From Film To Graphic Novel

Hey guys! It’s me again. First of all, I like to thank everyone for taking the time out to read my blogs. I hope that I pass my knowledge to you and you pass it to others. This time around, I want to talk to you about adaptation. Meaning, changing a script rather from TV or theatrical screenplay into a graphic

novel.

There are a lot of situations where it’s the other way around. Converting the graphic novel to a movie or TV show. True. But what if someone wanted to change their screenplay or teleplay into a comic book or graphic novel? And no, they’re not the same. Let me explain a comic book is a smaller version of a graphic novel. In pages, that is. If the book has more than (“in my book”, pun intended) more than forty-eight (48) pages, it’s a graphic novel. Anything less is… You guessed it. A comic book.

But what makes a good comic book? Is it the story? Is it the action? If you said both, you’re on the right track. Here’s the thing though. Not every story makes a good graphic novel or comic. In my opinion, a good “script” for a comic literature is “visually”. There has to be something to “draw”. It has to be visual appealing with enough action to carry the story to the next page. Ah, you thing I’m talking fight scenes and explosions. Nope! I’m talking about “body movement”. There are great novels out there that’s great dramas. But if there is more “dialogue” than moving; the artist won’t have much to do. The letterer would. “Wink! Wink”. Everything else is just “formatting”. But I’ll save that one for my next blog. And… “Wink”.

I hope this enlightens you; as it did talking to you. Until next time, be safe out there and “WRITE”!