Comics for film, games, and animation using comics to construct your transmedia storyworld
Tyler Weaver teaches you how to integrate comic storytelling into your own transmedia work by exploring their past, present, and future. He discusses the creation of the unique mythologies in comic stories and digs into the details of comic construction, from pacing to scripting to collaboration
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Burlington, MA
Focal Press
2013
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- PART 1 : Transmedia Storytelling
- Once Upon a Time ... : What is a Story?
- A Bucket of LEGOs: Fragmentation and Interplay
- Into the Rabbit Hole: Depth and Choice
- Building Gotham City: The Transmedia Story Experience
- PART 2 : Comics: The Creation and Evolution of a Medium
- The Elements of Comics Storytelling
- The Funnies, 1933-1938
- "Look! Up in the Sky!" Comics Take Flight, 1938-1941
- Punching Hitler: The Comics Go to War, 1941-1945
- Adaptation in the Golden Age
- Seduction of the Innocent: Comics Under Siege, 1945-1954
- INTERLUDE : Five Mantras for Writing a Comics Script
- Into the Silver Age, 1956-1961
- Flame On! The Rise of the Marvel Universe
- Adaptation in the Silver Age, 1956-1961
- The No-Prize Marching Society: The Comics Fans
- "What Do You Have?" The New Generation Arrives
- INTERLUDE : Formatting the Comics Script
- The Battle of Generations
- Marvel Phase Two
- Adaptation in the Bronze Age
- Original Voices: Comics as Life
- The Crisis on Infinite Earths: Continuity Conundrum
- INTERLUDE : The Art
- 1986
- Grim `n' Gritty Chromium Holograms: The 1990s
- Legacy: The Hero's Journey Ends
- The Modern Age Adaptation: From Burton to The Dark Knight
- Today
- PART3 : Comics and Convergence
- Convergence
- Comics and Film
- Comics and Animation
- Comics and Video Games
- Collaboration
- Appendix: Recommended Reads