Chat with Monica Marier of Tangent Artists
June 2, 2010
Transcripts of the chat with Monica Marier {aka @lil_monmon} of Tangent Artists, held on Tuesday, June 1st 2010
| TPDonline | : | Hi everyone! Let’s get the party started – take a minute to introduce yourselves  |
| lil_monmon | : | Hello all. Kids are napping. Got a fresh pot of coffee on and all is right w. the world. |
| TPDonline | : | @techtigger here running the @tpdonline account today-giving my wonderfully evil co-moderator @cafenirvana a break |
| gracecrone | : | Had to stop by because I’m curious. Hello all. |
| TonyNoland | : | Howdy. A cup of coffee sounds pretty good actually. |
| AnneTylerLord | : | I’m here until I have to pick up the kids from school – yay! last week of school so I can be around for the afternoon chats |
| Doublelattemama | : | good afternoon – stopping in and doing some paperwork at the same time |
| mariblaser | : | Hello! I’m here I made it!  |
| CafeNirvana | : | Nishi here, evil co-mod of TPD, happy to hand over the reins today to @techtigger so I can hang up the cape and lurk! |
| LexxClarke | : | Evening all  ) |
| shadowsinstone | : | Afternoon all. |
| TPDonline | : | Hello everyone and welcome! We are excited to announce a very cool addition to TPDonline! *drumroll* |
| LexxClarke | : | *bites nails* @TPDonline |
| CafeNirvana | : | Dun dun dunnnn!!! |
| TPDonline | : | We are excited to announce that we are partnering w/the awesome folks at Tangent Artists to bring you weekly webcomics! |
| LexxClarke | : | ooooh weekly webcomics! |
| AnneTylerLord | : | RT @TPDonline: We are excited to announce we are partnering w/the folks at Tangent Artists to bring you weekly webcomics! |
| lil_monmon | : | *LOL* I think you were enjoying that a little too much! |
| TPDonline | : | We will be featuring Skeleton Crew by the talented @lil_monmon |
| mariblaser | : | Whee! RT @TPDonline: announce that we are partnering w/the awesome folks at Tangent Artists to bring you weekly webcomics! |
| TPDonline | : | and CRIT by the Tangent Artists team! You can find their site here: http://www.tangentartists.com/ |
| AnneTylerLord | : | Great!! What does that mean for #ThePennyDreadful ? |
| TonyNoland | : | Bravo! |
| gracecrone | : | Cool! RT @TPDonline We r excited 2 announce we r partnering w/awesome folks @ Tangent Artists 2 bring u weekly webcomics! |
| TPDonline | : | @lil_monmon @cafenirvana keeps stealing the TPDonline mic *lol* |
| Doublelattemama | : | cool! RT @TPDonline: We are excited to announce that we are partnering w/ Tangent Artists to bring you weekly webcomics! |
| CafeNirvana | : | RT @TPDonline: We will be featuring Skeleton Crew by the talented @lil_monmon |
| lil_monmon | : | RT @TPDonline: We are excited to announce that we are partnering w/the awesome folks at Tangent Artists to bring you weekly webcomics! |
| cafenirvana | : | RT @TPDonline: and CRIT by the Tangent Artists team! You can find their site here: http://www.tangentartists.com/ |
| AnneTylerLord | : | I’ve got the site up and the graphics look great – will their artists be publishing comics thru |
| lil_monmon | : | Thanks for believing in me/us. |
| TPDonline | : | @AnneTylerLord still working out the details but we are looking to have listings w/preview images w/links to their site |
| AnneTylerLord | : | WooHoo! RT @cafenirvana: RT @TPDonline: We will be featuring Skeleton Crew by the talented @lil_monmon |
| CafeNirvana | : | I blame the mouse. I had nothin to do with it.  @tpdonline @lil_monmon @cafenirvana keeps stealing the TPDonline mic *lol* |
| lil_monmon | : | RT @TPDonline: and CRIT by the Tangent Artists team! You can find their site here: http://www.tangentartists.com/ |
| gracecrone | : | Great! Can’t wait to see it. RT @TPDonline: We will be featuring Skeleton Crew by the talented @lil_monmon |
| AnneTylerLord | : | @TPDonline Wow! Very cool! Any chance those talented folks will ever be interested in drawing for some of us? |
| TPDonline | : | @lil_monmon we’re thrilled to have you guys – i know I’m a huge fan of webcomics |
| cafenirvana | : | @AnneTylerLord Just means we’re finally moving on to everything we wanted to do one step at a time! |
| AnneTylerLord | : | So excited to see your work! Can’t wait – haven’t seen it yet! RT @lil_monmon: Thanks for believing in me/us. |
| TPDonline | : | ooh shameless plug time – @lil_monmon also has a book coming out based on CRIT! Feel free to tell us more! |
| AnneTylerLord | : | @lil_monmon Okay I just saw some of your work over on Tangent Artists – Amazing! I am in awe of your drawing ability! |
| lil_monmon | : | wow everything’s going so fast.I can’t type to keep up. |
| AnneTylerLord | : | @cafenirvana that is so great – I love this – and hope we can all do more into the multimedia route |
| TPDonline | : | yep we’ve always planned to branch out beyond flashfic to other media (tho that is still our core |
| gracecrone | : | Truly awesome. Congrats you deserve it. RT @lil_monmon: Thanks for believing in me/us. |
| cafenirvana | : | @lil_monmon yea we love comics and on the web is even more fun! I am impressed by your work! |
| mariblaser | : | RT @TPDonline: and CRIT by the Tangent Artists team! You can find their site here: http://www.tangentartists.com/ |
| lil_monmon | : | @TPDonline Based on CRIT! “Must Love Dragons” is coming out this sept. through @huntpress |
| TPDonline | : | @lil_monmon yeah these chats tend to be a whirlwind Hang on dorothy! *lol* |
| LexxClarke | : | @TPDonline comics are another traditional penny dreadful type serial though I’m thinking of Peanuts and the like |
| cafenirvana | : | it’s alright take your own time RT @lil_monmon wow everything’s going so fast. I can’t type to keep up. |
| lil_monmon | : | @LexxClarke We update every week and each comic has an overall story lasting 20-24 pages. |
| CafeNirvana | : | ‘Cos Kansas is going bye bye!! (always wanted to say that!) RT @lil_monmon ~ chats are a whirlwind. Hang on dorothy! *lol* |
| mariblaser | : | Wow congrats guys. This is an awesome partnership and comics (on line or not) rock! @TPDonline @cafenirvana @lil_monmon |
| LexxClarke | : | @lil_monmon fantastic I very much look forward to it ) |
| lil_monmon | : | CRIT oddly enough started out as me "taking the minutes" of our D&D games. If something funny happened I drew a comic. |
| LexxClarke | : | @cafenirvana how very ‘Matrix’ of you! |
| lil_monmon | : | Thanks all for your enthusiasm. Myself and the rest of TA are really excited about this. |
| TPDonline | : | @LexxClarke absolutely webcomics are a perfect example of serials both on and off the web |
| lil_monmon | : | @cafenirvana yeah that was so “Morpheus” |
| cafenirvana | : | lolol #geekunite RT @LexxClarke @cafenirvana how very ‘Matrix’ of you! |
| TPDonline | : | @lil_monmon everyone here knows about TPD by now – can you tell us a bit more about Tangent Artists? |
| lil_monmon | : | @LexxClarke Yeah I’ve been a fan of the Sundays but also of Prince Valiant and serial comics like that. |
| CafeNirvana | : | RT @TPDonline: @lil_monmon everyone here knows about TPD by now – can you tell us a bit more about Tangent Artists? |
| LexxClarke | : | @lil_monmon @cafenirvana Uh actually it was Cipher who said that line #geekunite |
| lil_monmon | : | @TPDonline Tangent Artists started out as an animation company with too little staff and too many ideas in 2005… |
| AnneTylerLord | : | @lil_monmon Oh we discovered Prince Valiant – my kids love that I also love anything serial even soaps |
| lil_monmon | : | …we decided to turn our scripts/storyboards into weekly comics instead. |
| CafeNirvana | : | Was just typing that out! RT @LexxClarke: @lil_monmon @cafenirvana Uh actually it was Cipher who said that line |
| cafenirvana | : | @lil_monmon @AnneTylerLord I love prince valiant too |
| lil_monmon | : | @LexxClarke Forgot it was an actual quote. I can’t abide that movie w.out the rifftrax. *LOL* |
| LexxClarke | : | @cafenirvana psych! lol |
| TPDonline | : | @lil_monmon having tried animation I can certainly understand the move to static images |
| lil_monmon | : | @TPDonline Skeleton Crew is a project my brother and I started (he co-writes w. me btw) about undead heroes. |
| cafenirvana | : | @LexxClarke It’s the twitter collective consciousness at work. Usually I “psych” with @techtigger. |
| TPDonline | : | @lil_monmon I love the characters in that one – they remind me of an undead xmen back when they were still teens |
| LexxClarke | : | @lil_monmon do you both write and creates the images or does one of you take the lead on each? |
| lil_monmon | : | We wanted to take the Universal Movie monsters and make them cuddly good guys. |
| cafenirvana | : | @lil_monmon Tell us more about the undead heroes. Where did you get the idea & inspiration for them? they’re so cool! |
| mariblaser | : | RT @TPDonline: ooh shameless plug time – @lil_monmon also has a book coming out based on CRIT! |
| lil_monmon | : | @LexxClarke I do the artwork. The script depends: sometimes it’s one or the other of us. Sometimes were a team. |
| AnneTylerLord | : | I gotta bow out for awhile to get the kids – will be back in 15 min. if you all are still here-congrats on announcements |
| cafenirvana | : | That is brilliant! Hats off! RT @lil_monmon @LexxClarke I do the artwork….. |
| LexxClarke | : | @lil_monmon sounds like a great partnership ) |
| cafenirvana | : | @AnneTylerLord see you later anne! thanks for coming even if for a little while! come back soon! |
| LexxClarke | : | @AnneTylerLord oh we’ll be here I imagine lol |
| lil_monmon | : | @cafenirvana My brother was listening to Juicebox Rox which is a mashup of the theme to the Munsters… |
| CafeNirvana | : | @lil_monmon tell us a bit about the comic writing/drawing/creation process. How do you go about it? |
| lil_monmon | : | @AnneTylerLord Seeya real soon! |
| lil_monmon | : | @cafenirvana and he envisioned a munsters-like team of superheros which we both fleshed out in half an hour. |
| TPDonline | : | @lil_monmon just caught your post about CRIT! coming out of your D&D games – TPD really is becoming RPG central! *grinz* |
| lil_monmon | : | @cafenirvana Process: Me Bro comes to my house. We drink LOTS of caffeine and write a script… |
| lil_monmon | : | @cafenirvana I then do pencil thumbnails and trim the script. Then I CG the pages one week at a time and post them. |
| oodja | : | RT @TPDonline: We r excited 2 announce wer partnering w/the awesome folks at Tangent Artists 2 bring you weekly webcomics! |
| cafenirvana | : | I like you & your bro my kinda peeps Is he on twitter btw? @lil_monmon Process: Bro comes home. We drink LOTS of caffeine |
| lil_monmon | : | @cafenirvana CRIT! is less fluid. We had 2 notebooks full of jokes and sketches but no plot… |
| CafeNirvana | : | @lil_monmon I know this is very technical but what do you use to draw your comics? Any particular software recs? |
| CafeNirvana | : | #GEEKSUNITE !!! lolol ! RT @TPDonline: @lil_monmon TPD really is becoming RPG central! *grinz* |
| lil_monmon | : | @cafenirvana Maybe after today I can convince him to get an account. |
| lil_monmon | : | @cafenirvana I do the pencils by hand then I ink and finalize using an ancient Photoshop programme. |
| CafeNirvana | : | @lil_monmon ah pity if he had one he could join in the chat today.would be cool to have the masterminds together. |
| lil_monmon | : | @cafenirvana but we’d never let anyone get a word in edgewise. muahahahah |
| mariblaser | : | Yeah! RT @gracecrone: Truly awesome. Congrats you deserve it. RT @lil_monmon: Thanks for believing in me/us. |
| LexxClarke | : | @lil_monmon do you scan your pencil images into the computer before inking? |
| TPDonline | : | @lil_monmon if any of the TA group get on twitter they’ll have a built-in pile of followers! |
| lil_monmon | : | When the 2 of us are together we tend to speak in siblingese |
| lil_monmon | : | @LexxClarke yes. I just got a new (refurbished) tablet that I use to ink. If I do a lot of detail I prefer “analogue” pen |
| lil_monmon | : | @LexxClarke The bottom panel here is by hand. http://www.tangentartists.com/skeletoncrew/skeletoncrew_106.html |
| gracecrone | : | @lil_monmon Just looking over your TA site. You guys are completely talented. Great stuff! |
| LexxClarke | : | @lil_monmon ah ok cool love the extra detail ) |
| TPDonline | : | @lil_monmon did you have any training in art or are you self-taught? |
| lil_monmon | : | @gracecrone Thanks! : 3 We’ve been working hard to provide quality stories for over 4 years! |
| lil_monmon | : | @TPDonline I have a BA in Digital Arts and Animation but writing I’m self-taught |
| mariblaser | : | Love it! RT @lil_monmon: The bottom panel here is by hand http://bit.ly/a9AylH |
| lil_monmon | : | @LexxClarke I like Harvey. XD |
| mariblaser | : | @lil_monmon Are you influenced by manga? The link you sent made me believe so. |
| lil_monmon | : | @TPDonline It’s funny that I never thought of myself as a writer despite the fact that I wrote for my comics since 2000. |
| lil_monmon | : | @mariblaser My art is a big mish-mash of everything I’ve read and liked. I like Rumiko Takahashi a lot. |
| cafenirvana | : | Sorry just got stuck on the TA site. must-resist-until-chat-is-over!! |
| lil_monmon | : | @mariblaser …but I also like The Simpsons Batman Garfield and Sluggy Freelance. |
| lil_monmon | : | @cafenirvana *LOL* |
| LexxClarke | : | @lil_monmon Ahh Garfield a philosopher for our age ) |
| marirandomities | : | And Calvin! RT @LexxClarke: @lil_monmon Ahh Garfield a philosopher for our age ) |
| lil_monmon | : | @mariblaser Every time I see something I love it affects my art so it really is a fusion of all art styles. |
| marirandomities | : | Best creativity comes from a wide variety of influences yes?. RT @lil_monmon: fusion of all art styles. |
| TPDonline | : | @lil_monmon I think a lot of us didn’t think of ourselves as writers/authors at first since our work was online |
| marirandomities | : | Err if you noticed my twitter name changed but it’s me Mari-girl here. #JustSayin |
| CafeNirvana | : | Well said! RT @lil_monmon Every time I see something I love it affects my art so it really is a fusion of all art styles. |
| lil_monmon | : | @marirandomities I’ve been criticized for not being a true manga artist or a true comic artist but I yam what I yam. |
| AnneTylerLord | : | I’m back I see we are on to Garfield – love him! |
| TPDonline | : | @lil_monmon but you most certainly are one! |
| marirandomities | : | @lil_monmon This kind of critic is stupid. What matter is that your art is awesome and we’re dying to see more! |
| lil_monmon | : | @TPDonline I just keep at it and every year I do this I get better! |
| cafenirvana | : | hear hear! yams of the world unite! RT @lil_monmon: @marirandomities Ive been criticized… but I yam what I yam. |
| TPDonline | : | @lil_monmon call it a manga-comic fusion let the critics chew on that for a while *grinz* |
| TPDonline | : | Wow look at the time! The official chat will be ending in a few minutes but feel free as always to hang out and gab! |
| AnneTylerLord | : | @lil_monmon I think it’s great U go where you are drawn (no pun intended well maybe) just like us who don’t write1 genre |
| lil_monmon | : | @TPDonline Yeah I call it “fusion” at the conventions. (very few conventions this year sadly-long story) |
| marirandomities | : | Yeah! RT @TPDonline: @lil_monmon call it a manga-comic fusion let the critics chew on that for a while *grinz* |
| gracecrone | : | True but we really r. RT @TPDonline I think a lot of us didn’t think of selves as authors at first since work was online |
| TPDonline | : | @lil_monmon thanks so much for letting us put you on the spot to talk today and on short notice! Really appreciate it! |
| marirandomities | : | *prosecco bottle ready to pour* *grinz* RT @TPDonline: as long as you bring the wine you can use any nametag you like |
| AnneTylerLord | : | YAY! RT @cafenirvana: hear hear! yams of the world unite! @lil_monmon: @marirandomities but I yam what I yam. |
| lil_monmon | : | @TPDonline Thanks! I had a blast! I’m looking so forward to being part of the TPDO family. |
| AnneTylerLord | : | Oh Yeah! RT @marirandomities: *prosecco bottle ready to pour* @TPDonline: as long as U bring the wine Ucan use any name |
| LexxClarke | : | @lil_monmon it’s been very informative ) |
| lil_monmon | : | @AnneTylerLord I got to do it. Even if nobody read it I just have to write/draw. It’s part of who I am. |
| AnneTylerLord | : | @lil_monmon thanks joining us – we hope you will have a great time and we are glad you are here |
| marirandomities | : | Us writers heh. RT @lil_monmon: Even if nobody read it I just have to write/draw. Its part of who I am. |
| TPDonline | : | Watch in the coming weeks for the webcomics by @lil_monmon & the Tangent Artists crew on #thepennydreadful ! |
| marirandomities | : | RT @TPDonline: Watch in the coming weeks for the webcomics by @lil_monmon & the Tangent Artists crew on #thepennydreadful |
| gracecrone | : | @TPDonline @lil_monmon It’s been great fun. Congrats again. Great news! (forgot hashtag) |
| lil_monmon | : | Argh. Time to make linky buttons. X/ |
| TPDonline | : | and thanks everyone for stopping by always fun to chat with you all! |
| cafenirvana | : | @lil_monmon Thanks so much for joining us here & on TPDOnline.we’re chuffed, tickled & honoured to have your team on board |
| cafenirvana | : | RT @TPDonline: Watch in the coming weeks for the webcomics by @lil_monmon & the Tangent Artists crew on #ThePennyDreadful! |
| marirandomities | : | Thanks everyone for the great chat!!! |
| AnneTylerLord | : | RT @TPDonline: Watch in the coming weeks for the webcomics by @lil_monmon & the Tangent Artists crew on #ThePennyDreadful! |
| lil_monmon | : | Last thing you can pre-order my book “Must Love Dragons” at http://www.huntpress.com/Home_Page.html |
| TPDonline | : | RT @lil_monmon: Last thing you can pre-order my book “Must Love Dragons” at http://www.huntpress.com/Home_Page.html |
| marirandomities | : | RT @lil_monmon: you can pre-order my book “Must Love Dragons” at http://www.huntpress.com/Home_Page.html |
| lil_monmon | : | @cafenirvana Glad to be part of it. We all are. |
| TPDonline | : | Okay I must run – Thanks again and we’ll see you all next week |
| marirandomities | : | Cheers to that! RT @TPDonline: Okay I must run – Thanks again and we’ll see you all next week |
| lil_monmon | : | Bye everyone! See you all next week! |
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