BuzzCity.ca: Interview with comic book artists - Jason Sylvestre and Dyson Yobb

BuzzCity chats with comic book artists Jason Sylvestre and Dyson Yobb who are members of Regina based Valuable Comics collective started about five years ago when a number of local comic artists saw the need for a collective to provide mutual support and shared resources for their efforts. Today, the collective has about a dozen members and publishes three times per year. It's a good way to get started. Since most members have a particular skill or specialty, the collective meets regularly to share ideas and provide mentorship in the various skills required for comic book production like scripting, drawing, inking, colouring and computer finishing. Each issue of Valuable Comics features from eight to 12 of the collective's artists. Their work is mostly comedic adventure fantasy, although some examples are experimental in terms of form and technique. Some stories are kid friendly, while others are targeted to adult readers. But the collective maintains editorial standards and nothing in Valuable Comics is offensive or inappropriate for youthful readers. Valuable Comics artists also publish their own titles and a few, like Jason Sylvstre's Jason of New York City enjoy wider distribution.

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Entertainment

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• comic books
• illustrators
• art
• comic magazine
• comic strips
• graphic novels