ON
ON THOMAS
ON THOMAS AND PHOTOJOURNALIST WILLIAM4@ WINNETT HAS MORE INSPIRATION CAN COME4@ FROM
ANYWHERE.
>> IT PROBABLY STARTED MORE
ABOUT4@ 20 YEARS AGO FOR ARTISTS
MICHAEL SIEG4@ENTHALER
INSPIRATION CAME TO HIM IN HIS
SLEEP.
>> I WAS WORKING MIDNIGHT TO
EIGHT A.M. SO I START HAVING
THESE CRAZY DREAMS DURING THE4@
DAY WHEN I WAS TRYING TO SLEEP
AND OVER A COURSE OF ABOUT TWO
MONTHS I ENDED4@ WITH JUST A TON
OF SEQUENTIAL DREAMS.
>> DAY AFTER DAY THEY JUST KEPT
BUILDING AND BUILDING.
SO I DOCUMENTED PUT THEM DOWN
IN MY SKETCHBOOK.
I WROTE ABOUT THEM4@ AND 20 YEAS
LATER HERE WE ARE ACTUALLY
TURNING IT INTO A COMIC.
>> ASIDE FROM THE IDEA COMING
FROM A UNIQUE PLACE, THE COMICS
SKITS THE SUN BOOK ONE ALSO HAS@
UNIQUE PRESENTATION.
>> WHAT WAS ITS FIRST OFF AND4@
FOREMOST IS A BOOK ABOUT A GUY
CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN HIS DREAMS AND REALITY.
MOST PEOPLE THOUGH HAVE PUT OUT
A BOOK AND THEY PUT OUT4@ A FEW
VARIANT COVERS.
VARIANT COVERS ARE THE BIG
THING YOU KNOW TO GET PEOPLE TO
BUY MULTIPLE COPIES OF BOOKS
AND STUFF.
I SAID OK, I'M GONNA GO OUT AND
FIND SOME ARTISTS THAT I REALLY
LIKE TO DO SOME VARIANT COVERS
BUT I'M4@4@ ALS4@O GONNA D4@O VS
STORIES IN TSSAA MY BOOK WHICH
IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM
ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE.
WHAT WE GOT HERE FOR SCHIZO'S
ON BOOK ONE WE GOT THREE BOOKS
THREE VARIANT4@ COVERS WITH THRE
VARIANT STORIES INSIDE SO
DEPENDENT4@ UPON WHICH BOOK YOU
GET.4@
YOU MAY GET A LITTLE STORY THAT
GOES THIS WAY OR T4@HAT WAY OR
SOMEWHERE ELSE.
>> SIEGENTHALER HAS PRODUCED
COVERS4@ FOR VARIOUS INDEPENDENT
COMIC BOOKS IN THE PAST AND
SPENT TIME CREATING LABELS FOR
OVER-THE-COUNTER PRODUCTS FOUND
IN STORES LIKE WAL-MART AND CBS
.
HE EVEN WORKED WITH SPON
CREATOR4@ AND SPIDER-MAN ARTISTS
TODD MCFARLANE GETTING THE JOB
FROM AN ADVERTISEMENT IN THE
BACK OF A COMIC BOOK.
>> H4@E BRINGS A LOT OF ENERGY
WITH HIMSELF.
HE HIRES REALLY C4@OOL PEOPLE.
SO YOU'RE ALWAYS AROUND A LOT
OF NICE INDIVIDUALS SO THEY'LL
FOR TWO YEARS WHICH IS H4@OW LOG
I WORKED FOR HIM IT WAS JUST4@ A
LOT OF FUN AND GAMES AND NOW AS
ALWAYS WE'RE4@ ALWAYS CRACKING
AND BACK AND FORTH AND PLAYING
AROUND DOING GAMES AND PLAYING
JOKES ON EACH OTHER.
SO HE'S JUST HE'S JUST A SUPER
,REALLY NICE GUY.
WHILE WORKING FOR MCFARLANE,
SIEGENTHALER HAD A RATHER
UNIQUE4@ JOB.
>> I DID SOME CONCEPT STUFF AND
THEN MAINLY A PACKA4@GE DESIGN
FOR THE TOYS.
SO YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY
GO OUT THERE THERE'S SOMEONE
WHO HAS TO DESIGN ALL THAT.
THEY HAVE TO DESIGN THE PLASTIC
THAT GOES AROUND IT ALL THE
CARDS INSIDE THE ARTWORK.
SO YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I
DID IS DO ALL THAT PACKAGE
DESIGNIN4@G THE PROCESS OF
CREATING A COMIC4@ CAN BE A
TEDIOUS ONE.
>> LUCKILY MICHAEL ISN'T GOING
AT4@ SKIDS ALONE.
IT'S A JOINT PROJECT WITH HIS
WIFE, FILM PRODUCER, DIRECTOR
AND ACTRESS CARSHENAH
SIEGENTHALER4@.
I'M MORE OF A GLORIFIED EDITOR
.
>> IT'S SO4@ BASICALLY I DO HAVE
THE FINAL SAY ON HOW SHE
HANDLES MOST THE STUFF THAT I
DON'T WANT TO HANDLE ANYWAY.
>> SO IT'S GREAT. 4@
YOU KNOW, SHE'S REALLY GOOD IN
FRONT OF PEOPLE SHE LIKES TO
TALK.
>> SHE SHE HANDLES ALL THAT
MARKETING STUFF.
JUIOCE IS A REA4@LLY GOOD PEOPLE
PERSON ALTHOUGH THEY ARE
MARRIED.
>> THE SIEGENTHALER DO TREAT
THIS ARTISTIC ENDEAVOR4@ AS A
BUSINESS AND SOMETIMES TENSIONS
DO ARISE.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A GOOD BUSINESS
WITHOUT HAVING4@ A TENSION, YOU
KNOW, BUTTING HEADS WITH EACH
OTHER BECAUSE THAT WAY YOU YOU
GET TO4@ HEAR THE OTHER PERSON'S
PERSPECTIVE AND SORT OF IT JUST
ALWAYS BE ME ME ME ME LIKE DO
IT THIS WAY4@.
>> DO IT THIS WAY.
THE ONE THING THAT PEOPLE DON'T
REALIZE ABOUT ARTISTS IS THEY
TEND TO LIVE IN THEIR OWN WORLD@
AND THEY REALLY NEED SOME
OUTSIDE INFLUENCE TO REALLY
PULL A MAN, YOU KNOW, PULL IT
DOWN.
THE FIRST ISSUE OF SKITZ WILL
HAVE A TOTAL OF 60 PAGES ALL
DRAWN BY MICHAEL HIMSELF4@4@.
>> WHAT THE PROCESS OF
PENCILING, INKING AND COLORING
TAKING AS LONG AS THREE TO FOUR
DAYS PER PAGE TO COMPLETE THIS
BOOK4@ REALLY IS A LABOR OF LOVE
.
AND FOR SIEGENTHALER4@4@4@4@4@ E
TIME SPENT IS WELL WORTH IT.
YOU KNOW I FIGURED NOW OR NEVER
YOU KNOW.
SO I MEAN FOR ME IT'S LIKE I'VE
GOT MY ARTWORK OUT THERE IN
LOTS OF DIFFERENT PLACES BUT TO
ACTUALLY JUST GO THROUGH THE
PROCESS AND CREATE IT.
THAT'S REALLY THE REWARD IS THE
PROCESS OF RELIVING THESE
EXPERIENCES AND DREAMS THAT I
HAD AND PUTTING IT DOWN ON
PAPER AND THEN IN THE COMPUTER
AND THEN TURNING IT INTO A BOOK
.
>> PRETTY AMAZING.
YEAH, 4@AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO
SUPPORT SKITZ THE S4@UN BOOK ONE
YOU CAN VISIT THEIR PAGE ON
INDIEGOGO OR LOOK FOR THE LINK
ON OUR WEB SITE AND THEN COMING
UP TOMORROW4@, MICHAEL'S WIFE
CARSHENAH HAS AN INCREDIBLE