ElfQuest Fan Art
Elfquest => Art and Elfquest => Topic started by: Treefox on September 09, 2012, 02:19:59 AM
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The first page of the Final Quest will be available for free from next Monday on BoingBoing!
As it seems it will be a 40 page prologue, with one page every Monday:
Breaking Elfquest "Final Quest" news! See the full press release on BoingBoing right here: http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/introducing-elfquest.html# (http://boingboing.net/2012/09/05/introducing-elfquest.html#)
Woooot!
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I wish it was being released in comic form, I used to love getting the story that way.
Funny I knew that it was going up on BoingBoing and I didn't think to mention it here...go me, the admin...haha. ;D
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That's why there's two of us! ;)
It seems they will also release it in analogue comic form in the future. :D I also like it better that way.
Also, the page will be on BoingBoing for just 24 hours and then move to Elfquest.com.
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That's why there's two of us! ;)
Yes, which is obviously a good thing. ;D I am happy it will be available as a "comic/graphic novel or book" later on, I don't mind on-line stuff but one page every Monday...
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So -- for now, it's going to be released as a webcomic, one page every Monday? That's going to be the schedule?
Just wanting to make sure. ;)
I'll be interested to see how that pace feels. A lot will depend on the comic itself, of course. I can totally understand wanting to stretch it out by releasing it that way -- it gives Wendy the most time to build up a buffer of finished work ready to go, whereas releasing more pages as a time, or on more days per week, would run through that buffer more quickly.
But in my experience, 1-page-a-week webcomics can be kind of frustrating to read, unless they're multi-page releases on that day, or unless they're particularly well-paced.
If this is the release strategy they've been contemplating for a while, it'll be interesting to see whether they've tailored the pace of each page to compensate.
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I am not so sure that the concept was made this way, one page a week, I mean. I don't know all the details, but at least it sounds a bit like this solution for publishing came up lately.
Let's see how it will "feel". I am still pretty excited that it is finally starting and that I live to see the Final Quest happening.
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And it's up!
http://www.boingboing.net/2012/09/10/elfquest-twilight-in-the-holt.html (http://www.boingboing.net/2012/09/10/elfquest-twilight-in-the-holt.html)
While a promising start, one page is indeed over far too soon... :D
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Ha! Treestump looks quite youthful doesn't he... ;D
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Yeah, I read several 1-page-a-week webcomics where it feels totally fine. And only one where that pace feels like watching a glacier move. So it's all in the storytelling... and even if they didn't plan for it, it's not like WaRP aren't very experienced at storytelling and pacing.
I really am liking the line quality on that first page! Nice start!
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Aaaaahhhh ! A piece of dark, salt & pepper chocolate in one hand, rolled Salami in the other and ELFQUEST Page One. LIFE is GOOD ! ! What a Wonderful way to start the day !