Danae: I'm bored and wanna go on an adventure... Now!! Lucy: OK... Where do you want to go and what do you want to do? Danae: I want someone to give me an idea for an adventure now! Lucy: Sigh. I'm already exhausted...
Out pen and have at it. But a time warp (where’s that physics nerd when you need him) visit to the Okeefenokee Swamp and its denizens would be fun for this aging boomer. Look forward, Wiley, to your daily offering. (Not real thrilled, though, with the glue the Chinese used on your 2010 daily calendar pad.)
Apparently this needs further explanation. I come from the Charles Schulz school of cartooning. In the 50 years he produced Peanuts, Charles Schulz never bought a gag or hired other people to help produce the final art. It is an art that needs to be an expression of the artist, entirely from the artist’s perspective and creativity. Like Charles Schulz, I approach my work as an art that has to emanate entirely from me.
reminds me of myself as a kid. being a tomboy surrounded by sisters was very frustrating. I wanted to go have an “adventure” and all mom wanted to do was play with my barbie-dolls……..ugh
A truly open cartoonistic mind is not above accepting overall storyline suggestions from the public. It should also be noted that Charles Schulz’ Peanuts wasn’t that great of a comic strip, consisting mainly of about 20 or 30 different basic gag situations permeated by cloying cuteness and mock-philosophical “wisdom”, repeating over and over as if rotating on a Rolodex.
“It’s the character, folks. Don’t read more into it than there is.”
It’s the excellence of your work that does it, Wiley: people will read into it stuff of their own. It’s just my opinion, but that people can and will do that speaks to your authenticity to your characters, even if it is ‘just a comic’.
Mr. Miller; the art which emanates from your personal self expressive creativity have been and remain one of the very few perspectives that approaches Mr. Shultz’s art. You do him and your art honor………….Thank you:-)
“I don’t know, what do you want to do?” Disney’s Jungle Book Vultures…
btw, “where” is “that way…” and “what” is “we’ll figure out something when we get there…” LOL HEART Danae!
Wiley - do you mean we are all lame brains?
Tsk, tsk.
No, say rather: unless an idea spring from the author’s fertile imagination and strike sparks from his (or her, as the case may be) muse, the resulting attempt at wit and creative comedy will be, as was noted, most likely “lame, formulaic material.”
DarthSequitur over 14 years ago
Danae - ask Victoria.
wndrwrthg over 14 years ago
Read a book.
GROG Premium Member over 14 years ago
So am I Lucy. Danae can be quite exausting, can she?
Pacejv over 14 years ago
@ Wiley…YOU asking?
FresnoDude over 14 years ago
Danae has lost her imagination? Is she growing out of that stage of her childhood? No, no, she will get her second wind!?
kreole over 14 years ago
Pre-teen hormones beginning to stir?
Kosher71 over 14 years ago
Breaking the fourth wall in the third panel ?
I vote she joins the Grrrl scouts .
cdward over 14 years ago
Why doesn’t she hook up with Lio and cause some mayhem?
morrishagerman over 14 years ago
Ms Danae Goes To Washington
madKanga over 14 years ago
You are missing the point - she is saying “Don’t try to cheer me up, I want to be miserable!”
DolphinGirl78 over 14 years ago
I highly doubt that Wiley is suffering from writer’s block guys… I think there’s more to this than meets the eye… :)
lazygrazer over 14 years ago
When’s the last time you robbed a train, Danae?
ZorkArg over 14 years ago
Capt. Eddy!! To the rescue!!!!!!!!
Wiley creator over 14 years ago
It’s the character, folks. Don’t read more into it than there is.
The material is produced several weeks in advance of publication, so it would be ineffective to seek ideas from readers for an adventure now.
Besides, I don’t take ideas from outside my brain, as that only produces lame, formulaic material.
twj0729 over 14 years ago
How about meeting up with the alien again and tool around outer space?
ronaldmundy over 14 years ago
you start giving ideas, and i bet she’ll say “neah, don’t wanna do that.”
madKanga over 14 years ago
Wiley - do you mean we are all lame brains? Tsk, tsk.
lewisbower over 14 years ago
The only time I don’t need my meds are when Danae or Capt Eddy are featured. Otherwise Wiley can drive me stark raving wild.
sidl over 14 years ago
Wiley, so far it would seem that you are working outside your brain then.
philboydjr over 14 years ago
Out pen and have at it. But a time warp (where’s that physics nerd when you need him) visit to the Okeefenokee Swamp and its denizens would be fun for this aging boomer. Look forward, Wiley, to your daily offering. (Not real thrilled, though, with the glue the Chinese used on your 2010 daily calendar pad.)
Wiley creator over 14 years ago
Apparently this needs further explanation. I come from the Charles Schulz school of cartooning. In the 50 years he produced Peanuts, Charles Schulz never bought a gag or hired other people to help produce the final art. It is an art that needs to be an expression of the artist, entirely from the artist’s perspective and creativity. Like Charles Schulz, I approach my work as an art that has to emanate entirely from me.
Nelly55 over 14 years ago
reminds me of myself as a kid. being a tomboy surrounded by sisters was very frustrating. I wanted to go have an “adventure” and all mom wanted to do was play with my barbie-dolls……..ugh
I grew up and played with airplanes instead
freeholder1 over 14 years ago
Calvin wants his personality back.
thekingster over 14 years ago
Formulaic and lame? Sounds like public education. I know as I am a teacher.
‘Nuff said.
Jmarkoff over 14 years ago
A truly open cartoonistic mind is not above accepting overall storyline suggestions from the public. It should also be noted that Charles Schulz’ Peanuts wasn’t that great of a comic strip, consisting mainly of about 20 or 30 different basic gag situations permeated by cloying cuteness and mock-philosophical “wisdom”, repeating over and over as if rotating on a Rolodex.
Justice22 over 14 years ago
Good for you Mr. Miller. Onward and upward!
Wildmustang1262 over 14 years ago
Boy, she is so grumpy to keep her in her room too long. too bad! Keep being more grumpy!
Lawrence Stetz Premium Member over 14 years ago
I think she should ride a wagon down a steep hill while discussing philosophy with the horse.
brewwitch over 14 years ago
Wiley said:
“It’s the character, folks. Don’t read more into it than there is.”
It’s the excellence of your work that does it, Wiley: people will read into it stuff of their own. It’s just my opinion, but that people can and will do that speaks to your authenticity to your characters, even if it is ‘just a comic’.
cfimeiatpap over 14 years ago
Mr. Miller; the art which emanates from your personal self expressive creativity have been and remain one of the very few perspectives that approaches Mr. Shultz’s art. You do him and your art honor………….Thank you:-)
AKHenderson Premium Member over 14 years ago
Danae should visit “Heart of the City.”
COGNIZANT over 14 years ago
What happened to the sock?
treered over 14 years ago
“I don’t know, what do you want to do?” Disney’s Jungle Book Vultures… btw, “where” is “that way…” and “what” is “we’ll figure out something when we get there…” LOL HEART Danae!
1witchywoman over 14 years ago
Wish I could afford to buy a Print, she is definately a gem! Good Job!
bmonk over 14 years ago
madKanga said, about 11 chidings ago
Wiley - do you mean we are all lame brains? Tsk, tsk.
No, say rather: unless an idea spring from the author’s fertile imagination and strike sparks from his (or her, as the case may be) muse, the resulting attempt at wit and creative comedy will be, as was noted, most likely “lame, formulaic material.”