My very late response to Marc:
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Thanks, Grimm, tho I'm not sure what I did!
Sometimes it's good just to have someone to bounce ideas off of and say "I'm considering this, what do you think?" or "Does this seem like a good prospect to you?" and when you can get an actual response, it's very gratifying.
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Anyway, I thought of ya the other day, and, no, not in the wet dream kind of way for once.
requisite * tee hee!*
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I was reading this interview with Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize winner for Kavalier and Clay. He wants to work in television, and he can't seem to get steady work. Unreal. The guy has Pulitzer, and he's basically knocking on doors in Hollywood. So if prose was his ticket into TV, maybe he should have thought twice.
I have no idea what Chabon's thinking. TV, for the most part, seems to me a very anti-literate medium for the most part (ironic, given it's expanse in the fifties using literary authors) and has always been very subject to heavy handed control from sponsors. I would think he'd have better luck attempting screenplays or writing more novels. But if that's what he wants, hey. . .
As for positive examples of prose to comics transition, I will offer two: Greg Rucka and Brad Meltzer. Rucka's series of books did well enough to get him noticed by DC, and Meltzer is a NYTimes #1 bestseller. So, it can happen. Even Stephen King and Clive Barker have dabbled in comics (though they haven't actually written any).
I dunno. There are projects in my head that I see as comics, some that I see as novels, and some as possible screenplays. I love comics, but I would like to try other things also. (and with prose, it's all on me. Don't have to worry about other people to get the work done.)
The Doctor and I are actually currently talking about doing our B Team characters as a computer animation. I'd love to be able to get that as a show on Comedy Central or Cartoon Network.
