After a lot of work in revising the nature of my sample chapter of Paper Movies, I finally got news from a publisher last week that they are interested in the non-fiction project and want to publish it. Yay! All the paperwork still has to be drawn up on the deal, but I’m very pleased with this. I like the publisher and think it will be a great home for the book.
Of course, now I have to redo the first two chapters of the book in the new presentation form as well as adjust all the rest of the material for it.
Paper Movies is about adapting stories as graphic novels: how to go about scripting a graphic novel, finding an art team (and what each member of that does), getting it published, building an audience for the work. It is especially intended for those who are not familiar with the ins and outs of the comic book business.
Originally, it had been intended to be a basic prose-driven text, with photos along the way to demonstrate aspects. But the editor at the publisher suggested a more graphic approach to the material, and once I got into the revamping, I was sold on the idea. It works great this way.
The following is one of the pages from the chapter, just to show the new style in the presentation —
My little friend, Professor Exposition, will be getting quite a work-out along the way as he helps explain things.
I’ve got my work cut out for me. And this is a good thing.
