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This, I think, will be my last sneak-peak for the first issue. I don't want to spoil everything, after all!

Click the above for a glimpse at a thematic element I plan to carry through the entire series. Doesn't this describe Tony Stark perfectly? I think it does!

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So this week, I decided to let WIP #1 sit for a bit while I work on WIP #2! 

First, I went through and heavily edited my third-person narration, as I decided the original plan was much too "talky". Hopefully, the new version will be less annoying for readers.

Second, I continued to work on fight #1. Here's a sneak peak at my fight-planning process:

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Iron Man: Life Story #1 - Process Post #10

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Here's another sneak peek at the script for issue #1!

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This week, I've been working on the fourth scene in the first issue -- a.k.a. the first battle. This has involved researching the NYC venue, double-checking my dates on the Cuban Missile Crisis, and opening another file (see that middle tab) to pre-plan my fight beats. I'm pretty sure this first draft sucks hose water, but as they always say, I'll have a chance to improve it in later revisions. Right now, I'm just trying to get the basic ideas down on paper!

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In which I attempt to portray Tony's guilt complex.

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Mini Fan Comic: If Only... (Iron Man: All Media Types, G)

So I was drawing bad doodles in my notebook and thinking about the news, and uh -- this little story happened: pic.twitter.com/4MvQiyJcqG

— The Right Geek (@TheRightGeek) August 17, 2021

Above is the rough concept. Below is a higher-effort version. I'm certainly not going to win any drawing awards any time soon, but I think the story is still solid:

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The villain in issue #1 is motivated in part by his daughter -- who has no idea what he's planning.

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Still scripting issue #1 in my spare time. Here's a little snap from the villain's introductory scene!

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Still working on the script for issue #1. Here, it's revealed that Tony has accidentally stood up his date.

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Iron Man: Life Story #1 - Process Post #4

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Here are some more sneak peaks at the script for issue #1. This week, I got sidetracked by some necessary historical research, but I made some progress nonetheless. As always, click to embiggen!

 

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Sneak peaks at the script for issue #1, scene #1. Click to embiggen!

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Iron Man: Life Story #1 - Process Post #2

ICYMI, you can check out my first post on this project here.

I'm still working on the basic outline for the first issue of this project. Click to embiggen the screen captures below!

Character work for the antagonist.

More work on the plot. It's not done yet, but I'm making progress!

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Iron Man: Life Story #1 - Process Post #1

Last week, I mentioned that I was working on something ambitious. Today, I shall explain further! 

At the moment, I'm learning how to plan and write a comic script -- and I'm applying some CLR to my drawing skills. Why? Inspired by Chip Zdarsky's Spider-Man: Life Story and the upcoming Fantastic Four: Life Story, I've decided to create my own fan girl's version of Iron Man: Life Story -- because if Marvel ever gets to my boy, I have doubts they'll actually hire a team (like, say, Michelinie and Layton) who will give me something I'll personally like. 

In case you haven't read Zdarsky's excellent miniseries, the idea is to rewrite a particular character's canon on the assumption that there's no "Marvel time" -- that, in fact, the characters are all aging normally from the 1960's onward. For the purposes of this project, I've decided Tony Stark is twenty-five at his superheroic origin in 1963 -- which means he will be in his thirties during the 1970's, forties during the 1980's, etc. In addition to studying the art of comic book creation, I'm also putting a great deal of thought into how a standard time scale will impact key storylines in Tony's history from "Demon in a Bottle" to "Deliverance" to "Armor Wars" -- and I'm sorting out what I want to say about my favorite character and how I should organize my ideas into distinct issues for the selected years.

Click the snaps below for the first sneak peaks at my initial planning process!

Some notes on characterization.

Planning the very first scene in issue #1.

Planning the second scene in issue #1.

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