I'm new to this site, why not chat with me, i'm lonely here

[Carlson]

hey their alpha fans, if that isn't an insult. I'm Chris Carlson, former escaped inker from Marvel. I worked on the second series with Scott Clark and Stephen Segal, issues 1 thru nine, i think, anyway, I recently created a website for me to sell my art returns from the Alpha Flight series, and some other issues i've done. visit it at www.comicartdepot.com and be sure to let me know what you think, i mean, at conventions and at signings i've sold some of my original art returns to individuals and collectors, but that process was slow and didn't produce many sales. with this website, i hope to reach a much larger group of collectors and fans, compleat more sales, and so on.
but, with this method, it's impersonal, no one on one contact with people who like comic books for comic books. not as an investment, or 'this will be worth something down the road', no i mean the people who buy the comic book to read, to follow the story, those are the people i enjoy talking to. so, check out my site, and e-mail me any thoughts, questions, opinions, or ways to improve my site. tanks!

[Ben]

Hi Chris! Nice to see an other AF creator join our ranks. I loved the writing in Vol.2, but Scott Clark's art just rubbed me the wrong way. You inks seemed all good, but I guess you can't get blood from a stone. Still, I'd be tempted to buy some stuff once I finish digging myself out of debt ;)

Ben

[cmdrkoenig67]

Hi Chris, a big welcome to you. TMI follows... :lol:

I'm Dana Smith(yes, that is my real last name)...I've loved comics since I was a little one(5 yrs old). My dad would bring me comics every day after he finished work...he got me hooked on Marvel Werewolf By Night, Tomb of Dracula, Spider-Woman. Even as a little kid, I loved Sci-Fi and monsters and he knew it.
I don't collect them for monetary reasons...I have no intention of ever selling the them...they'll be buried with me I tell you!!!.... :D

Anyway...enough of me blabbering...It's great having another professional comic-lover here to gab with.

Dana

[Legerd]

Welcome to Alpha Waves Chris! Calling us Alpha fans is no insult, anyway we've probably been called worse. :lol: Like Ben said, it's nice to have someone who actually worked on an Alpha series here with us, as we always love to hear some behind the scenes stories and get some insight as to the direction the creative team was heading in (before the book was cancelled of course). :cry:

Brian

[PWalk]

Welcome. Let's start a chat about some of the behind the scenes goings on in regards to Vol. 2.

[Snowbird26]

hi guys. I'm new. Any pointers?

[Ben]

hi guys. I'm new. Any pointers?

Hmm, lesseee, express yer opinions, have fun, enjoy the great people that have gathered here, and don't let the pigmy tribe in the cupboard steal your socks.

Welcome Snowbird26!

Ben

[HappyCanuck]

... express yer opinions...

Ben's right on this one, but please remember people, to express your opinions HONOURABLY and RESPONCIBLY. We've had our fair-share of trouble-makers here. we don't want to add you to our 'banned' gallery (which I doubt will happen, but it's better to be safe than sore at you).

Okay, my parenting bit is done...

[Mokole]

Well in v2 the Director was supposed to be from the Serpent Society. I'd change that to him being General Chassen before the Hudsons take over.

What are the Legacies? Gosh, so many possibilities. Gamma-irradiated. No, gamma-irradion just gave Dept. H an opportunity to experiment. No, gamma-irradiation was just a cover for the experiments. No, they're mutants. No, they're Children of the Night. No, they're children from when Department H was seeing what mutants were all about and Sabretooth killed the parents in an explosion (from a Wolverine mini).
I'd go with gamma-irradiation with experiments.

[Ben]

well, as for what the legacy children were, it always seemed pretty strait forward to me. They are test-tube babies made from the genetic material of existing marvel mutants. As much was told to us by Seagle and Rouleau after the fact, stating that Flex is Wolverine's "son", Lilli is Diamond Lil's "Daughter" Radius is Unus' "son" ect.

Ben

[Mokole]

But what is not stated in comics can change! :wink:

If I wrote AF, I'd only have 2 Legacies left and they'd have less power, being 'saved' from Cleric et al's fate by Sasquatch. :D

[Carlson]

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[varo]

very interesting. thansk for the insight to what went on behind the scenes. so sad, becuase if series 2 was launched now, instead of during marvels bankruptcy period it probally would have been a top 20 title.


series 3 was a absolute joke.

[Carlson]

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[syvalois]

Hello carlson,

Just want to make sure I understood perfectly what you wrote, I mean english not been my first language. As I understood we can thank you for starting AF vol 2 but at the same time we can blame you and Clark for the cancellation because marvel where paying you good money for your work and instead of doing what you where paid for you spend time playing with video games. In so doing, you lower the quality of the book and infuriate readers and maybe also cost more to Marvel because they had to pay someone else to do the work you where supposed to do but did not because you where too late.

And if I push even more, could I say that if many creator where doing like you, it's no wonder Marvel had a bankruptcy and in a small way you did contribute to that bankruptcy and helped lower the quality of the working conditions at Marvel and as you said yourself lower the quality of the overall industry. Do I read too much from your message or not?

If I understood what you mean, I'm impressed by your frankness and I thank you.

And If I'm wrong, do tell me what I missed.

[varo]

well thanks for typing what i was thinking.


first lobdell kills alpha with his horrible humor and then we find out that the two other people responsible for guiding our beloved series was to busy playing video games and buying whatever it is they were buying to put out a quality series. yet they had no problem cashing the royalty checks.


oh, by the way, visit my site and buy my goods.


:shock:


riiiiiiiiight.

[Carlson]

i oversimplifed, and left out loads of information in my earlier statement.

im not used to people actually listing (reading) to what im saying, so,

in my profile, click personal gallaries, and i gave a running comentary on what was going on behind the scenes, during the particular art piece creation time, just one problem with the gallary, when you view it , reverse the order of the pieces!!! or else it's all backwards

[Carlson]

when you are viewing the pics in my gallary, in 'acending ' order, the comments i wrote can be viewed by clicking the comments button

[DelBubs]

I think some of us may have pre judged Carlson, maybe his words were taken out of context? I've taken a wander through the gallery and what we have there is a a litle bit more of Alpha history. An inside look at how an issue of alpha vol 2 was put together. It makes for fascinating reading, take a time out and have a look, well worth it.

Personally I'd like to say thanks to Carlson for taking the time to write all those captions.

[Ben]

Thanks for posting this stuff Chris, I really enjoyed reading it and seeing you perspectives. Do you have any pics or YOUR version of Manbot? I'd LOVE to see 'em!

Ben

[Carlson]

i got permission to display this unused cover from the crossover issue that was handed over to a differant art team at the last minute, before the advance ordering offers went out...just look in my gallary to see it

[Ben]

i got permission to display this unused cover from the crossover issue that was handed over to a differant art team at the last minute, before the advance ordering offers went out...just look in my gallary to see it

that's a great image. I am the first to admid, I'm not a fan of Clark's art, but that cover is pretty cool none the less. The pic of Mac Jr. is good. BTW, the other new one, the on that you used to make you avatar, I always though was one of Clark's best face pannels.

Ben

[Phil]

I can't see any images at all in your gallery, for some reason... everyone else's yeah, just not yours...

[Carlson]

i 'll go through my stuff, and get some of the copies of scott clark's pencils, before i inked t hem, and make another gallary of them, maybe a before and after type galler y, when i have time though

[cmdrkoenig67]

Thank you for sharing these with us, Chris...it's really nice of you.

Dana :D

[sengsterooney]

Hiya folks (one of the rare occasions I'm dipping into this forum :-) ).

Chris - I really enjoyed your commentary and it's interesting to note that relationship that existed between a penciller and an inker. I now understand why inkers are sometimes also called 'finishers'.

I was sorry to read that you're no longer involved in the comic industry. Big loss, I think, because I thought that your inks were very slick and polished. If ever the opportunity presents itself, I hope you'll get back into it.

I too would love to have seen your version of Manbot. I've always thought that he should be more mecha-like. In fact, in the fan art gallery of this forum, someone had posted a little sketch I did of a 2nd Flight version of Manbot (from back when 2nd Flight was all the rage), but my Manbot was more like a robot with a fake human face plastered on it. :-)

[Phil]

I figured it out and found it!

[Carlson]

it's going to take some time to find the xerox copies of the pages before i inked them, and then displayed side by side. their are a lot of copies to go through, and i didn't name any of the boxes. i have put up one set of side by side comparison pages, and a nice version of manbot, their will be more when i have more time, and i'm not playing videogames.

[darc_light]

Hey, Nice to meet you! 8)

[Weapon Omega]

Hello and Welcome Chris!

It's always great to have comic pros stop by and talk to the fans, especially with a group as loyal and passionate as the posters on Alpha Waves! Your inks look great.