BREAKING INTO COMICS!! SECRET COMMENTARY!

Hall of Heroes CYBERFROG #1! Commentary by creator Ethan Van Sciver!

[@HydraHut]

"Cyber frog doesn't like that, he has great respect for the English language. So he murders him." I'm here for the humor and I'm not disappointed.

[@matthewsvilar]

I'm sure you wouldn't have imagined that your art in the 90's would be of better quality than most marvel books 20 years later...

[@comicpop]

I will never forget CyberFrog. I saw this book advertised in so many Wizard Magazines. Thank you for the trip down memory lane, Ethan!

[@eddiemoise8079]

I have every cyberfrog comic and have been waiting for more since I graduated back in 2000.

[@Robo-Hector]

For some reason all your old videos are being recommended and I'm having a blast seeing these

[@howtodrawcomicsnet]

So freaking cool to see this Ethan! Can't believe you fit that much detail into a comic sized page while drawing & inking it. Didn't realize you knew Trent either. That's awesome. -Clayton

[@AndrewAcostaTM]

I remember when this book and Creed where around. I felt so jealous because I was around the same age yet you guys were already printing your own book. I was smiling the whole time I was watching this video. Thanks.

[@AlitaMovieUpdates]

Andrew Acosta This video was funny as hell.

[@bmoreravens64]

ive heard of cyber frog over the years but never read it but that cover looks super badass

[@Plasticmercenary]

This channel is amazing. I have been telling everyone I can about and postin links in my Facebook groups. I have always been a fan of yours and now that I know more about the man behind the pencil I am an even bigger fan!! Thank you for this channel and thank you for sharing your talent with us!!!

[@nasser13]

me in my head: wow, that's a sweet cover, i like how the colors look. ethan: i'm not good at coloring

[@jf6868]

These videos are so cool, man. So, so much fun! Thank you so much for putting the time and effort into this Ethan; this community is what comics fandom is all about!

[@ScottyRichardStudio]

Great to hear about the early years and Cyber Frog!

[@bencheevers6693]

What a love story, honestly and without bravado, that made me tear up. I just had a great V-day with my girlfriend and am watching this as she sleeps as we have different schedules. It sounds to me like you're with somebody special Ethan and I want to tell you that as a fan of yours (never being a part of comic-dom in general, just have been aware of the political 'war' going on and subsequently fell in love with your channel) I couldn't be happier for you. Very uplifting video in so many aspects, keep doing what you're doing, keep being amazing concerning the way you interact with us fans and keep being you, the person who earned this success and admiration. I mentioned I don't follow comics but it's now become my mission to get something by you to frame and dispay so whenever somebody asks me what's that about I can just answer simply "That's an amazing piece of work done by a great guy who has his priorities straight" with the added benefit that it will remind me to keep my priorities straight too! Cheers Ethan, very happy with what I've seen from you thus far - love the channel!

[@carloszarate4787]

that CREED style looks very similar to a style of shirts with taggers images with baggy pants,spraycans, huge VAN like shoes with two thick lases lol.brought back early 90's.

[@heyheymo138]

Thank You so much for doing a Cyberfrog video, it brings back great memories as a teen in the 90's, hopefully one day in-between your DC stuff you'll will do another series!!

[@jeffmyers8380]

*whistles innocently* I might have the first issue of CREED in a closet somewhere. Doo-doo-dooooo. Not an admission......

[@kibblewibble1]

Merchantville, eh? Haddon Twp checking in, here. People have very little idea just what it takes to break into an industry like this, especially back in the 90's, before any kind of communication like we have now. Awesome look into this stuff! Thanks, breh!

[@tabletop963]

I bet at the time you made this video you never thought this comic book would be number one on the investors worldwide list

[@seibrav]

The art is exceptionally fun.

[@colmortimer1066]

This is pretty cool, and oddly I have seen worse drawn and even worse written comics coming out from some of the big companies now days...

[@Wulfenburg]

Man, it's been such a blessing coming across your youtube channel :)

[@ComicArtistProSecrets]

Happy to hear that!

[@Armageist]

All your latest Cyberfrog backers should be watching this video.

[@ricketyfricket8398]

That Original black and white run was dope.

[@JiGGdoGG]

Some really great artwork right there.

[@porkflaps4717]

Ethan I'm basically the same age as you, I remember that day well. I think everybody remembers where they were the day news hit of Kurt Cobain's death. Seemed surreal. Nirvana was without a doubt the biggest band that came out of that era and pretty much defined it.

[@ComicsLegend]

This is awesome! I still have a beautifully inked Cyberfrog drawing you drew for me at a San Francisco Bay Area comic con. Love the behind the scenes videos.

[@joespicer]

Best video. Thank you. Cyberfrog got me drawing comics and showed me it was possible to self publish your own comics and I still do today.

[@vicboss6400]

It's great. Man, I felt in love with CyberFrog, because I can feel your love and fun in your work. This is rare nowdays

[@likonatera7452]

I remember seeing Cyberfrog in a WIZARD MAGAZINE ad. Amazing to learn it was you.

[@Misawa619]

8:20 Made up on the fly?! WOW THAT HUUUGE PUN MY MAN!

[@theseanwardshow]

How you remembered the Cobain news - I've talked before about the phenomenon I've noticed where it's like I'm coding everything that's going on around me into the lines in putting on the page

[@marant9081]

You should show this comic on a live chat. Crazy that your wife had this.

[@mark45xxx83]

This is very inspiring.

[@rickwj324]

In the last couple of months I've managed to track down all of the old Cyberfrog books except for THIS issue and the Jae Lee #4 variant of the 2nd series. Hoping to have them both soon!! Thanks Uncle E for making me excited for comics again! DC and Marvel are dead to me. Loving CG books!!

[@lordmalal]

I was also a teen when cyberfrog came out and found it funny. I only ever bought the first issue though, I think I must have forgot about the comic by the time #2 came out.

[@bleack8701]

Made up on the FLY, huh?

[@samuelpurata457]

this one is great,and its really sad how a lot of really small indie books dont get the attention they deserved.

[@Angemix93]

I didn't know you knew Trent, I've been following him for years, love that dude. He has his own studio now, aquatic moon. And his very cool KZbin channel of course.

[@WastelandSeven]

I actually like this. Its rough, but, the Dirty Harry/Punisher vibe is cool.

[@JacksonTaylorandTheSinners]

Thanks bud. Watching this at the perfect time

[@JamesYGGoY]

showed up on my feed today. I enjoyed that. Did you ever link up with that creator of Creed again?

[@imissmypencils]

I saw this charactdr when I was a kid on random mall shop comic racks or little comic shops but I never picked one up. All my money went to candy or X-Men comics when I was little

[@TheNinjaSpaceman]

Beautiful artwork. Great video

[@gentleman3313]

A battletoad comic come to life.

[@Zoltarman]

On the next one you shoud tell us how you ended up in Harris comics and when and how you loose the Tood Mc farlane flavor.Going more towards a Brian Bolland kinda of style.

[@PwnySlaystation01]

When I was around that age, my friend and I wrote this huge "novel" like that. It wasn't really a traditional novel or a narrative, it was just about this one guy who was a complete moron and would get killed over and over again in each little scene, then be alive again at the beginning of the next one. The whole thing was us trying to come up with the most ridiculous and over the top ways for him to die. I mean we had STACKS of those lined journals they gave you in school just filled up with this stuff. We thought it was the funniest thing on earth. I wish I still had it to see if the humor aged well (almost certainly not), but they took it away from us and we got in a bunch of trouble with the principal because they thought it was too violent or something. Luckily my parents recognized it for what it was: Just boys being boys. So I know exactly what you're talking about.

[@PwnySlaystation01]

I guess we were a bit younger now that I think of it, since we were still in high school

[@orangehillcomics7830]

Makes me think of Kenny from South Park.

[@fedup7496]

This comic actually reminds of ninja turtles, you know? the mirage volumes. Black and white, indie, violent, anthropomorphic amphibian instead of reptiles, but close enough.

[@avehein]

I was jealous of the Creed kid too. He was about my age and working in comics! I feel like that was a selling point to the marketing that he was so young. Also, his style on the cover was very McFarlane like...

[@cmr2079]

I read about this in Wizard BITD. I was always curious about it. Didn't realize you were the guy that did it.

[@RichieW]

Most my friends had an irrational hatred of Pearl Jam back then.. I liked them.

[@RobertSmith-es2gh]

Your art was already really strong already back then.

[@swirlershark-dragon8393]

I THINK I had this one. I had a couple.

[@arthurchen6464]

Wait... Trent Kaniuga has a youtube channel where he does all sorts of things including tutorials. And you said you couldn't find any artists on youtube doing what you're doing now! Cold!

[@reedcomics8196]

Great stories, thanks for sharing!

[@Porphyrogenitus1]

CyberFrog Where are you comin from? CyberFrog Sittin on that pond log! Nobody knows who you ARE!

[@unicornbbq]

HA. Milk and Cheese! Nice video.

[@floydlooney6837]

You can say it's not that good, but it looks really good to me.

[@Darthvegeta8000]

'Not that' good. Earliest work. Still looks better than a lot of stuff out there...

[@michaelhughes2969]

Man love your videos and art

[@lcdrfish8633]

Dangit. Saw Creed when I was picking up Cyberfrog today. I'll have to pick it up next time ;p

[@ItzMeWill]

I actually still have my copy of Cyber Frog! I thought it was awesome and was waiting for issue 2...I went to my comic shop every week to ask for it but it never came....I was very young so of course I couldn't drive. So I rode my bike for what felt like MILES! Every single week for three months just to ask if issue 2 was in..yea every Tuesday after school ...damn the memories...

[@contrabandresearch8409]

I'm a 90s kid. I love EDGE. I'm now a fan of Cyber Frog.

[@readhistory2023]

You can really see the influence of Byrne and McFarlene in your early work.

[@tylernickel9964]

8:20 lol "On the Fly"

[@foxb5974]

Cyberfrog seems like a nite character

[@dustinpope1896]

Great stuff, thanks

[@claytonmonk965]

More secret commentary videos

[@loreacat]

Ethan I must apologize for what I said years ago. You probably don't remember, but it has haunted me recently. All the insanity lately in this world has opened my eyes and you were right and I was wrong. You are a genuine human being and I see now that you are an amazing man.

[@thegreataugust327]

In the beginning.....pie

[@mrdrfly8336]

holy shit! I remember CREED

[@sethferguson5905]

Pepe the Cyber Frog™

[@Warui88]

That Creed artwork reminds me of Impulse--why do I keep mentioning that twerp? Curse my Flash obsession...

[@thurmanwebber8199]

I love it!

[@justinwickham2099]

Hey Ethan really big question i bought an issue of Cyberfrog #1 at my local comicbook store and inside was a "Censored page" signed by you in a hold sharpie or something with the year 96' but I guess my question is i see people online with Censored pages and theirs are signed and dated but they also have a number on it and mine does not... idk just hoping mine was like the very 1st one or something cool like that

[@HenchmenNo616]

With the way the comic industry is killing itself i need all the help and advice I can get. Me, save the western comic industry? Egotistical dream. Help push comics back in right direction among other like-minded people, more realistic

[@Porphyrogenitus1]

> This was what my hair looked like kzbin.info/www/bejne/moDMdmOCeNppgJI >EVS was an edgy '90s Nirvana teen. How original. > This is the way we used to listen to music. David Van Driessen had his eight tracks tho. Till he didn't. > We got together with a group of edgy teens who had this plan for when the one guy's mum died he would start a comic company and pay us. Were you guys in SLACKER in 1991?

[@andrewdescombes6129]

Your boy Trent drew some images for Blizzard's game Hearthstone.

[@swirlershark-dragon8393]

Yup, CREED was HUGE.

[@eaglespiritlovecloud4729]

I liked just for your little brother

[@genez2157]

Is the cyberfrog comics under the all caps banner a continuation or a relaunch?

[@victoriapagac]

I doubt you remember me but we used to hang out in the wizard chat room wanted to say hello

[@cavemantero]

Is there different covers for canadian and US issues?

[@foxb5974]

Amazon has one

[@judevenalian5008]

8:20 no pun intended?

[@WastelandSeven]

So...Cyberfrog was the cyber-reptilian Punisher? LOL

[@MrPonytron]

It would be great to get into the industry, but, I'm only able to draw people and animals and food and such :/ Idk what I should do, Ethan. I really wanna make my own superhero comic

[@lordmortos979]

What would you say to somebody who's just starting out and dosent think he's good enough?

[@mattm7378]

Ethan's voice is so much deeper in his new videos. The testosterone must have increased after he ditched the fembots in the industry

[@XxGlaciersOfIcexX]

I can't believe it's the same guy!

[@k-dubya3618]

Your work was great even then . Definately see alot of Todd Mcfarlane in their though.

[@BaronVonTacocat]

_I be out yo_ LMFAO

[@myconiusmaximus1022]

Pearl Jam were trendy MTV mongers.

[@baginamonolog]

Pearl Jam does in fact suck

[@doomedhuh]

i liked pearl jam and nirvana both

[@independentcomicsfan2867]

Put the original cyberfrog on indiegogo

[@ikenstudios9962]

I found this comic funny for some reason...

[@Nesty9]

I only liked the casette that made pearl jam famous but not all of it

[@baghead777]

Pearl Jam were posers...

[@readhistory2023]

You're right. The simple fact that they got off the couch had a job means they really weren't grunge.

[@centralscrutinizer8571]

were?

[@ZwiffleOwnsU]

Dude I remember seeing this in comic shops when I was like 12 years old. I opted for Scud over CyberFrog though, sorry.

[@helios4753]

Huh! Didnt like pearl jam! Whaaaaaaaaat?!

[@thebigkusa]

Ethan, you're an awesome person. Keep up the good work mah boi.

[@laguy8181]

EVS, I remember you saying that you were promised $500 and so many issues and you never got the money but the issues were more important to you. Obviously you want to get paid but why were the issues so much more important? Is it to get your name out there?

[@ComicArtistProSecrets]

$500 is cool, but a printed comic book, and a box of them, is priceless.