tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186250176674135232.post5713592231455871350..comments2023-08-07T11:28:05.833-04:00Comments on PLANET GRIFFIN: The New Marvel Motion Deal: Aniboom or Ani-bust?The Infamous RodBuddahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02348169753242084297noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186250176674135232.post-44902527908468539032009-10-29T04:02:12.254-04:002009-10-29T04:02:12.254-04:00Good Grief!
MDoubble has this uncanny knack of sh...Good Grief!<br /><br />MDoubble has this uncanny knack of shutting it down, don't he? I've got to agree with this one whole heartedly--- kind of like ZUDA, where their peers and 'fans' determine whether or not DC deems it worthy to publish--- the industry equivalents of 'American Idol'. Notice how they pay their 'finalists'...? <br /><br />Comics should be read and animation should be seen and enjoyed. Motion comics come across as a way of pitching projects to movie studios w/o all the prep time... This is the new Marvel 'No-Prize', and they're expecting you to pay for itGuess Who?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186250176674135232.post-77053643256536603122009-10-28T19:30:01.496-04:002009-10-28T19:30:01.496-04:00You know, it's all fine and good that Marvel w...You know, it's all fine and good that Marvel wants to try it's hand at "motion comics." I'm not a fan because essentially it's a low budget cartoon with comic pages as animation assets. As a cartoon, it's crippled. As a comic, it's not a comic. That's a marketing ploy to reel in comic buyers. Sure they'll try it, it's novelty. But current Marvel fans will always go back to their first love, the floppies.<br /><br />The thing that give comics it's magic and intimacy, that no other medium quite replicates happens in that special place, between the gutters of the panels. Filling that space with more frames , sound and a freaking voice over slows the transmission of information to the reader(motion comics kicks out their participation and makes them viewers)Good storytelling at is best like design, or hell any art of substance is an invisible. It should not call attention to itself. It’s an masturbatory exercise if it does. The reader should experience the story, not a style salad.<br /><br />The main thing of this I do not like it is this "contest" way of finding artists. Comics are more or less an industry where artists rule. Writers have their say of course and we need good writers, but comic readers want pictures. When a contest is held, with a prize going to the “best” it denigrates the whole profession. What Marvel is doing is using spec work to find motion graphic artists. Just interview the artists best qualified like they do for every other position in the company not creating something. Marketing, lawyers, editorial, or hell even the catering are not found by a contest. Why would they do that with something like this?<br /><br />“Skills don't pay the mother fucking bills. Money do.” – Ras KassMyron Macklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14272087025019886959noreply@blogger.com