I am a film school graduate with extensive knowledge of film theory that I am now applying over to my love of comics! I only started reading comics 6 years ago but have since made up for lost time by throwing myself into them with a passion. I realized that comics are the perfect medium for the expression of my story telling ideas since it cuts through the red tape of studio bureaucracy and the need to organize massive funding (and not to mention the limitations of the film medium itself with its short running length restrictions etc)
What I am getting at is that I understand the nature of conveying a message through the world the frame, comics are a perfect bridge between the written word and the moving world of the frame for me. I have in the last few years studied the differences between the two and after a few false starts I'm ready to really dive into getting the story I have been developing for over 10 years onto the page in comic form...and it's going to be spectacular!
So here's the story...It's a superhero tale of two ordinary underachiever friends who gain super powers and are faced with the realization that its up to them to change the world for the better! The twist here is that their only powers are...One of them can create pies out of thin air, and the other one can teleport, but only when he is turned on and has "blood flowing" if you catch my drift.
Sounds stupid? Yes, it does and that's the point. It's a stupid concept and it's stupidity/ridiculousness is its shield it uses to convey various philosophical concepts and ideas relating to our world.
It will require many issues to tell the story in full, as it's actually an incredibly epic tale to be told. So this is a project that will run for years and have many various story arcs over different time frames that interlap with each other and will be challenging the reader's understanding of the characters motivations throughout the issues.
The story starts out about 4 years into the future from the point where they gained their superpowers (or stupidpowers if you will). It throws the reader in the deep end from the start and with each issue that comes out it will reveal more and more of the characters pasts and their motivations for their actions so that it will result in the most re-readability for the audience. They will enjoy re-reading past issues in light of their new understandings of the characters and their situations/motivations because it will change the way they are looking at what happens and viewing the characters as being heros or villians. You could say that they start out as an anti-hero type of protagonists and that viewpoint of them is challenged and changed as more information about their lives gets revealed.
There are several major plot arcs that come together as well as numerous one-shot type adventures that will make for fantastic stand alone issues or 3-5 issue length adventures, all of which that will play into and off of what happens with the major plot story arcs.
I have this very well thought out and I have designed it to be a contradiction of being simultaneously REALLY STUPID AND RIDICULOUS and equal parts REALLY THOUGHTFUL AND INTELLIGENT. It also plays up upon conventions of the comic medium from the superhero point of view but also the sunday-comic type format.
It will be a really unique voice in the comic world and will DEFINITELY be a cult hit at the very least, especially among the professional comic writers and artists because they will appreciate the extra thought and planning that I have put in. So it will be a great vessel to attach your name to and get noticed if that is what you are seeking, but you might end up having so much fun working on this title that you will never want to leave!
This will be a perfect title for any artist who wants to experiment as I have lots of areas and ideas where we can try out different things including variations of style/art and panels. But at the same time it will be conventional enough overall where it will resemble the more typical superhero comics structures (which can be quite variant in themselves too in their defense).
So the name of this game is "Hide behind a silly/ridiculous front and then BAM! Hit em upside the head by being an actual very intelligent comic".
Its called "The Fabulous F&#$'n Adventures of Pie-U and Ninjackoff!!"
I have the first issue and half already storyboarded out to the best of my ability, which initially isn't much as I am NOT an artist in that way, but by issue two it's much better drawn for you to see the vision I have for it for the style of the first issues...But there is a lot of room where we can mess around with how you interpret my pictures as I only had drawn them to the best of my ability to show what is in my head, so you won't be just coping my pictures (although some panels are much more "complete looking" than others due to various reasons).
But yea, I know this title will go on to be a successful milestone in comics history (or at least footnote) and will be a marvelous epic tale to see when its all done because it will essentially give its readers reasons to keep going back and rereading the issues as more and more issues come to light!
I'm really excited about where it all goes, including their origin story (which yes, will actually make sense and have a "scientific" type explanation to it all).
Now all I need to do is find a brave and talented artist who isn't afraid to draw a male superhero who is turned on. Yes their will be some "male parts" shown occasionally, but it's not going to be a big pour-no (purposefully misspelled as not to trigger the filters on this forum) or anything like that.
Ideally the perfect artist for this would be someone who can make characters look good and smooth like in DC/Marvel (or my favorite, Invincible) but also do some manga type panels with goofiness and/or seriousness of the manga style, along with the generic cartoony type look of something drawn by an amateur (like you will see in my own drawn out versions of the first two issues).
But there is flexibility here so if you are more of a master of one style or the other, we can work something out, especially if you are looking to get on board for the long term! But I'm open minded about it all right now, I'm looking more for someone who is REALLY digging it and will put the energy into the art and appreciate what this story has to offer so that love I have for it is reflected in the art and the writing.
I have a few pictures I can show you of what a previous artist I had lined up before he had to back out due to previous work commitments that I could show you to give you an idea of what I'd ideally like to see, but that was his style of art and his intrepretation...but you will see what I mean when you see mine and his version of the character and stuff.
I am also fully set on making this a very profitable venture for the both of us. I am not able to pay an appropriately fair amount for a professional comic artist right now but I can pay something, and we can work out the details of it all...especially if you are flexible on when you get the payment haha. But don't worry I want this to be very profitable for us both, so just hit me up if you are passionate about this and I can give you more info and let you see what I got so far and etc.
Looking forward to all of your replies! Please no stupid one liner responses. I am seeking someone with energy, if you aren't intrigued enough, or don't have the depth of vision to sense the energy behind this project and where it is all going to bother to send a decent REAL reply to me don't even bother because you DON'T have what it takes for this and I'm not interested... I don't care how good your art may be! Passion and energy are more important than pure raw talent in this situation anyway...although talent never hurts haha.
Alright thanks for reading this!
