Author Archives: Max West

About Max West

I am a freelance artist and the creator of Sunnyville Stories, an independent slice-of-life comics series.

Review: New Drawing On the Right Side of the Brain Workbook

Those of you who have read my tutorial on how to make comics know that you don’t need to be able to draw to create any comics. But then there are those of you out there who want to be … Continue reading

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Why You Need A Business Plan

Today, I’m going to talk about an important aspect of the business of comics. What is it? It’s the business plan. I plan to discuss why a business plan for cartoonists is important. (On another note, it’s important for any … Continue reading

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Townspeople Sketches

Welcome back, friends. Today I’ve got some concept sketches for the townspeople of Sunnyville. Why am I doing this? Sunnyville Stories episode 6 revolves around a play being put on in honor of the town’s birthday. Many from around town … Continue reading

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Jason Smith on Making Webcomics

I hope everyone had a good Christmas.  This week’s blog post is a fun one. The Internet has been a big boon to people like me in disseminating their work.  It’s become even more easier thanks to various easy-to-use blogging … Continue reading

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Episode 6 Costuming Concepts

I’ve got some more sketches here from my sketchbooks on the art I’m planning to use for the sixth episode of Sunnyville Stories. At the time of this writing, I have not yet set a definitive schedule for when in … Continue reading

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Episode 7 Script Excerpt

Well, today I have yet another script excerpt.  This time, it’s from the seventh episode of Sunnyville Stories.  The title of it will be “By Any Other Name”.  It will involve much confusion.  How so?  Well…see for yourself. SUNNYVILLE STORIES … Continue reading

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Is Art School Necessary For Comics?

If you want to turn professional at comics, you’re definitely going to need some skills. In addition to business and marketing tactics (which I hope to discuss in the coming weeks), you definitely must have some kind of skills in … Continue reading

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Making Comics By Jason Brubaker

There’s a new blog in town and it talks about making comics.  While I’ve discussed the subject myself frequently, I thought I’d share this new blog. Jason Brubaker, creator of reMIND, started up this new blog appropriately titled Making Comics. … Continue reading

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Episode 6 Script Excerpt

In today’s blog post, I thought I’d share an excerpt from the script to the sixth episode of Sunnyville Stories which is still in development. My goal is to finish the scripts for episodes 6 and 7 by November 4th. … Continue reading

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Episode 6 Concept Sketches

I’m getting ready for Furfright 2011.  At this time, episode 5 of Sunnyville Stories is at the printers and still being processed.  Some of you may be wondering about the next comic I’m going to do. The sixth episode of … Continue reading

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