Apr
22
2010
I hate it when characters that are experienced and/or (supposedly) competent fail to plan ahead.
1. Does the character try to plan for the superpowers and capabilities of their opponents? On Heroes, allegedly competent and well-equipped organizations routinely stumbled into slaughterfests because they used SWAT-style raids to try to overrun targets with crazy powers. Let me lay this out right now: any plan that involves close-range combat with somebody that can outrun a fighter jet or stop time is idiotic! As soon as the target sees anything, (s)he turns on his/her superpower and everybody else dies. A better plan would be something like killing the target by long-range, perhaps by sniper rifle or bombing the house while the target is asleep. Alternately, you could interfere with the character’s ability to use his powers. (On Heroes, it is amazing how rarely the Company uses the power-nullifying Haitian).
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Apr
22
2010
An independent filmmaker is raising funds for a documentary about American comic book culture. Superhero Nation: The Documentary is not affiliated with me or this website in any way, but if you’re interested in this sort of cultural work, please feel free to donate here. ($2 gets you a shout-out on Twitter).
Also, one brief note on titles… When you pick a title for your project, I’d recommend taking something that isn’t already being used as a URL. It’ll make it easier to place high on Google searches for variations on your name.
Apr
22
2010
I saw this today on a comic book forum: “searching 4 artists who want to draw my comics’ covers. its NOT be a paid Job, but ur name will be mentioned with the artwork, and yes, it will commence our long term professional relationship.”
Artist: “Umm, how about you commence our long-term professional relationship by paying me? Also, why would I want to work with a writer that writes worse than I do?”
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