Kindle Threatens Comic Book Business
March 5, 2009 by S David Acuff
Filed under Headlines
Alright Filmmakers. We’re branching out with this Advertising Age YouTube clip to expand our horizons because distribution methods continue to change and we need to be in the know about what is effecting our Cousin Industries (Music Biz and Publishing Biz) because it will affect us in the Film biz.
Comic books and Graphic Novels are great for filmmakers because when you think about it, they’re storyboards. It’s a gigantic shortcut, because a lot of the previsualization process has already been done. In fact, creating a Graphic Novel from your script can be a great way to have a sale-able Product in hand, as well as a fantastic pitch product to Networks and Studios.
Of course, this works best in the very visually driven Fantasy or Sci-fi worlds…less so if your script is a “Fried Green Tomatoes” or talking heads piece. But, I digress….