#DylanMeconis

[helioscopepdx]

Some of the acclaimed middle-grade & YA graphic novels by Helioscope cartoonists: Little Monarchs by Jonathan Case, Queen of the Sea by @dylanmeconis, Earth Boy by @rocket-prose and @rondanchan, The Ghoul Next Door by @cattifer & Cullen Bunn.

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The Long Con #10 by Dylan Meconis, Ben Coleman

About The Long Con #10: The Long Con-clusion! Victor and Dez finally come face to face with the nefarious Special Guest and confront him for his crimes against the Con. But when the true, breathtaking scope of his conspiracy is revealed, our heroes must call upon all their allies (and some of their more emotionally vulnerable enemies) -- to defeat the dark intelligence responsible for the apocalypse itself. Written by: Dylan Meconis, Ben Coleman Illustrated by: E.A. Denich, Fred C. Stresing Targeted Age Group: Young Adult Buy the ebook Buy the Series Read the full article

[fyeahanneboleyn]

Some delightful Tudor tidbits from the YA graphic novel Queen of the Sea by @dylanmeconis! It’s alternate historical fiction “inspired by the early years of Queen Elizabeth the First” and I really enjoyed it. The art was great, the characters were great, the story was interesting and I loved learning about convent living during this period!

And yes, I initially picked up this 300-page book because of one (1) panel of not-Anne Boleyn. Is anyone surprised?

[pallasperilous]

Hello, Dean

Hello good nerds –– you may know me elsewise on Tumblr as @dylanmeconis. I’ve set up shop here, so I don’t confuse my darling webcomic readers and break fandom conventions by wandering into your replies with my Real Actual Legal Name (love it though I do, it also often gives new people the impression that I’m a dude, which: I am Not). I’m on AO3 as PallasPerilous; Discord as well. On Twitter I’m PallasPerilous, though 99.9% of my activity there is on my main account as @dmeconis. Feel free to ping me at either.

It’s been...15+ years since I last wrote fic and participated in the social aspects of a fandom, so my joints are a little creaky. But I’m having fun, and you’re all very kind.

[danschkade]

LAVENDER JACK - Episode 4

Lavender Jack Episode 4 is up for free on @linewebtoon​! Check it out at this link here. 

Long time solid dude @dirtyriver suggested that I include these updates with some BTS material, which I thought was a capital idea. I’ll be playing around with the format of these posts a little, so feel free to shoot me some feedback as I go.

Let’s start it off with a look at some process, from script to finish. For this, we’ll be examining the 15th panel of Episode 4.

SCRIPT: 

I write out full scripts for Lavender Jack. I know some writer+artists prefer to keep it loose and figure out the story at the thumbnail stage, but I find it helpful to think in words first -- being able to describe a visual story using only written language lets me know that I actually understand it, or sometimes even lets me know whether or not it makes sense at all. These scripts are then reviewed by my editor, Bekah Caden, who makes them clearer, better tasting, and more filling.

THUMBNAILS:  

Normally an artist will do loose thumbnails to get the visual beats of the story down and then transfer over to tight pencils. Due to time constraints, I cheat this a little with a tight thumbnail/loose pencil approach that I ink directly on top of.

I drew the Lord Mayor and Inspector Crabb into this panel, even though they weren’t present in the panel description in the script. This sort of thing happens a lot -- little issues you wouldn’t think of until you see them on the page. In this case, I realized that since the Lord Mayor was going to leave the scene in the next panel, we needed to see the group together in this panel, in order for the reader to have a clear sense of the geography of the scene. 

INKS:

Here, ideally, is where everything sharpens and crystalizes. Lavender Jack is drawn entirely digitally, so I do a lot of tweaking of the ink lines to make sure all the characters are on-model and emoting properly. Even a dozen or so episodes into production, I’m still getting a feel for what makes these characters actually feel like these characters. 

Apropos of nothing, Inspector Crabb is my favorite character to draw, followed shortly by Ferrier and Sir Mimley.

COLORS AND LETTERING: 

Jenn Manley Lee is a phenomenal artist and colorist who makes this comic feel real to me. Whenever I get colors back from her, I drop whatever I’m doing to check them out. I’ve dipped out of parties, conversations, even dates to see her latest work on Lavender Jack. The lettering is my doing; this the first comic I’ve really lettered, at least since I started working in comics professionally, and I’m learning more about it all the time. Big ups to @dylanmeconis​ for teaching me how to letter in Clip Studio -- and how to draw a French Bulldog. 

Bekah then looks over everything, we do final tweaks, and it posts on Webtoon, as you can see here!

Thanks for checking out the comic! If you haven’t, get into it, it’s a good time. You can hop right into the first episode here.

See you next week!

[postcardsfromspace]

I was lucky enough to collaborate with the wonderful @dylanmeconis on a short comic about struggling to navigate #MeToo as a trans man.

Click through for ours and four more.

(CW: pretty much what you’d expect, given the hashtag.)

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In which special guest @dylanmeconis steps in to yap with me about Disney’s Hercules: http://tardypodcast.com/2018/01/03/tardy-to-the-party-episode-125-disneys-hercules/

[badlands75]

Tardy to the Party episode 125: Disney’s Hercules This week Daniel is out on new Dad duty, so filling in for him is Dylan Meconis of dylanmeconis. from Pocket via IFTTT

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Writer & artist @dmeconis is the author of Queen of the Sea, a graphic novel coming this year from @candlewickpress. The book is already gathering significant acclaim, as is this video of her hair. . . . #graphicnovel #middlegrade #middlegradebooks #candlewick #candlewickpress #portlandillustrators #cartoonist #artist #badhairday #sproing #queenofthesea #dylanmeconis #walkerbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw8ale4hL4b/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=10xvsir14jhzj

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The Long Con #7 by Dylan Meconis, Ben Coleman

About The Long Con #7: BATTLEFOXES, HO! It's axes versus blasters when Victor and Dez's sci-fi captors run afoul of an ambush set by a deadly squad of high-fantasy warrior women. Who are these mysterious figures in (surprisingly supportive) chainmail bikinis? Does their fledgling resistance movement stand a chance against the might of the Skylarks? And will Victor and Dez survive to tell the tale? Written by: Dylan Meconis, Ben Coleman Illustrated by: E.A. Denich, Fred C. Stresing Targeted Age Group: Young Adult Buy the ebook Buy the Series Read the full article

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diinvictus: Diantha is a total sweetheart. She doesn’t update often, but I really enjoy what she posts, plus she is one of the friendliest people I have ever met.

dictionaryofobscuresorrows: I think maybe I miss quite a few of these updates, but I adore how evocative both the words and the definitions for them are. It’s incredibly skilful.

diogenesthesassmaster: Dane’s Classics blog. Dane was, I think, one of my first friends on Tumblr – certainly one of the first I met online – and one of the best. Diogenes is filled with information about Ancient Rome, Greece, Egypt etc., as well as some utterly terrible jokes (soz 💜).

dicaeopolis: Becky has a weird thing for Waluigi, but honestly that only makes me like her more. Classics, shitposting and the odd really thoughtful post makes her presence a delight to have on my dash.

dylanmeconis: is the writer / artist of one of my favourite webcomics, Family Man (link pending). I adore her art and her ideas, and I haven’t ever spoken to her but my goodness she is great.

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.@dmeconis says "Whistle while you work" #dylanmeconis #historicalcostume #comics #webcomics #familyman