#comics ARE so daunting

[ffverr]

hello I come to you with a request. I watched x men 97 recently and was saddened by how little time the whole magneto in charge of the x men storyline got and I know he does this longer in the comics (I can't say why but the phrase "its seven in the morning max..." lives rent free in my brain) so I wanted to ask if you have any recommendation for comics from that era / any recommendations for comics with mister magnet-os because I want to get into x men comics but comics as always are so daunting

It is my great pleasure to answer this!!

Disclaimer 1, I am still going through a lot of the issues of this era but I will try my best to make it as clear a guide as I can for you!

Disclaimer 2, Headmaster of the school and leader of the X-Men are quite different positions that they kind of fused together in the 97 show so I do want to make it clear that magneto in the "seven in the morning" era is headmaster of the school, teaching young kids, while Storm is leading the X-men team and Scott is leading the X-factor team, so with that said:

Magneto's teacher arc starts in uncanny X-Men issues 199 and 200 (iconic issues containing the trial of magneto that was adapted in the show!) And then he is headmaster of the school in the book "The new mutants" by Chris Clermont, from issue 35 to issue 75. It is A LOT I admit and he gets a more minor place considering the book is about the kickass young class of new mutants that he's teaching. But it is worth checking out! Many consider this to kind of be peak magneto because.... he's trying so hard to be a good teacher and to handle all these kids and it's very humanizing for him!

I mean look at him and his 8 kids!

Now, how to get into Magneto overall? Let's get into it:

I believe it is impossible to get into Magneto without reading his ultimate origin story, Magneto: Testament by Greg Pack. It is a quick intro, it barely features his powers (not an action comic) and it WILL absolutely make you cry. I consider it essential magneto reading!

Next up: Two One shots if you want to get a quick primer on the character pre moral arc instead of sitting through his few appearances in the Stan Lee comics:

A classic one: X-Men: God Loves, Men Kills by Chris Clermont. It is an iconic comic book one shot that can be read out of continuity just to see what his deal is when he's not necessarily on the side of the X-Men but fighting for his own ideals! It's also a brilliant comic book!

If you want a more recent retelling of the first appearances of magneto you HAVE to read X-Men Mythos that retells magneto's major first appearance in the 60s in quite a beautiful and amazing way! It also has an absolutely insane magneto scene that makes me scream so do check it out as a primer! (So this would "chronologically" come before God loves men Kills)

Now for his switch from ridiculous villain of the 60s/early 70s to complexe guy in the classic era (80s), read the issues 149 and 150 from the run Uncanny X-Men by Chris Clermont. This is THE pivotal moment for "good guy" Magneto

(know that after issue 150, somehow he falls in the ocean from asteroid M, is rescued from a shark attack by Scott's girlfriend lee forester. They have a quick relationship where he struggled with his change of morals then he comes to the new mutants)

if you want to continue chronologically you read the issues 199 and 200 that I recommended at the start then go to the new mutants I talked about!

If you want MORE MODERN comics, then I advise you get right into what's happening at the moment!

House of X powers of X are two series that intertwine (you'll easily find them in the right order) by the same writer, Jonathan hickman!

It serves as a status quo change/relaunch of the X-Men universe and it is absolutely brilliant! Magneto plays a big part of the story and it's basically all about the mutants winning for once! Don't worry too much if you don't know most of the history of characters, you'll get used to it quickly (that's what I did!) I'd say it's a bold but very functional intro to X-Men comics!

Then he appears as a major character in the GREAT series X-Men Red by Al Ewing alongside Storm, his eternal equal and great duo in my eyes (funny how when he's peak she's always somewhere around)

In this he is- epic, depressed, suicidal, sassy, it's great magneto stuff! This series is widely regarded as the best X-Men comic out right now!

(if you want context for this book read the event X of Swords, or I could explain if interested)

That's about all I will lay on you ! If this is hella confusing, don't hesitate to dm me! I can detail more cleanly exactly what you have to read and when!

Good reading!

#magneto #erik lensherr #ffverr answers #comics ARE so daunting #but the trick is just to get into it until you piece together what the hell is happening and the history of it all #or in other cases you have me! who can talk about magneto and the X-Men for 5 hours to five you the big picture #x men comics #xmen #marvel #ffverr reading guides #x men #xmen 97

[welcometogrouchland]

(ID in alt) I literally said I was gonna post this month's ago and then never had the wherewithal to describe it and so I didn't Lmao (said with pain). But since I'm thinking of opening my commissions I figured I should remind ppl that I. Yknow. Can draw.

Lots of Steph here (I had major art block making all of these and my brain worms for her kept me going) + some sprinkles of stephcass for Cass nation to enjoy!

#dc comics #dc #stephanie brown #cassandra cain #jason todd #(yes for the teddy bear. it counts) #batgirl #batgirls #mine #< keep forgetting to tag my art as that I'm terrible 😭 #ANYHOW I'm slowly getting back into drawing again after my last ipad got nuked (cant think abt that or ill cry) and i finished uni #oh yeah j finished my first year of uni btw. i went to an Olivia Rodrigo concert like a week or 2 ago. I've been busy lol #but yeah it's looking like I've got a fun summer of bottom feeding ahead of me now that I've officially been told i got passed over for that #-comic job i applied for. lol. lmao even #it's fine honestly it was a pretty daunting prospect i just have to find a way to fill the time by myself now #I've plenty of comics to read so that's nice. got wayyy into mark waids DD run recently (mostly for Chris Samnee's art) #so that's been fun! i have my empowered omnibus (embarrassing and kept under my bed <3) i have TT year 1 i have huntress and WW #uhhh i got flash 1 minute war. lots of good stuff! #so hopefully i don't go. completely feral from lack of stimulation #also hopefully commissions will be a thing i can do #godddd there's many mkre things i want to draw. i got too enamoured w my own bad theory and now I've drawn tim!bats #but unfortunately now i only want to draw tim!bats being laughed at my the batfamily bc seriously tim?? really?? #< it's literally probably not going to happen but I've invested myself in this terrible future for some reason #imagine damian trying to robin for tim!bats for 1 (one) night and the next morning he doesn't say anything he just moves to bludhaven #he can't take this shit #oh so many ideas... #ANYWAY. ues. finally art. now if you like it. consider commissioning me (in 2 to 3 business weeks <3) #(no pressure)

[saphushia]

|| part 1 || part 2 || part 3 || part 4 coming soon... ||

so, did you know ace was offered a position on the warlords that he turned down? well i mean... if he had accepted, it would follow that the revs would take more interest in him, yeah? i mean, it is their job to keep tabs on the government, you'd presume that extends to warlords as well.

and as far as warlords go, fire fist is interesting.

if only sabo could work out why... then maybe the man would finally get out of his head.

EDIT: textless versions of the pages can be found here!

#ok listen i know the poll isn't done yet but 4 pg has a strong lead n i have 4 pages done soooo #i was planning to update in 8s but this is less daunting #btw. the colors have no meaning :) surely :) i wouldn't lie to you :) #also pointing at deuce pointing at deuce look at my babygirl go!!! #he is so inconsequential to the comic but i tried to fit him in as much as possible who else is going to hype up my babygirl if not me #one piece #art #fanart #portgas d ace #deuce one piece #sabo one piece #sabo the revolutionary #comic #oh i should make a tag for this comic huh #warlord!ace au update #warlord!ace au

[fyncherly]

Nickelbus Appendix

#wip #jrwi #jrwi riptide #niklaus hendrix #fyncherlyart #still working on the lil comic for Heart of the Sea fic #just got oddly daunted to draw this mf #but we persevere #I'm so brave #I know

[kineticallyanywhere]

Monkey’s Paw pages 133-136 ( START HERE || ao3 || previous || next ) AU after episode 62. The Omega Dads try a more desperate gambit, but   careful what you wish for. Our dads find alternate versions of themselves in a strange dreamscape. Ifyou die in the dream, doyou die in real life?

...heeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyy

#dndads #dungeons and daddies #fanart #what the heck happened last summer? uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh #anyones guess really #i other news s2 has been validating some of my plans for this comic in INSANE ways #hyped to be smug about it #also comfort drawing feels nice #i needed this back in my life #and i will no longer be spending my lunches being social in any way so i should have more drawing time! that turns into a plus i guess #i did some of this drawing during a lunch #also will be doing other job during lunch #monkeys paw #kineticallyart #if something looks worng or is missing uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh no it doesnt #its a dream we're fine #darryl totally hasn't forgotten that he should be bleeding right now nope #for the record it wasnt JUST the daunting amount of detail effort #that frankly i was losing track of #that made me take so long to get back to this #but its not NOT that yknow? #i decided i care more about pacing myself and getting it out than making it Perfect #which was always the goal with this thing

[bowenoke]

i'm sure i am not the only one who is very concerned about the ~4 hours between when the midjourney change was made, and I knew to go opt out of it, so; glaze does not need to be on all your works to be effective. in the same way that one artist glazing all their works will ruin a broad, multi-artist dataset, glazing your works moving forward will ruin any dataset trained on you. if out of 100 comics I've posted, 10 are glazed, a dataset trained on all of my comics will not be able to make anything similar to my style. anyways. go download glaze.

#ofc a manual review of the data set could pick out anything glazed. ig the point for me is to force that manual review #though wider adoption of glaze is not a perfect or even workable solution for many. my computer is 10 years old and runs glaze but #thats pretty lucky on my part. and the '100 comics' thing isnt perfect bc. im not using glaze on my comics. it looks really bad. #and there's not a real risk of someone using my art to train a data set bc. like. cartoons exist. #like you probably SHOULD glaze everything especially from now on #but if like me the idea of trawling your entire internet presence seems so daunting youd almost sooner delete it all #posting Some poison is better than posting No poison #but most important is not being paralyzed into inaction by how daunting the task is. even if that does mean no poison #im trying out what works and what does not right now for me. and i guess my advice is that you do too even if that means making a pillowfor #lol

[call-me-oracle]

barbara gordon in batgirl #1

bonus:

#figured now is as good a time as any to start steph's run #i'm so sad it only ran for 20 issues #but at the same time that's what is keeping me hooked #i always want to read things like bop and cass' batgirl run #but their length is just sooooo daunting to me #especially binging cause i feel like i get bored and need a break #but then i forget what happens #any run over 30 issues i think just is not friendly to me #ASIDE from brubaker's cap but i also didn't read all of that either #also though what is with jim and wanting his daughter to date a cop #are all of babs' love interests cops/former cops? aside from ted kord #SO interesting if they have been #miss this babs writing too ugh i just know this run is gonna be great #barbara gordon #oracle #stephanie brown #batgirl #spoiler #leslie thompkins #jim gordon #dick grayson #dc comics #comic panels #batgirl (2009) #issue 1 #written by: brian q. miller #art by: lee garbett #colours by: guy major #queue

[figofswords]

anybody remember the stephanie brown essay I was working on under a research grant fully last summer? yeah it’s not done yet it super needs to be done and I’ve been avoiding working on it for weeks. someone tell me to just do it already

#the problem is. actually there are several problems #1) I’ve been out of the Batman/dc comics phase for almost a year so I don’t care that much about the topic #2) I am fifteen pages in and have not touched it in months so I’ve completely lost my train of thought #3) I can’t just reread it because I hate first five pages or so and I know I need to change it but I was trying to finish before editing #so now my only solution is I need to open up a new doc and completely restructure the whole thing by splicing together the existing writing #so that I can figure out where the hell im going with this and make sure things fit together better #unfortunately that sounds fucking exhausting #but I told my mentor I would have an update for him by the end of the week and. well. it’s the end of the week #I have to present it in April. I have to write and submit an abstract in March #the school gave me $1500 for this stupid essay and if I don’t have anything to show for myself. #well. I don’t know they can’t take the money BACK but it’s not a good look #and also I would feel bad #I did the research!!! i interviewed comic writers even!!! I just haven’t finished WRITING IT DOWN #and I KNOOOOWW once I get started it’ll be fine once I’m going I’m going #but STARTING is hard because I feel like I have to finish it in one go which makes it so huge and daunting #I’m like. slamming my head into a wall. just write a couple sentences Jess something is better than nothing #just start it you don’t have to finish just START just MAKE the new DOC #I know!!!!! that is what my therapist would say!!!! Jess you’re trying to oneshot it bc of your dumb adhd brain!!!! #stop looking at it like that and making it scarier!!! #but even tho I know that logically I’m still like oh I should put away the dishes o should make bread #I should work on my six different art pieces I should do laundry i should play with the puppy I should go for a walk I sh

[defiant-art]

I finally finished this piece of Niles Caulder I’ve been working on for a while ;w; ❤️ enjoy!!

#RAAAH THIS TOOK LIKE OVER A MONTH #tbf i was working on it on and off but aaaugjgjh #this was such a DAUNTING piece to do #I’m so glad I finally finished it #niles caulder #fursona plushie form #art #my art #fanart #drawing #traditional art #dc #doom patrol #dc comics #artists on tumblr #50

[gynandromorph]

Hello! Do you have any advice for someone who can't draw, who's looking to write a comic? I'm fairly confident in my ability to produce an at least semi-competent script & layout, but I just don't have the artistic ability to make it look decent without years of practice that I'm missing. Am I just pretty much hamboned?

i'm not sure if i have a good answer -- comics are an assload of work with a specific skillset required, which means the majority of artists won't mesh well with drawing a comic. artists who bothered to learn the nuances often aren't interested in making them if it isn't for their own ideas -- they probably learned just by drawing a lot of their own short comic ideas over the years. some have this skillset but they developed it for occupational reasons, so they'll need to be paid to do it, which would also be a lot of money due to the labor involved. the artists who don't have the skillset generally also look for payment. it sounds like you want an artist for a longer story, but if you're only looking for a few pages, the price of paying someone is a lot more manageable. i think your options are: 1) write it as a book to remove the art dilemma entirely 2) adapt the story to work well with a simpler, more "amateur" art style, then learn and draw that style 3) pay an artist to draw your script (this would be most feasible by dividing the story into chapters or small chunks and paying for a portion at a time and providing layouts to an artist who isn't very experienced with comics) or 4) win Partner Lottery and convince them to draw your writing free of charge as a collaborative bonding thing

#i wouldn't view learning to draw as so daunting though. i've watched plenty of people decide to Learn To Draw over the years #the fifth secret option is somehow convincing a benefactor with money instead that it's worth paying a third party to draw the script #technically possible but usually not seen outside of uuuuh. Niche Adult Furry Comics

[nera789]

This little mini comic has been such a blast to work on. I've learned such a great deal from experimenting with and drawing this, too! It's comin' right along~

#bg3 #art #tav #storm sorcerer #storm sorcerer tav #gale x tav #about 11 more panels i have to go #assuming i dont add an extra page or two of...epilogue?? to this?? #sorta kinda #baldurs gate #little side projects like these are daunting but every time i do them i learn so much from it #and my original comic(s) always benefit from what i learn greatly

[hajihiko]

hi!!! i just wanted to say i love love LOVE your art (especially how you draw akane) and i. hope you're doing well!!! i wanted to ask,,, do you ever think that mikan would be able to regain her classmates trust and become a caretaker again? or would they always not trust her and her medical knowledge because of... well, everything

Yeah she will! SDR2 is very happy ending to me (even with the problems and horrors) so everyone is friends with everyone

#Idt that her and Hiyoko will ever be besties but theyll at least reach an armistice #Not an art #Talky Talky Tuesday #I have a Mikan healing comic in mind #I'm actually very happy with the dialogue but it's so Much dialogue its daunting...

[space-leona]

Little draxum doodle (based on @moss-tombstone ‘s art!) as I learn to draw him because haven’t talked about him yet but I want to!!

The design they made is so badass go check it out!!

[ID in alt text]

#rottmnt star wars au #iM planning so many comics and that means i need to draw MORE #(v excited but the whole thing is A LIL daunting) #rottmnt #id in alt #rottmnt draxum

[lumilescense]

Read my first thor comics ever and i regret nothing in starting with jane foster

I believe this panel is from the mighty thor volume 1

#id say ill try to color it in but like. no. no i wont. trying to sketch it was already so daunting #how do people do it #comic books #panel redraw #the mighty thor #thor #jane foster #art #my art #fan art #traditional art #marvel comics

[nascentseas]

Spoilers for Gale's new little pre-epilogue in the Elfsong

but I was hollering the other day about the song "First Light" by Hozier--another Galemancer had Tim recite the lyrics in Gale's voice on Cameo and aside from that Hozier's music is so Gale-coded

Anyway

Was hollering about how, because Ros is a half-elf, she doesn't sleep as much as Gale needs to, so she's typically the first to wake up. She sees him waking up, she gets that moment whatever, whatever, and I think Gale is maybe jealous (?) that he doesn't have that opportunity. Between the fact that he has to sleep 2x as long because he's human and the exhaustion of being on the road (and how well he probably sleeps beside Ros, Tav in general, finally feeling safe), even if he tries really really hard, he just isn't able to wake up before Ros to see her waking up, in that beautiful vulnerable state in the nascent sunrise etc etc

SO TO SEE THEM in the Elfsong, he's up first, he watches her wake up. (In my hc) he is finally rested enough to stay up however long and/or wake up before her--because I imagine Ros is fucking tuckered OUT after defeating the elder brain, and she's not expecting anything like when he asks her to join his family and move back to Waterdeep

Long story short I'm moving "First Light" to the epilogue portion of my Gale/Ros playlist and it's all thanks to that update 🥹

Might have to draw it/write a li'l something something

#headcanon #Gros #Gale #Ros #art ideas #I'm already working on a comic about Ros being pregnant during the epilogue proper #And it's a daunting task lmao so we'll see what comes of this #Genuinely might be easier to write it but it won't be as satisfying I don't think #Altho....I could write out both and then make comics using the fics as scripts/storyboards HM #Feel like I need to say: writing isn't innately easier than drawing but for me personally with comics because I have to basically write #AND draw it's a two-step thing which with my PDA autism makes it next to impossible

[suna1suna1]

Okay so I have a question for y’all

I was originally thinking of just making a fic for the shadamy magical girl au

BUT…

I need to try and get my butt in gear and practice drawing comics

#shadamy #poll #sonic #I really do need to start making comics #I want to do it for my ocs #and I need to PRACTICE so it’s less daunting than it currently feels lmao #and making a magical girl fancomic sounds like a good start