Comics to novel Ideas

[SSJmole]

There are increasing number of novels been turned in to comics and thought , Oh cool wouldn't it be interesting to see more Comics get made in to novels. I know there is some out like Ultimates and Mary Jane one but I was curious as to what you think would work.


Here are my ideas on what I would be interested in reading

Comic : Batman
Author : Raymond Benson
Why : Raymond Benson worked on some of the James Bond books and did a pretty damn good job too. I have been reading some of these since I watched casino royle and am in to it more.

Batman strikes me as the James Bond of comics. I think this would be an interesting direction and would be curious as to how well done a Batman book like this could be.


Comic : Morbius, the Living Vampire
Author : Anne Rice
Why : This was a pretty obvious choice and would be hard to get her to do it as she found religion but if she ever does go back to vampire books just think how awsome this one would be. Her style could capture the tortured soul that is Morbius and do it in a new an refreshing way.


Comic : Superman
Author : Timothy Zahn
Why : His work in other books he can do the scifi elements of superman like the travel to earth. Some of his other work is more fantasy and Star wars combines the two which to me superman needs those elements by a good writer who could embrace all sides of the superman mythology


Comic : Doctor Strange
Author : Jim Butcher
Why : His contemporary fantasy style is spot on I think to do a dark , serious but fantasy Novel based on Doctor Strange incorporating his style and comic style together to create something brilliant.

Comic : X-men
Author : James Luceno
Why : This is another star wars related choice. X-men to me is very heavy in scifi elements but it's the story and the fantasy that make it work so well , Like star wars.

His work on Labyrinth of Evil speaks volumes in my opinion on what he could do with X-men and this just seems like a perfect fit.




Please post your ones or comment on mine as think this could be a serious but fun thread at the same time.

 

[Seldes Katne]

Comic : Morbius, the Living Vampire
Author : Anne Rice
Why : This was a pretty obvious choice and would be hard to get her to do it as she found religion but if she ever does go back to vampire books just think how awsome this one would be. Her style could capture the tortured soul that is Morbius and do it in a new an refreshing way.

I know Anne Rice would be considered a natural on this, but I'd like to see someone like science fiction writer Greg Bear take this on instead. Bear wrote Darwin's Radio and Darwin's Children, which dealt with the next stage of human evolution, so in a sense it was grounding the X-Men in actual science. (His characters didn't have X-Men-type superpowers, but they were very different from their parents both physically and psychologically, and there was a reason why evolution was moving in one particular direction.) Morbius' form of vampirism is different from the traditional method of transmission, and I'd be interested in seeing how a scientist would write him.

Neat idea for a thread. I'll have to give this some thought.

 

[SSJmole]

I know Anne Rice would be considered a natural on this, but I'd like to see someone like science fiction writer Greg Bear take this on instead. Bear wrote Darwin's Radio and Darwin's Children, which dealt with the next stage of human evolution, so in a sense it was grounding the X-Men in actual science. (His characters didn't have X-Men-type superpowers, but they were very different from their parents both physically and psychologically, and there was a reason why evolution was moving in one particular direction.) Morbius' form of vampirism is different from the traditional method of transmission, and I'd be interested in seeing how a scientist would write him.

That sounds cool , If I had known about him he probably would of been my choice for X-men instead of James Luceno as that sound just mind-blowing-ly Perfect for X-men.

Neat idea for a thread. I'll have to give this some thought.

Cool thanks.

I would very interested in your choices as you both like comics and work in a library meaning your pretty much going to know a lot of great choices.

 

[SSJmole]

Here is a couple of others, to hopefully get more people to post thoughts and ideas.


Comic : Spider-man (Venom as bad guy)
Author : Stephen King
Why : Stephen King is the master of horror books and would think this would be a cool stool story with Stephen King making Venom like some of his , Silent , stalking monsters build up the suspense.

Then when you he does describe Venom he'll make the charracter sound horrifying and scary which even if you don't like the charracter you'll have to admit that would be a pretty damn good way of doing it.


Comic : X-men
Author : J.K. Rowling
Why : Where I don't like Harry Potter I made this choice based on it. People say she handles teenagers well and the fantasy side well. So this would be a look at the younger X-men like Kitty in Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.

Could be interesting and a nice way to go showing how the kids view Professor Charles Xavier , Wolverine , Cyclops and the others as well as coping with their powers.


Comic: Supergirl
Author: Nancy Holder
Why: Nancy Holder has done a few of the Buffy the vampire slayer novels. A series centred around a strong female lead with super powers. If that is not a perfect fit for Supergirl then I don't know it is.

Like in Buffy concentrate on her personal life and superhero life with the right amount of comedy to make the book fun for comic fans and non-comic fans.

 

[Ultimate Houde]

Here is a couple of others, to hopefully get more people to post thoughts and ideas.


Comic : Spider-man (Venom as bad guy)
Author : Stephen King
Why : Stephen King is the master of horror books and would think this would be a cool stool story with Stephen King making Venom like some of his , Silent , stalking monsters build up the suspense.

Then when you he does describe Venom he'll make the charracter sound horrifying and scary which even if you don't like the charracter you'll have to admit that would be a pretty damn good way of doing it.

I don't see this at all. King has a distinct style of writing, and his 'heroes' have a distinct pattern. Spider-man could not be a character written by King. Doesn't matter if it is horror or not.

Comic : X-men
Author : J.K. Rowling
Why : Where I don't like Harry Potter I made this choice based on it. People say she handles teenagers well and the fantasy side well. So this would be a look at the younger X-men like Kitty in Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.

Could be interesting and a nice way to go showing how the kids view Professor Charles Xavier , Wolverine , Cyclops and the others as well as coping with their powers.

Eh, this one kinda rubs me the wrong way as well. While JK did write kids well in her books, I have a bad feeling that she wouldn't do too well with established characters like Kitty. Maybe if she could come up with a new crew perhaps, but still, I think the X-men is a bad fit for her.

Comic: Supergirl
Author: Nancy Holder
Why: Nancy Holder has done a few of the Buffy the vampire slayer novels. A series centred around a strong female lead with super powers. If that is not a perfect fit for Supergirl then I don't know it is.

Like in Buffy concentrate on her personal life and superhero life with the right amount of comedy to make the book fun for comic fans and non-comic fans.

I have no idea who this person is, so I have no comment for it.

 

[SSJmole]

I don't see this at all. King has a distinct style of writing, and his 'heroes' have a distinct pattern. Spider-man could not be a character written by King. Doesn't matter if it is horror or not.

Yeah , that is true.

 

[SSJmole]

Wow , this thread died

 

[Ice]

Wow , this thread died

It's ok. I don't think it had much life to begin with. Like your comedy career. :wink:

 

[SSJmole]

It's ok. I don't think it had much life to begin with. Like your comedy career. :wink:

Or your modelling career

 

[Ice]

Or your modelling career

There never was one to begin with. Bad try.

 

[SSJmole]

There never was one to begin with. Bad try.

and I never had a "comedy career" or wanted one your point = i'm not funny , my point = im ugly , Like Moe on the simpsons ugly :lol:

 

[Ultimate Houde]

It's been a couple of days

Man

Whine whine whine

 

[SSJmole]

It's been a couple of days

Man

Whine whine whine

I never whined. Just said it died

 

[Langsta]

They did something like this in Wizard a long time ago. They had J.K. Rowling on Dr. Strange.

How about:
Comic: Ultimate Iron Man
Author: Orson Scott Card
Why: Waitaminute...

 

[Ultimate Houde]

I can't see that at all, that's just stupid

JK Rowling on Strange, that would be an insult

 

[Seldes Katne]

I don't know about an insult, but...

I guess if I were going to pair any author up with Strange, it would be either Mercedes Lackey, who's done some urban fantasy work with late 20th century magic, or maybe Barbara Hambly, whose specialty is historic-based fantasy but who also has stories that cross dimensions. Neither author is a perfect fit, but that's the closest I could find. There are a couple of authors who write modern-day magic (Kelley Armstrong has written Dime Store Magic, and Julie Kenner has written Carpe Demon, which is kind of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer for grown-ups), but I haven't actually read any of their works yet, so I don't know how close the styles are.

Oh, wait. Perhaps Diane Duane. She's written the Young Wizards series, about teenagers who acquire magical abilities: So You Want to Be a Wizard, Deep Wizardry (my favorite of the series), and High Wizardry. Granted, she writes mostly about kids, but she does have a couple of adult wizards in the book that we see from time to time.

There's also Emily Drake, who wote the Magickers series. Again, mostly about kids, but with more adult interaction this time.

I think Orson Scott Card is a good fit for Iron Man, or possibly the Fantastic Four, although Card's work doesn't go as over-the-top in the fantasic fiction aspect. He does, however, deal with time travel and world building in some of his novels. Dan Simmons, who wrote Hyperion, The Fall of Hyperion, Endymion, and The Rise of Endymion might be a good choice as well. His books are very imginative and densely written -- there's a lot going on in them. Both authors tend to have religious overtones in their writing, but it makes sense in the context of the story.

A question I have: are we talking about someone who just adapts the characters to a novel that fits into continuity in the series, or someone who would re-imagine the character and situations for an independent series existing solely in print? There are different styles of writing for each of these. Diane Duane has done movie-to-novel adaptations in the past, as has Alan Dean Foster, Nancy Holden, Christopher Golden, and Vonda N. McIntyre. Foster and McIntyre have written original fiction as well. (Golden may have, too, I can't remember.)

 

[SSJmole]

A question I have: are we talking about someone who just adapts the characters to a novel that fits into continuity in the series, or someone who would re-imagine the character and situations for an independent series existing solely in print?

Both , It's up to you which one you choose for each

 

[Langsta]

Both , It's up to you which one you choose for each

Does the author have to be alive? Because I'm thinking Philip K. Dick could have written some sweet sci-fi comics.

 

[SSJmole]

Does the author have to be alive? Because I'm thinking Philip K. Dick could have written some sweet sci-fi comics.

Yes they do

 

[Dr.Strangefate]

Hm..

This is either a great idea for a thread, or the worst thread ever.

Hokay -

JK Rowling wouldn't fit with superheroics, I could see her writing something that took place in the world of The Sandman, but that's about the closest thing.

Stephen King would be a great choice for a superhero character, and despite what Houde said (and also despite Mole being gaytarded for Venom [yes, i am allowed to use that word, you aren't. deal with it]), I think King's style would lend itself to a larger, epic, Spider-Man story. I'd set it in a similar place to JMS' run before The Other, where Peter is a teacher. The reason why King would be a great choice to write peter parker is because of how flawed a person he is, how insecure, how he blames himself for the deaths of those he loves. These things make him a perfect candidate for good old peter parker.