(Don’t get too excited – I’m not going to tell you how to do it. Hell – I’m still trying to figure that part out)
Cast your eyes around T’Interweb and you can find all manner of sites who purport to tell you how you should be writing a comic-book. There are some who are just trying to sell you stuff and others that have the good sense to just say tell a good story and not worry about the rest.
I’m a creature of habit who’s spent far too long writing in screenplay format to get into all this “Panel 1” business. I’ve always written with the knowledge that it’s the Director and DoP’s job to stage the action and decide the shots. For all my years spent behind the camera (as a Grip in TV) I know I’ve got an eye for a good shot, but I also know that the DoP has a better eye – that’s why I’m pushing him around on the dolly, and not the other way around.
Isn’t it the same with comics? Surely it’s the Artist who decides how the story is told visually. Can you imagine Elektra: Assassin without Sienkiewicz? Can you imagine what went through Frank Miller’s head when he had to do his dialogue re-writes on top of that crazy artwork?
The mind boggles…
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