Continuing my journey to have all 10 titles of my Monsters 101 graphic novel series done this year (2012).  I published Monsters 101, Book Seven: "Eye in the Sky" last week.  Today was the beginning of writing the thumbnail scripts for the remaining 3 titles.  This morning I wrote chapter one (of six) for Monsters 101, Book Eight: "Little Boy King" and feel pretty good.  Pumped.  

I had to change up my production method a bit from the way I was used to working; at first I would bring each individual 22 page chapter to completion from scratch, but that method would cause me to feel a sense of burn-out when I finished chapter six.  Now I've been writing out 3 titles at a time, pencil/letter half a chapter at a time until the whole title is done, then go back and ink the whole thing.  I pause after the second chapter to clean-up/scan the first two chapters, and then finish inking the last four chapters in a marathon.  For some reason this prevents me from feeling burnt out when I finish a title.  It may be because I've managed to adjust my mindset for the longer project.  Maybe.  I hope so.  

In any event I am still on schedule and feeling pretty good.  According to schedule, I'll be writing a chapter per day until the remaining 18 chapters are done on the morning of May 31, then I'll spend the rest of the summer (and probably a chunk of September) in art production, with a goal of being done with the series by October.

So far, so good.  


M. Rasheed, Cartoonist
Monsters 101 graphic novels
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