10/23: TV Comics Worth Watching
I was still grumbling about Heroes webcomics when this caught my eye: a report on the unqualified success of Joss Whedon's Buffy Season 8, and how Team Comics plans to follow up on it.
Well, okay, let's qualify that success a little. Buffy is sliding down the long tail here, wringing more money from a smaller audience. Audience numbers that make a smash hit in the direct market are laughable on network television. But whatever your business, a hit is a hit.
Money quote: "I think Joss physically opened up the idea that fan-favorite TV shows can have a renewed life if done the right way by the original creators."
Note the phrase "renewed life." Though the writer shoehorns Heroes into the article, most of the examples concern TV series that are not currently being broadcast. Unlike Heroes comics, these comics are not supplements but continuations to a story that would not continue any other way.
Of course, that works better for some series than for others. Few "original creators" in television have done as well for themselves in comics as Whedon has. But hey, let's dream for a second:
Crusade scripted by J. Michael Stracynski. Or, if he'd rather, another story set in the Babylon Fiveiverse.
Star Trek scripted by Peter David. Not "The Original Series," not any of the other series, just Star Trek, straight up. Give David that whole fictional universe and see what he does.
West Wing Season 9, scripted by Aaron Sorkin. No, I didn't like Studio 60, and it's madness to think Sorkin would swallow his pride and pick up with a new president created by the writers who replaced him. But I'd love to see him try it. And if Ex Machina can make it in this marketplace...
Batman Season 3, scripted by Adam West. Because sometimes readers should SUFFER.
PvP gamerpics and themes hit the XBox 360. Savvy. This seems like another step toward the integration of popular gaming strips with gaming software, not too far behind the Penny Arcade/Valve deal earlier this year.
Clickwheel's iPod/iPhone emulation technology is really humming along.
According to my e-mail, the Zuda launch party is scheduled for my birthday next week (October 30) in New York. From 5:30-6:30, the staff will be reviewing pitches "live" at Lansdowne Road, 599 10th Avenue (between 43rd and 44th Streets), New York, NY 10036. Newsarama quotes the e-mail in its entirety, but I can't find any mention of this event on Zuda's own site yet. If only there were some sort of online log where Zuda could put these things!
Well, okay, let's qualify that success a little. Buffy is sliding down the long tail here, wringing more money from a smaller audience. Audience numbers that make a smash hit in the direct market are laughable on network television. But whatever your business, a hit is a hit.
Money quote: "I think Joss physically opened up the idea that fan-favorite TV shows can have a renewed life if done the right way by the original creators."
Note the phrase "renewed life." Though the writer shoehorns Heroes into the article, most of the examples concern TV series that are not currently being broadcast. Unlike Heroes comics, these comics are not supplements but continuations to a story that would not continue any other way.
Of course, that works better for some series than for others. Few "original creators" in television have done as well for themselves in comics as Whedon has. But hey, let's dream for a second:
Crusade scripted by J. Michael Stracynski. Or, if he'd rather, another story set in the Babylon Fiveiverse.
Star Trek scripted by Peter David. Not "The Original Series," not any of the other series, just Star Trek, straight up. Give David that whole fictional universe and see what he does.
West Wing Season 9, scripted by Aaron Sorkin. No, I didn't like Studio 60, and it's madness to think Sorkin would swallow his pride and pick up with a new president created by the writers who replaced him. But I'd love to see him try it. And if Ex Machina can make it in this marketplace...
Batman Season 3, scripted by Adam West. Because sometimes readers should SUFFER.
PvP gamerpics and themes hit the XBox 360. Savvy. This seems like another step toward the integration of popular gaming strips with gaming software, not too far behind the Penny Arcade/Valve deal earlier this year.
Clickwheel's iPod/iPhone emulation technology is really humming along.
According to my e-mail, the Zuda launch party is scheduled for my birthday next week (October 30) in New York. From 5:30-6:30, the staff will be reviewing pitches "live" at Lansdowne Road, 599 10th Avenue (between 43rd and 44th Streets), New York, NY 10036. Newsarama quotes the e-mail in its entirety, but I can't find any mention of this event on Zuda's own site yet. If only there were some sort of online log where Zuda could put these things!
Labels: Webcomics
Posted at
1:36 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home