Anatomy of a Hellboy Short Comic

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If you want to make short comics, you need to read and study short comics. Here is how to write your short comic based on everything I've learned from Mike Mignola's short comic "Dr Carp's Experiment.
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[@jakeparker44]

If you want to make short comics, you need to read and study short comics. Here is how to write your short comic based on everything I've learned from Mike Mignola's short comic "Dr Carp's Experiment." Enjoy it, and hopefully you have some more time now to work on your comics!

[@aadiths4492]

Which sketch book is that jake....??

[@hanh7395]

Hey! Any suggestions on short comics to read?

[@даняпанченко-ь2ю]

thanks jake. what you do is very cool . jake I just finished plot writing. then I proceed to the storyboard, and then to drawing. then scanning, then drawing in clip studio. this is my method. advise something))

[@даняпанченко-ь2ю]

my english shit but hopefully understand

[@rinkoos1315]

This must be really annoying but I really wanted to ask what ink do you use to refill your brush pens

[@StudioHannah]

Jake, how do you always know the perfect topics to make a video for? Seriously, this is the third time in a row you’ve posted a video covering PRECISELY something I’ve been looking into and starting to study.

[@s0ne01]

EXACTLY MANS LOWKEY A GENIUS

[@thatoneidiotnamedme6990]

Exactly! 😅😃

[@Indian_awa]

Hey man nothing go to ur story and say to your friend or any member U will get the result

[@punkeasy]

"Jake, how do you always know the perfect topics" By stealing other people's content I would think. What a sham of a barren talentless back you are sir!

[@ottebya]

I have NEVER seen someone breakdown a story/comic/sequential art this way, especially that its Mignola, JUST WOW, this is SO cool, please do more of these!!! 🙏 🙏

[@TrentKaniuga]

This made me want to draw another comic again. Thanks for sharing your passion for Hellboy Jake!

[@oscarchavezart]

🤩Never thought I would find a comment from the Twilight Monk creator himself here, this is so cool.

[@eboi5575]

Thank you so much for speak about color for situations

[@dustinperez545]

Vids like this, Artist like Jake just makes me fall in love with art even more 😊

[@stevenbrown1225]

I love " The Ghoul". Incorporating the classic poetry of Shakespear and others into a story of a monster who eats the flesh of the dead was Gaiman levels of brilliance!

[@Mauritanya]

Fun Fact: I'm in the first semester of art college in my hometown in southwest Brazil, and this quarentine hit us in the 3rd week of the class and we are devasted because we are super excited for it, and inspired by Inktober we created a list of themes for drawing during this enclosure weeks. The themes are: -Mitology(tales, creatures, gods, etc) -Studio Ghibli -Cyber/Steam punk -Literature -Arquitecture's from the past -Fantasy i don't know if everyone is excited as i am but i'm diving into it LoL ... Anyway, thanks for the inspiration!

[@GarrettRomain]

Keep on drawing and have fun!

[@314-j9j]

Hello, how did your semester go?

[@anythinginvolvingsharks]

i can't get over how good "Darkness Calls" is.

[@stilljay7757]

Hey your channel is amazing! I’ve been trying to write comics for about a year and a half now and have a hard time getting ideas onto the paper. You lay things out in a very comprehensive and informative way that not only makes me a better writer and author, but gives me a new appreciation for my favorite comics! Keep on making amazing videos, Hope life is treating you well. Thanks!

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

Thesis: All For One Antithesis: One For All Synthesis: All For One and One For All.

[@george-qz9un]

Hey Jake! Your short comic videos have helped me so much and I keep coming back to review it again. I hope you’ll be posting more videos again, and maybe a video for creating a longer, serialized, maybe webcomic length comic? Thank you so much, I hope you are well during these times.

[@darneldegand]

Excellent breakdown, thanks

[@thecrazyandthewild]

This was fantastic, Jake! I love Hellboy and never saw the comics in this light. Thank you!!!!!

[@alotofbeeandmo8965]

Man, I can't emphasize how much I needed this insight and how much it has helped my process. Thanks Mr. Parker.

[@Anthonyvideospersonal]

really great video Jake. Thank you! Honestly wasn't too sold on the idea of breaking my story idea into short stories but this helped me better understand what you meant. Now I'm really excited to push out some short stories! Thank you!

[@jasonbrazier2864]

Dave Stewart is a master colorist. Great video, Thanks!

[@engineeringart95]

Thank you for this! Surprisingly not many people share the same amount of fascination for the folklore-inspired short stories (side quests) than the main plot. For me some are hauntingly profound and others are witty and eerie. You chose the best story to communicate the mastery behind them, hell of a job! ;)

[@ThompsonBrosStudios]

Love Hellboy, and your work as well. You always have great insights in your videos.

[@programmerart5447]

This was an incredibly helpful and informative video. What a great way to break down the material.

[@ozero_animation]

I just read the Dr.Carps Experiment and your video came out. Unbelievable!

[@basilebuisson]

Really love your analysis, I love mignola's work, you sould make more hellboy videos!!

[@ashputtel]

2 page comics are hard to do! My favorite Hellboy short story is the one where he tries pancakes .. It's adorable!

[@samcallanan3633]

He'll never come back to hell he just had pancakes

[@RoofRailways101train]

My dude, I’ve followed your art on pinterest and now I know you have a KZbin im watching it all the time

[@theamazingartist4324]

Can you make a video of you explaining how you make your skeleton for your characters and how you think of what they should look like

[@nightyonetwothree]

you had such a nice pencil scetch, being able to make Mignola-styled illustration, but going for such a casual way :(

[@hughdidit]

Excellent breakdown of the story structure!

[@darioscomicschool1111]

Gonna check this out Tomorrow! Thank you so much for this one!

[@Hum0ng0us]

Holy shit this was made easy to understand!! Thank you so much!!

[@RisteSekuloski]

Excellent analysis! It sheds a new light to this story! Thanks!

[@BenMellingerArt]

just what I needed when I needed it! gotta love Mike Mignola :D

[@grahamwelch5011]

I know this episode was about comics and of that sort.... but.. I really want to see you do more straight up drawing, just getting out a piece of paper, sketch and ink. I know it probably isn't alway practical, but that's what drew me to your channel and art in the first place. Just watching you create as you explained and gave some great advice. Right now I'm just happy you're making videos again, but I'm dying to see your creative process more often.

[@jakeparker44]

cool. Yeah, I'm about due for some back to basics drawing videos.

[@jononaidoo2893]

This was so cool jake, thanks for sharing this with us. Ive always wanted to do a short comic, but I didn't know where to start.

[@karlytopzz2631]

*casually drawing masterpiece*

[@caroodraws]

I GOTTA read Hellboy now you've convinced me

[@JTR_3]

Shmaro-caro also check out BPRD from the same Hellboy universe. It’s like the best tv series never made.

[@alejandromolina7270]

You also got to read Lord Baltimore. It's a separate series, but it's so good.

[@Corvit_Arts]

perfectly explained. Thanks a lot mr. J!

[@s0ne01]

LOVING THE VIDEOS LATELY, ITS SOME GREAT CONTENT

[@A8M8R8A]

Fantastic video, just awesome. I am woring in a personal comic book and I feel all that struggling, I highly recomend to read "the anatomy of a story" of Jhon Truby to follow more in detail what has been explained here.

[@tieranholtet1501]

love the new intro

[@spoonerismstuff]

Tieran Holtet it looks flames

[@Blairaptor]

Thanks so much for this video and your others like it! I keep getting ahead of myself and designing big story projects (probably because I mostly consume longform stories) and I want to learn how to make things smaller so I don't overwhelm myself. Plus I just love talking about what makes good stories work!

[@ericarmstrong7906]

really nice critique just the view of color and word balloons are very insightful. Those are things that people would have noticed subconsciously as they were intended, but there is no way most people would see that subtlety. Thank you very much for your insight.

[@h2relic721]

Gotta love Hellboy

[@addieanddaddy7562]

This video definitely reinvigorated my desire to tell stories through comics/GNs! Time to get to work!

[@ARTCHILD]

This was great thanks so much!

[@даняпанченко-ь2ю]

thenks master jake parker

[@ernestonavarro7242]

this was so awesome thank you so much Jake I wish you had a class like this with feedback on our own stories

[@thatoneidiotnamedme6990]

Awesome! I love hellboy

[@ChaosOrZen]

I know I now have a better understanding of mixed metaphors lol... peeling back they layers of a pyramid

[@yungethix8765]

dude you are really underrated

[@artbyshea7585]

Thanks Jake😁👍

[@salmondjoy]

Loved it! Thank you Jake!

[@MrDeathKatana]

Great stuff. thanks man

[@nigromant9469]

this is just great, love it

[@Amelia_PC]

Hmm, dunno. I think it depends on the type of release the author is doing. Usually, publishers and editors aren't interested in one-shots for an IP debut. But if you're an author with an established IP and big audience, one-shots are great. My editor advised me to keep a self-contained story/ story arc (graphic novel) between 80 to 100 pages. Great video, Jake! :)

[@jakeparker44]

I agree in regards to traditional publishing. But if you’re just starting out and are self publishing you can learn a lot and gain confidence in your craft by doing short stories first.

[@Amelia_PC]

@@jakeparker44 True!

[@tai-porto]

I love this new series about comic making! I bought the "Drawing Comics" series on SVS years ago, but I feel this is a great addition to it, build on top of it!

[@popcultureandcomicbookstuf6455]

Awesome video, thank you. Great intro music

[@alexaviercomics4241]

Is it me or he finally smiled in his intro

[@tangledminds]

Hey Jake. I hope you are doing well. If you can ever make a video, can you please make a video on how to decide or come up with a style for a book - graphic novel or a picture book project? Thank you soo much. All the love to you!

[@mesolithicman164]

I'd make a couple of very simple foundational points. Don't go with your first idea, however good it seems. Use it as a starting point to make something better. Your story idea must excite _you_ in some way. Don't assume that it will grip others, but you're not that into it. ie its not perfect but 'it will do'. You'll do a better job on all the hard work if you feel it's an exciting idea. And finally. Surprise the reader. If the story lulls, make something happen. We all want to be thrilled, not to have to wade through a story. I have a low boredom threshold, if I wanted a 300 page novel where a Russian man comes to term with his mortality and buys a coat, I'd read Dostoyevsky. We read comics for excitement. Excite me.

[@gyebisarpong5904]

Can make a video talking about using marker

[@kisadamgabor6662]

Hello Jake! That video was very interesting! Good luck! - a fan from Hungary.

[@spoquerusse1]

Excellent video thank you!!

[@DanielaAlarconilustracion]

thank you so much for this. elementary school teachers please take not and cut the crap with the "beginning - middle and end" bs

[@KeithHarper]

good stuff. nice breakdown.

[@sadianuri5158]

Amazing

[@samankucher5117]

Awesome

[@LorisCrochetCorner]

Great video Jake!!! Tyfs. Stay safe hun Much love to you 💞💞

[@Swampthing86]

My favorite comic book characters The Teen Titans Nightwing The Punisher The Doom Patrol John Constantine Spider-Man Venom Suicide Squad Hellboy B. P. R. D. Swamp Thing Wonder Woman Captain America Blade Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Flash Spawn Wolverine X-Men Aquaman

[@MrDylanButton]

Hey Jake! I just had a thought, how about you do a whole series like this, for instance you could analyse a studio Ghibli film or another comic, maybe even an animation like the apex legends animated shorts. I would love to see this a series. Thanks for reading :) have a nice day

[@sithlordkrylar8526]

@desperado just shut up

[@zionleach3001]

I want to know how in the many years he wrote hellboy comics, like many long franchines from getting boring?

[@rickharold7884]

Cool. Great breakdown. Thx

[@irvingramirez2335]

Can you do invincible?

[@orkunsanal]

Love this! Thank you master!

[@melanmalvindicta]

Who's here 2021??

[@aRBy125]

Hey Jake, I don't know if you take suggestions from the comments section here, but since it ties into this miniseries you've been posting lately; what about for those situations where, you have your characters set up, but you need a setting for them to shine in? While it kinda ties into worldbuilding, it's less about overbuilding, and more about giving them an appropriate playground.

[@AndrewMaksym]

Love Hellboy!

[@munchstudiokl7933]

cool

[@harithanatarajan4341]

Can you make a short video about how to design a robot.that will be a great one.pls reply

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

"He's just a regular guy, but he's anything but regular..." Oh, him too?

[@mledra1]

Thanks Jake for all that you do for the community. Does this apply to things like a children's book as well? I am trying to get a start on my own children's book and I don't know where to start. Thanks!

[@jakeparker44]

It does apply to children's books. Though some story books are more of an extended joke with a punch line. There are some that do follow these beats. I would take some time and study a few of your favorite children's books and see what makes them work.

[@mledra1]

@@jakeparker44 Thanks for the advice and the breakdown in your video. Maybe it's what I needed to start putting pencil to paper.

[@tylerh3378]

How about a series where you break down all the short stories? :)))))))

[@shivadevps1490]

hey can u put a vedio that how to draw robot. pls pls pls pls pls pls pls pls big fan brooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@somethingventured3]

What reader/app/service do you use for indie books?

[@RenePfitzner]

This is brilliant as always, thanks Jake! I love the analysis you brought to this comic. If you want more of this, sign up to Jake's Patreon or take his classes on SVSLearn.com, he has a bunch more lessons on the craft of comic storytelling. One small quibble: The demon they summoned was Hellboy himself, not the monkey, they used HB's blood to demonify the monkey. Potentially to make an army of demon monkeys without the hassle of the summoning ritual? Thanks again, Jake!

[@jakeparker44]

I like that explanation a lot!

[@herobot1]

Awesome video Jake. Really cool analysis. Quick question, and I'm sorry if you get that often but what is the pen you use to ink your Hellboy sketch? Keep up the great work!

[@jakeparker44]

That's a Copic Gasenfude Pen.

[@herobot1]

@@jakeparker44 Thank you!

[@airfox]

Dope!

[@purpleocean5958]

i have a question , is inktober only black and white or can you use colo(u)rs

[@adam_keoki]

Hey Jake. Excellent video. You have a few different formats of Hellboy(library edition, digital, etc). Why? lol. I've heard about the omnibus edition and such. What do you like about each?

[@omarilawson6250]

Yes dude

[@dimimor5795]

Jake

[@mishal7718]

Jake what kind of ink are you using for brushpen?

[@pixydis]

Nice spoon. 0:37

[@jakeparker44]

Thanks.

[@ethanj8318]

Jake where are you??

[@drawingmaniacsterben7144]

"click on that podcast BUTTON" while pointing on the rabbit's butt :D No great video Jake! helpfull as always!

[@jinatjahan7937]

Hello Jake how have you been, I am currently working on a story about robots but I don't know how to draw them well maybe you can help a fellow artist Sincerely, a 12-year-old artist and a new subscriber

[@RoofRailways101train]

What sketchbook do you use here? And what would you recommend?

[@zazulakoma]

this is exactly what I needed. 1000 thanks from hungary plus 1 like

[@Psycho-Complex]

do spawn :O

[@guillermobolasdemadera345]

Just in time! Comicquarantine gang where you at!

[@TheWolverine2099]

🙏🖖