Last week, Apple's iBook Author got
comics creators thinking about making their own digital graphic novels, manga publishers continue to work on improving digital distribution and Marvel promised big digital comics news.
Not exact matches
There was something going on in
comics where there was just a lot of raping going on... And I
thought there was a much more complex and dangerous road to go down that doesn't have that in it, and as a male
creator, do that: teach by example.
A few weeks ago it was revealed that Deadpool director Tim Miller and
comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis are developing a mystery X-Men movie,
thought to be based around the character of Kitty Pryde, and now THR is reporting that the studio has tapped
comic book
creator Brian K. Vaughan (Runaways, X-Men, Y: The Last Man) to pen a Silver Surfer solo movie.
One would
think that after successfully re-launching the X-Men with a new A-list cast a couple of years ago, the studio would stick to that cast but as is common with
comic books, it seems that
creators are always jumping around timelines, characters and stories, it's only appropriate that a sequel that brings director Bryan Singer back into the fold would not only involve time travel but also include nearly every member, past and present, of the X-Men movie franchise.
Now when
creators can start making enough money off of digital - only
comics to
think about them in more abstract ways, we may see some really interesting products show up.
I'm sounding out a few digital
creators I know for a follow - up blogpost and hope to use my next entry to put forward the opposite side and offer some perspectives and
thoughts on writing for digital
comics.
Creators This interview with the prolific Indian
comics creator Pran Kumar Sharma is a little sad, because he seems to
think the
comics medium is dying, although the news out of India is generally that the market is burgeoning.
A number of the experimental digital - first
comics are free, and
creators such as Thrillbent's Mark Waid have said up front that they want to figure out the model first and then
think about monetizing it.
This week, Kevin's
creator, Dan Parent, accepted the Outstanding
Comic Book award at the GLAAD Media Awards, saying, «Many people thought it would be a challenge to introduce a gay character into a comic book primarily produced for children, but that was really our saving g
Comic Book award at the GLAAD Media Awards, saying, «Many people
thought it would be a challenge to introduce a gay character into a
comic book primarily produced for children, but that was really our saving g
comic book primarily produced for children, but that was really our saving grace.
Creators «I
thought I was writing the last Marvel
comic book,» writer Brian Michael Bendis says of his first visit to the Marvel offices; the publisher had just declared bankruptcy and all the filing cabinets had already been sold.
have a majority of
comics creators & readers (digital or otherwise) not
thought of doing this?
«Uncanny Avengers» scribe Rick Remender stopped by the CBR Yacht at
Comic - Con International 2013 to tease the future of the Marvel series and discuss his
thoughts on
creator - owned
comics.
Creators Landry Walker and Eric Jones go in - depth with
Comic Box Commentary on Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures in the Eighth Grade, from the original pitch to their favorite scenes to
thoughts on what might happen if there were a sequel: «It's all a bit of a jumble in my head,» Walker said.
... and it's a good one: When
creators who matter to me start really
thinking about the in - app or cliented digital
comics form of Comixology or graphic.ly, and start doing,...
Some specifics: It's got access to 13,000 back issues, lets you add
comics to your library like you would in Spotify or Rdio, can store six issues for offline reading (ugh, yes, we'll get to that), sorts by character, series,
creator, or events (
think Civil War, Onslaught, etc.), and syncs your downloaded
comics across all your devices.
Leaving the Big Two behind, he jumped headfirst into
creator - owned work, setting up Memorial with Rich Ellis at IDW Publishing and then last year re-envisioning his boutique prose company Monkeybrain as a forward -
thinking digital
comics publisher, with another new series, Edison Rex, leading the charge.
Attending
Thought Bubble a couple of weeks ago in the UK was an eye - opening experience for me, since it was a much bigger show than I expected and thronged with hundreds of
comic creators producing highly original and masterful work.
I know a few
comics creators who would be fine doing books with no - DRM, but are signed up with companies that aren't quite so forward -
thinking.
So I would
think that Comixology is more profitable for
creator owned
comics.
Creators Writer Mark L. Miller discusses the Jungle Book
comic he's writing for Zenescope, which features a female Mowgli character: «Everyone was making a huge deal that I put tits on Mowglii, but I didn't really even
think of that aspect.
(Maybe this makes me old school, but as long as
comics creators are building pages in this shape, I
think it's only right that I read them as the
creators intended.)
I'm actually
thinking about using the Kindle
Comic Creator to create a children's book because the graphics, text, etc, need to be in very specific places (it can reflow like a text novel).
comics»n card gaming franchise — the original
creator, Kazuki Takahashi, hasn't drawn it since 2004, and by that I don't mean he uses a ton of studio assistants, I mean he doesn't even sign his name as artist anymore — is probably the «worst»
comic in Weekly Shonen Jump, though I
think it's bad in a way that makes it fascinating.
One thing I've been
thinking about recently... I'd argue that, for
creator - owned properties right now, the single most PROFITABLE sales channel for selling digital
comics is actually KICKSTARTER.
Mark Bernardi, Dark Horse director of digital publishing said «We
think this expanded distribution will be a boon to Dark Horse fans as well as the
creators and licensors we partner with to create the amazing
comics we publish each week.»