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Post by nolan on Aug 18, 2006 0:53:35 GMT -5
FYI, we'll probably be closing this thread soon and posting the new submission info soon. Its going to be revised a little. I guess I can throw out the basic synopsis of the story. My book presupposes that a lobster like race evolved into the dominant intelligent species of Earth. Its basically a love story against the odds at the core between Kristin and her blueish colored female lover Joanie. Essentially the whole book is a build up to where, shockingly, on the final page, while they eat their romantic dinner in a restaruant, it is revealed that there are HUMANS in the human tank that they can select to eat for their meal. Cool idea. Are you thinking of this as like a future shock short story? Or like a longer serial feature?
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Post by comicrighter on Aug 18, 2006 12:08:38 GMT -5
Hmmm...that sounds interesting. You may want to write up a loose outline, copyright that and script from it if you want to post it here. I have a no ripping off rule but I can't do much besides ban someone. What kind of a direction do you want to take this though? I'm thinking about 1300-1500 pages, a la Preacher, Transmet, etc. I really think it's a brilliant idea with a lot of material that can come of it. Here's a draft for the first page: Pg1, Panel 1: Wide-screen shot of a group of 4 men, early 20s, playnig in a band. A drummer, bassist, and two guitarists, with one guitarist in front of a mic. Caption: Anyone can play an instrument, but how many people can really wail on a guitar? Pg 1, Panel 2: Small shot of the door. We see Boomer entering the room. He is also in his early 20s, balding, and wearing a dark blue jumpsuit that says Morris County Sanitation Department on it. Pg 1, Panel 3: Shot of the bassist, looking disgusted. Bassist: Boomer, what the fuck is that stench? Pg 1, Panel 4: Boomer is picking up his axe, ready to jam to some sweet tunes. Looks up at bassist (Rondo), annoyed. Boomer: Shut up, yo. There was a shitty diaper in a garbage can I picked up. When I flipped it over to dump it in the truck, the lid came off and I got shit all over me. Rondo: Damn, son. You gots to shower or you gots to go. I think that sets the tone really well for the book and shows that not only can I write some dead-on dialogue, but that I have a concept here that will appeal to a lot of audiences. Lets have some feeback for me!
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Post by nolan on Aug 20, 2006 0:31:13 GMT -5
Comicrighter,
I love the idea.
My recommendation is if you want to do it in PT (and this goes for a lot of projects too), aim for shorter chapters. Itll be easier to get an artist for like 8-15 pages then for 22-25 if you don't have one already.
I dont want to constrain people's creativity but keep in mind that most of you guys won't be drawing your own stuff and a lot of you probbaly couldn't afford to hire an artist. And we can't publish just a script.
Then take those and put them in collected editions somewhere and get them out there for people to see.
I'm trying to keep my stuff below 10. Which isn't helped by my decompressed writing style.
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Post by capvsbats on Sept 1, 2006 15:16:16 GMT -5
Nolan, would you be open to Superhero stuff or does that conflict with your Mission statement?
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Post by nolan on Sept 1, 2006 19:20:04 GMT -5
Nolan, would you be open to Superhero stuff or does that conflict with your Mission statement? We'll look at superhero stuff.
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