Writing Comics
Playing with others toys
Sorry for a late post, my net has been iffy at best and even now it isn't top notch. I still have a post pending on Grant Morrison's beautiful Batman run that ended quite a while ago. This seems appropriate with the latest news hitting us that Ben Affleck will be our new Batman, another post on that also in the works.
Anyways onto this post.
As an aspiring comic
book writer its fun to come up with my own ideas for both lengthy graphic
novels and monthly series. I already have a major plan revolving around my own
type of Marvel/DC superhero universe called the Hero-Verse (I know, I know).
However for some few
months now it seems I am interested in playing with the preverbal second hand
toys. What this means is, I'm getting focused on writing about existing
characters such as Batman and etc.
It might be the over
abundance of reading comics or constantly watching Batman: TAS and Superman:
TAS, but the fact is writing characters from the big two has started becoming
appealing.
Some ideas have been
streaming through my head for these character particularly and ironically those
from the DC side of things. These ideas are
strictly formed as out of continuity for the characters, so as it can be
easier for me to write. Most importantly though, most of these stories form up
as lengthy graphic novels rather than long runs or one-shot issues. Although
there is one idea for a long running series but still out of continuity.
The
characters/stories I have been thinking about include;
The Specter (In a
novel called The Specter: Last Vengeance)
Jor-El( El of
Krypton)
Batman/Bane (Batman:
Bane's Reckoning, which I have already started writing)
Batman/Mr. Freeze
(Batman: The Long Winter)
Batman: Tales of the
Asylum (A lengthy series detailing the life among the Arkham inmates)
Dr. Fate (No title
yet, just want to write the character)
Justice Society of
America (Really want to write these characters)
Hopefully in the
near future, you may see some of these ideas bear fruit. It would be great to
know that I can leave a stamp (even if it's a bad one) on some of my favorite
characters.
These are just some
characters I wish to write now, I can see that getting my own characters out of
the ground will be difficult.
I myself seem to
aspire too high and think it will be to establish my own ideas, there's nothing
wrong with that. But to accomplish such a thing, playing with other creators
isn't necessary but it can help a lot.
Just my own
thoughts.
'Nuff Said
Aneesh Raikundalia
