Comments on: What Would An Alan Moore Digital Comic Look Like? http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/ The Blog@ Team and prominent comics personalities share what’s on their minds. Tue, 21 May 2013 12:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Pallanfred http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-657286 Pallanfred Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:50:06 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-657286 @Laroquod. you are exactly right. I think in digital comicbooks, there is no reason to think in the ways of pages. Pages are mute. They are going to be the way of the dodos. Yes we must still consider and use sequence, but sequence can still be told in non-traditional methods. For example, has anyone used the Chromium OS software? I'm not much of a fan of the Open System part, the the way in which you can tell a narration, yet be extremely creative with design and visual storytelling. That is just one example that I can think of. The boundaries that we currently have on the page are soon to not be needed. I have several apps on my IPod that have some great digital comics, and some real inventive ways of storytelling. This is all exciting stuff. As more young people start aging and start expecting more from a comic book, we will start seeing some real innovations. With the announcement of Borders Bookstores going under and closing their doors (some of which was due to bureaucratic retardation and a slow reaction to an ever changing publishing and retail industry) I can easily have the vision of a paperless society. I hope not. I like my books, comic-books, newspapers, and so forth. I don't want all of that to go away, but with our economies starting to implode, the cost of publishing on paper will undoubtedly be overwhelming if people have their IPads, Nooks, and Kindles. In 1994, I had an idea of an electronic comic-book where the artist didn't need to illustrate on the page at all. Individual illustrations, not necessarily within a panel or box, were all that were going to be needed in order to scan in (of course now it can be done with a Wacom tablet and no need for art supplies at all) art and using Illustrator and perhaps an invented software, was all that would have been needed. Sadly, as in now also, I don't have any connections to make any of this stuff happen. @Laroquod. you are exactly right. I think in digital comicbooks, there is no reason to think in the ways of pages. Pages are mute. They are going to be the way of the dodos. Yes we must still consider and use sequence, but sequence can still be told in non-traditional methods. For example, has anyone used the Chromium OS software? I’m not much of a fan of the Open System part, the the way in which you can tell a narration, yet be extremely creative with design and visual storytelling. That is just one example that I can think of. The boundaries that we currently have on the page are soon to not be needed. I have several apps on my IPod that have some great digital comics, and some real inventive ways of storytelling. This is all exciting stuff. As more young people start aging and start expecting more from a comic book, we will start seeing some real innovations. With the announcement of Borders Bookstores going under and closing their doors (some of which was due to bureaucratic retardation and a slow reaction to an ever changing publishing and retail industry) I can easily have the vision of a paperless society. I hope not. I like my books, comic-books, newspapers, and so forth. I don’t want all of that to go away, but with our economies starting to implode, the cost of publishing on paper will undoubtedly be overwhelming if people have their IPads, Nooks, and Kindles. In 1994, I had an idea of an electronic comic-book where the artist didn’t need to illustrate on the page at all. Individual illustrations, not necessarily within a panel or box, were all that were going to be needed in order to scan in (of course now it can be done with a Wacom tablet and no need for art supplies at all) art and using Illustrator and perhaps an invented software, was all that would have been needed. Sadly, as in now also, I don’t have any connections to make any of this stuff happen.

]]> By: Laroquod http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-656952 Laroquod Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:25:28 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-656952 There is a giant overemphasis in among digital comics circles today on the importance of pagination. Pagination is not that important to print comics, nor is messing with the pagination going to bring us to any medium-exploding digital promised land. There are plenty of exciting experiments to be done in digital, but pretty much none of them have to do with aspect ratio or 'infinite canvas' or number of panels per page. That stuff is just scribbling in the margins (pun intended). There is a giant overemphasis in among digital comics circles today on the importance of pagination. Pagination is not that important to print comics, nor is messing with the pagination going to bring us to any medium-exploding digital promised land. There are plenty of exciting experiments to be done in digital, but pretty much none of them have to do with aspect ratio or ‘infinite canvas’ or number of panels per page. That stuff is just scribbling in the margins (pun intended).

]]> By: Steve Broome http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-656949 Steve Broome Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:12:13 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-656949 I'll only point out that the lack of page limitations doesn't mean you're completely ignoring page size limitations, which are what every developer runs into when coming up with navigation for mobile devices. I'm really excited as a digital comic creator to see what he's working on though. I’ll only point out that the lack of page limitations doesn’t mean you’re completely ignoring page size limitations, which are what every developer runs into when coming up with navigation for mobile devices. I’m really excited as a digital comic creator to see what he’s working on though.

]]> By: sdstone http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-656445 sdstone Wed, 27 Jul 2011 06:09:15 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-656445 Someone's read McCloud's Reinventing Comics! I can't wait to see Moore's Zot! Someone’s read McCloud’s Reinventing Comics! I can’t wait to see Moore’s Zot!

]]> By: sacred_yes http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-656289 sacred_yes Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:29:24 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-656289 ^This guy- perfect summation. Also, echoes my sentiment exactly! ^This guy- perfect summation. Also, echoes my sentiment exactly!

]]> By: comicbooks http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-656230 comicbooks Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:54:50 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-656230 COMICBOOKS! COMICBOOKS!

]]> By: Charlie http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-656138 Charlie Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:34:49 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-656138 Reminds me of Scott McCloud and his stance on the subject. The sky is really the limit when you start to develop comics specifically for that type of medium. Reminds me of Scott McCloud and his stance on the subject. The sky is really the limit when you start to develop comics specifically for that type of medium.

]]> By: Chris http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-656130 Chris Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:02:03 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-656130 @RunnerX13: He does. You do realize that print comics as they now exist were invented in the 1930s, when original material began being produced in comic book pamphlets as they are now, and that that is what Moore is talking about? @RunnerX13:

He does. You do realize that print comics as they now exist were invented in the 1930s, when original material began being produced in comic book pamphlets as they are now, and that that is what Moore is talking about?

]]> By: RunnerX13 http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-656123 RunnerX13 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:10:25 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-656123 80 years* 80 years*

]]> By: RunnerX13 http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-656122 RunnerX13 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:07:55 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-656122 "That I don’t think is the way to do it, because comics storytelling is entirely predicated upon the print technologies of the late 1930s." Moore does realise that we're 80s out of the 1930s? “That I don’t think is the way to do it, because comics storytelling is entirely predicated upon the print technologies of the late 1930s.”

Moore does realise that we’re 80s out of the 1930s?

]]> By: Kyle http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-655979 Kyle Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:46:10 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-655979 WAIT! Are you telling me there's an aspect of the comic book industry that Alan Moore DOESN'T like? My world lies in shatters. But seriously, I'd love to see what he'd do in digital format. Some kind of imersive flash file where you have to scroll in all directions and can zoom to panels within panels and whatnot. The possibilities are kind of daunting when you really start thinking about what a digital comic could be. WAIT! Are you telling me there’s an aspect of the comic book industry that Alan Moore DOESN’T like? My world lies in shatters.

But seriously, I’d love to see what he’d do in digital format. Some kind of imersive flash file where you have to scroll in all directions and can zoom to panels within panels and whatnot. The possibilities are kind of daunting when you really start thinking about what a digital comic could be.

]]> By: What Guy? http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-655959 What Guy? Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:45:15 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-655959 @Ashley - I think you may have the wrong article? Anyway, Moore sure looks old in that pic, nice to hear he's working on stuff. @Ashley – I think you may have the wrong article?

Anyway, Moore sure looks old in that pic, nice to hear he’s working on stuff.

]]> By: Ashley http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-655957 Ashley Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:29:11 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-655957 i diss Hollywood all the time, and considering what they've done to IP's like Transformers and snorfest like Twilight which sadly make more then their worth it's hard not to. i diss Hollywood all the time, and considering what they’ve done to IP’s like Transformers and snorfest like Twilight which sadly make more then their worth it’s hard not to.

]]> By: dan http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-655956 dan Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:27:27 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-655956 Thank God someone's actually thinking about the medium. Thank God someone’s actually thinking about the medium.

]]> By: Unit_99 http://blog.newsarama.com/2011/07/25/what-would-an-alan-moore-digital-comic-look-like/comment-page-1/#comment-655946 Unit_99 Mon, 25 Jul 2011 21:41:19 +0000 http://blog.newsarama.com/?p=27507#comment-655946 Moore looks worn out! Poor guy. He makes a good point. However, I still think it is hilarious how he disses Hollywood! :) Moore looks worn out! Poor guy. He makes a good point. However, I still think it is hilarious how he disses Hollywood! :)

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