Goodwill
Well-Known Member
Not a lot of you know this, but I am a senior in college and I'm studying art and graphic design. For my university's art department, the final semester of your senior year is spent developing a "senior body" of work that will be displayed in a student art show. I am planning on writing a script and drawing out a 16-24 page comic book. I've met with several professors and I've gotten enough praise but I wan to take everything into consideration before even writing the story out. Seeing as how you guys are all comic book fans and know what makes a good comic story as I was wondering if we could spit around ideas that might be helpful to me.
What I want to do is come up with an iconic hero. I don't expect him to square up to the heavy hitters (Spidey, Batman) but I want to know what makes a hero iconic. I know that certain questions need to be asked -- Why is he a hero? What is his M.O.? etc.
I would also like to concentrate on the action and the drama. What would be a good way of keeping focused on that without having all the senselessness of a Chuck Norris or Stephen Seagal movie?
Pretty much, if Bendis/Millar/whoever was asking for suggestions from fans, what would you tell them?
What I want to do is come up with an iconic hero. I don't expect him to square up to the heavy hitters (Spidey, Batman) but I want to know what makes a hero iconic. I know that certain questions need to be asked -- Why is he a hero? What is his M.O.? etc.
I would also like to concentrate on the action and the drama. What would be a good way of keeping focused on that without having all the senselessness of a Chuck Norris or Stephen Seagal movie?
Pretty much, if Bendis/Millar/whoever was asking for suggestions from fans, what would you tell them?