What are some of the differences between writing a screenplay and scripting a comic book series?
Structure. Generally, a screenplay is a shorter form of fiction, with a beginning, middle, and end. I’ve never written a comic book series from scratch before, so take this opinion with a grain of salt: the best comic series is endless; the most successful go on forever. So it seems to me that a series would be harder to structure without falling into a pattern that repeats itself. Initially, we were thinking that Dog Eaters would be released in black & white as a graphic novel. But we decided that since the art was taking so long (not necessarily a bad thing if the quality is great), that a six-issue miniseries in color with a monthly release would be a better path. Luckily each of the six episodes or issues has a beginning, middle and an end that leaves you with questions you want to find out about in the next issue. It just happened to work out this way this time. Are there elements that you can emphasize and things you can do in a comic that are impractical or too expensive to do o
