Kurt Michael Russell - comic book colorist, digital artist, and art instructor

How Did You Break Into Comics?

K. Michael Russell July 20, 2014

I get the question more than any other, so I made a video to answer it!

This video answers the question I get most of all... how did you "break in" to comics?! Or how did I become a colorist? How To Break Into Comics... or how I did, anyway... enjoy! My apologies for the audio sync issues!

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I've also started using Procreate on the iPad Pro recently. You can check it out here:

PC Setup

I get questions about my PC hardware often. My setup is completely overkill for coloring, but I do a lot of video editing, so keep that in mind! Here's my current setup:

Tablet

I am currently using a Wacom Intuos Art (Medium) & an iPad Pro 12.9 (2017)

I manage my YouTube channel with Tubebuddy. Great product for bulk copy editing and bulk annotation and card updating.

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