More comic news! Seems like comic script writing is turning into a niche for me…
I’ve just completed another comic project for a property called The Dream Detective. In order to launch the property, I was hired to write a 32-page comic about two characters who exist on the periphery of the Dream Detective universe.
The comic features a fashion designer, Anna, and the lead singer for an indie band, Callum. They had a wonderful affair in London, but parted ways to pursue their careers. Now, they’re drawn together again through their dreams, and a Facebook application called Dream or Scream.
This time, the comic had a print run of about 50,000 and was distributed to attendees at New York Comic Con in October 2010. The release at Comic Con launched an “alternate reality game” (or ARG), which played out over several months. Check out the comic and the ARG at areyouawake.tv.
My Writer’s Plan website is still live, but I haven’t been spending much time on it. But, just because I’m not blogging there, doesn’t mean the information isn’t still increadibly valuable! For the Writer’s Plan website, all the blogs I’d written about business planning for writers have been pulled together into a single resource for writers. The site includes an online guidebook and takes writers through ten steps to build their own plan. I’ve included three templates: the overall Writers Plan, with mission/vision, objectives, timelines and more; a personal promotion plan; and a project promotion plan.
My hope is that writers who feel they want to move their careers forward, but aren’t making progress, can apply tools that marketers, communicators and strategists use for business. Business plans can become very complicated; I’ve simplified things in my templates to keep things manageable. As time goes on, I plan to add a catalogue of goals, objectives and specific tactics to serve as starting points. We’ll see how that goes. ;-)
On to prior news…
My short comic, Traveller, was published with Zeros 2 Heroes Media, as part of an anthology project called Manga Memoirs. Traveller is the true story of me and my friend, Sack. We were buddies in elementary school, then I moved away.
For most of the friends I’ve moved away from, and there have been lots, that would be the end of the story. Not so with Sack. Though we don’t spend a lot of time hanging out these days, I consider him a good friend… the same great connection as when we were kids.
As with Rip Current, the production process has been amazing and the artists working on the project are bringing fabulous magic and talent to my humble story. Be sure to click through to the Manga Memoirs link to read the full anthology, or scroll down a bit to skip past the other stories and read Traveller. (Make sure you go back and read the others though… there’s a fabulous range in terms of art and story!)
The publication of my comic, Rip Current, is still pretty exciting for me. It’s been live since. The folks at Zeros 2 Heroes Media have built an ENTIRE COMMUNITY, just for Rip Current! That means you can read the comic, become a fan, send in fan art, fan fiction, or just blog about what you think about the story.
If you head over to check it out, remember, there are 20 other comics at the same site, published and ready for reading, just like mine. There are some great books there, so be sure to check them out.
Right now, the folks at Z2HMedia are working hard to move these comics into other properties, like tv series, films, games… I’d sure like to see Rip Current end up as an animated series. I think there’s room in the market for an epic action/romance that’d appeal to teenage girls.