#comicstoryworld

[tylerweaver]

My new interview with Matt Dursin, co-host of the LEAGUE OF ORDINARY GENTLEMEN podcast and now writer of his debut comics series, ROBIN HOOD: OUTLAW OF THE 21ST CENTURY, on ROBIN HOOD, writing comics, Kickstarter, and more.

[tylerweaver]

When art forms become too sophisticated and self-serious, they can lose something.

Gerard Jones, author of Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters and the Birth of the Comic Book, in my new interview with him, The Golden Age. 

[tylerweaver]

Books and Stories...

A brief moment of self-promotion, then you may be on your merry way... 

First up, my book, Comics for Film, Games and Animation: Using Comics to Construct Your Transmedia Storyworld, published by Focal Press. It's chock full of the evolution of comics and transmedia storytelling, offering history, practical "in-the-trenches" advice, and thought experiments involving Red Dead Redemption, American Beauty, and The Triplets of Bellville. I also got to chat with some amazing people, including Henry Jenkins, Christy Dena, Alison Gaylin and Roberto Orci, co-writer of Star Trek Into Darkness. 

Comics for Film, Games, and Animation is available now! 

Next:

A few short stories: 

June, about a cross dog's last chance. 

Mystery Illusion Theatre #1: The Chimes of Baoding, about a pickpocket with a fear of touch. 

Whiz!Bam!Pow! Book 2: Frank, about a caricaturist's long journey home. 

A Perfect Family, about a widow finding her husband's secrets. 

More stories can be found at my "Books and Stories" page. 

Hope you enjoy! 

[tylerweaver]

Another day, another update to the ComicStoryworld AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. page... 

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Updated my news compilation page (with all of the news I've collected since Agents of SHIELD's announcement) with We Are the Rising Tide, the Vine Teaser, and the series pick-up order. 

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A Brief Pause for a Moment of Self-Promotion...

My apologies for interrupting your Tumbling day, but as I am but a scribbler of words, it's my duty to inform you of their existence: 

NOW AVAILABLE

Comics for Film, Games and Animation: Using Comics to Construct Your Transmedia Storyworld (Focal Press, 2012) - my book on the evolution of the comics medium, why a medium that was 70 years ahead of its time is now dragging behind, and the convergence of comics and transmedia storytelling. It is available from Amazon, B&N, Powells, Chapters, and other booksellers. 

Whiz!Bam!Pow! Book Two: Frank (2013). The story of Frank, a caricaturist determined to reunite with his family, using a comic book as his golden ticket. As he departs on his journey, his bitterness overtakes him and changes the lives of four people forever.

Also available: Whiz!Bam!Pow! Prologue: A Linen Forcefield; Whiz!Bam!Pow! Book One: Ollie and The Adventures of the Sentinel radio show.  Both Book One and Book Two are available on Kindle. 

And finally, launching March 24... 

Mystery Illusion Theatre #1 - my new playground featuring stories of pickpockets, thieves, heroes, and wanton bad-assery. The first tale will be free for subscribers to my newsletter, The Spinner Rack on March 24 and available to everyone else on Sunday, March 31. Each installment will be written in two weeks.

The countdown continues... 

[tylerweaver]

It's Will Eisner Week...

... according to Earth Prime Time. 

To celebrate Mr. Eisner's birthday, here's a story Denny O'Neil told me when I interviewed him for my book, one that captures everything brilliant about Eisner in two paragraphs:

O'Neil had an argument with Eisner at a party; not a fist-throwing one by any stretch of the imagination, but rather a friendly debate among professionals. Eisner told O'Neil that any story could be done in comics form. O'Neil countered that you couldn't do Shakespeare in comics. 

A few months later, Eisner published his recreation of the "To be or not to be" soliloquy - in comics form. 

Happy birthday, Mr. Eisner. 

[tylerweaver]

While continuity is a chain that produces longevity, unlocks story potential and gives fans something to dig into and a means to demonstrate expertise, it can strangle innovation and storytelling when it is wielded in the name of nostalgia and isn’t in line with the values and storytelling tendencies of the current generation. I think that’s what we’re seeing now. I’m a lifelong comics lover, and I hate to say it, but the story offerings of the biggest and most visible publishers (there are exceptions) aren’t that compelling.

Me(!) on the impenetrability of current comics. This is part one of Henry Jenkins' (Convergence Culture) interview with me about my book, Comics for Film, Games, and Animation: Using Comics to Construct Your Transmedia Storyworld.