CHRISTOPHER JONES, Penciller for BATMAN STRIKES, Part 8

BAT-BLOG ~ Do you have any advice for young artists who are wanting to make a living at this?

CHRIS ~ It's a crazy business and it gets harder and harder to break into. If you're getting into it to find fame and fortune, you can probably find it more easily in another field. If you want to do comics so badly that you'd stick with it for years whether you make any money at it or not... well then you might just get somewhere. Study the human figure and work on your drawing in general by looking at the real world, not at other comic book art. Just learn to be the best artist you can. You can figure out how to apply it to comics later. When you're ready for that part of it, there are some great books by Will Eisner and Scott McCloud on the subject.