2 years ago I wrote and designed a short SF story “Oneironaut“, which was published in the first issue of Mam Tor: Event Horizon™, and ever since I’ve been toying with the idea of expanding the 8 page sequence to a “proper” graphic novel, or novella.
The material also lends itself to do something interactive, or even move back to animated graphics – truth to be told I haven’t really made up my mind yet which avenue I’ll persue first. Of course, if I’d go down the graphic novel route I’ll need to find a publisher… Only problem is, what I want to do is neither what you’d normally associate with the term “graphic novel”, and its neither an “illustrated novel” – I’m looking to explore the actual word of what a “graphic-novel” can be.
At some point I feel it’ll look more like a “design book” than anything else… but on the other hand I want to crack the traditional graphic novel format, and see how far the medium can be pushed/stretched/broken down without losing its recognisability.
Anyway - these are the first 4 images of the book (lets call it a book for now), which probably will change over time when the rest of the pages materialise.
May 4th, 2007
looking hot man… looking forward to seeing this alot :)
May 4th, 2007
:) Thanks! It’s probably going to be one of those projects that go on forever…
May 4th, 2007
Keep posting the progress, and forever will be ok.
May 7th, 2007
Tom, these pages look great! I’m a big fan of your designs and would love to see a graphic novel from you. Can’t wait to see more.