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12-21-2009, 03:29 PM | #21 |
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So do you guys think they are slowing the pace of the single issues to create a 10-issue story arc that they can later publish as a TPB?
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12-21-2009, 03:49 PM | #22 |
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I think IDW is going away from the new tradition. The first 6 issues made an arc, but the next 6 didn't end cleanly at #12 and didn't have the same feel. Felt more like old style.
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12-21-2009, 06:58 PM | #23 |
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... the original TPB was a collection of issues from one number to another that had a common theme.
Todays are a collection of specific issues written as a short arc. So I think it was more of a combination of things. Write a 4 issue arc and immediately (instead of a year or so later) package it as a TPB. Quote:
Additionally, many comics writers these days, particularly those working on licenced properties or in the Big Two, usually come from more diverse writing backgrounds (many come from TV or paperback concerns) as opposed to the largely incestuous pool of New York-centric "insider" talent that dominated the comics industry as recently as 20 years ago. These writers bring with them narrative trends from other media that many comic book scribes have largely been insulated from, some of which favour a certain pace (summed up neatly as the "show, don't tell" approach) that seems relatively glacial compared to the exposition-laden material many of us grew up reading. Part of the problem and why people feel like they've been "cheated" out of story with today's single issue comics, I think, is that many of today's editors have demonstrated a rather poor understanding of media theory. A long format story written for consumption as a single piece (as a TPB or a graphic novel) should be structured differently from a long format story designed to be doled out in serial installments. A lot of the older comics spent more than a few pages per issue in some manner of exposition, re-capping events of the previous issues and such (a necessity in serial media). That contributes to the feeling that "more happened" per issue back then. The repeated re-caps and exposition are redundant and frequently tiresome when the individual issues are collected into a TPB though, as a reader can simply flip back a few pages to refresh his/her memory of previous story events within the longer storyline. Take out all the re-caps and redundant exposition from the old TPBs, like the aforementioned Chris Claremont-penned Dark Phoenix Saga, and you'd probably have trimmed the book by a good 25%. Today's comics, many of which are planned from the outset to feature long format stories meant for single consumption as a TPB, suffer from the opposite problem. They read well as a unitary piece in TPB format, but as serial stories doled out in single issues, many seem to lack direction and plot progression. Last edited by zuludelta; 12-21-2009 at 07:06 PM.. Reason: edited for punctuation |
12-21-2009, 07:08 PM | #24 |
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Right.
It's two ways of writing. The other thing with TPB-Writing is that the development of long term plots doesn't occur as much. There doesn't seem to be as much plot carry over as there used to be. The subplot seems to be missing. I think the thing that mainly gets affected is the "characters life". It seems that the TPB format is non-stop, go, go, go. The introspection issues, plot development issues, filler issues, all that is gone. It seems quicker. Because you have 4 to 6 issues to get the storyline wrapped up, you don't have the interlude spaces like used to have.
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