would do this monthly.

Travis if you read this I love your art man and its a real shame we don't get to see more of it.

[Teratophile]

OOOOOOOOOOO...........AHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Now if only he would do this monthly.

Travis if you read this I love your art man and its a real shame we don't get to see more of it.


if he were doing it monthly i think his art would suffer. its a trade off my friend.

[lost-spartan]

Sweeeet!!! How's the story???? :eek: :p

[FIG]

Wheres the official link to a store we can order it from here in the states or from american Amazon store? I can't read french unfortunately and don't have a french amazon account

[Chris Major]

Hm. Here in Montreal we get European albums pretty fast. All comic stores worth their salt keep them. If you guys really want it that bad I could look into it and ship it to you. PM me.

Also, good to see European BD get some love on PJ :)
That's what I was raised on after all.

[Johnny Blaque]

Wheres the official link to a store we can order it from here in the states or from american Amazon store? I can't read french unfortunately and don't have a french amazon account

Well, Humanoids was really the only people bringing that stuff into the states and it seems that company is almost dead. They stopped publishing the regular Metabarons series awhile ago.

But maybe Charest's name alone might get this brought over here.

[50%grey]

Wheres the official link to a store we can order it from here in the states or from american Amazon store? I can't read french unfortunately and don't have a french amazon account

Your regular amazon account is the same as the french one.
Costs 33 bucks with shipping.

[FIG]

Thanks! I guess I entered the password wrong initially. Did you guys get Travis's Spacegirl?

[lost-spartan]

Thanks! I guess I entered the password wrong initially. Did you guys get Travis's Spacegirl?

Is there actually a printing of Spacegirl? I've only ever seen it on his MSN group page. I'll have to check that out if it is, cuase it was a good strip he had going.

[FIG]

Yeah, I bought it at the comic con. Space Girl was collected in a small horizontal book

[50%grey]

From Travis? otherwise it was probly just a bootleg anyone can make.

He's on volume 2 on his website.

[FIG]

It was from Travis and his wife. He had a table, was signing and selling the books. It's a hardcover, light grey on the outside and printed on nice paper.

[hadesillustrations]

Damn - when did this guy get so good? I used to think his stuff was meh around 10 years ago. Now I'm looking at his work like its a different guy.

And what is Metabarons? Is it a tabletop RPG?

[FIG]

No, it's a European graphic novel series. It's old and has a history.

[50%grey]

It was from Travis and his wife. He had a table, was signing and selling the books. It's a hardcover, light grey on the outside and printed on nice paper.

I need to get one of those, wonder if they have them on Ebay.

[50%grey]

O man , none on EBAY :confused:

Travis I know you lurk on here,hehe. I can send you a paypal payment for a copy of space girl if you PM me the details.

[hadesillustrations]

No, it's a European graphic novel series. It's old and has a history.

Gotcha, thanks. I was perusing Charest's work and saw a few covers that said RPG, but Judge Dredd has spawned a few different games as well. I'll have to look it up - it seems interesting (especially with Charest's art).

[50%grey]

Thanks to this thread I got a copy of Space Girl ,and this might be the most beautiful thing ever. I like it WAY better then the metabarons painted stuff. Travis is a master of pen and ink with washes.