Editorial thoughts
and musings by Anthony Gagliardo
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Hello Fan-Nites,
I hope all is well with every one of you. Last month I talked about my history in
my love in the genre of comics and how Doc and I collaborated as a team. That got me
wondering how our family of Interfan was doing. How are your creations coming? How are
your story lines coming along? As a creator does it bother you that you that your creative
juices seems to evaporate? How do you cope with that dilemma? How do you keep them coming
and prepare yourselves in showcasing them to other publications for consideration?
Usually you have a few issues
ready to go when you have an ongoing series. That way there is a buffer in case of
emergencies and such. At least that is how it was explained to me. If that is not done in
that way that could lead to delays in your story and disenchanted fans will quit reading
your story line in disgust. One person that comes to mind is Neal Adams. Neal Adams I
would say elevated sequential art to what we see today. Most notably Batman is Batman today
in part because his collaboration with Denny O’Neil. If you checked one of Marvel’s
Visionary series on X-Men you could see Neal Adam’s work there.
Here’s this guy who started his own
independent comics in the 80’s called Continuity Comics. Do you remember those? My three
favorites were Ms. Mystic, Samuree and Armor. Though these were my favorites, his cross
over storyline DeathWatch 2000 was a resounding success. When I mean cross over I mean with
in Continuity’s comic line. There were even collectable trading cards. With that being
successful Adams tried another series called The Rise Of Magic. It started out great but
there were delays in shipping and eventually stopped all together. I’m still waiting for a
complete run of the series. Supposedly there is talk of redoing it as a graphic novel. We
shall see.
Continuity is still around. They
do other graphic art stuff for advertisements and such. They are working on animations work
as well, including music videos. Adams redid the old Deadman series from the 60’s. It is
hardbound edition. Those interested in an autograph copy can purchased from his site
www.nealadams.com.
It could be that Neal Adams was
making more money elsewhere and didn’t have time to finish his series. That is cruel.
Tease your fans then leave them hanging. I love his art but I will be hesitant to buy any
on going series. Why get caught in a trap again and be disappointed?
No matter what make a point to
write something down when you have creators or writers block. It is something you love I
know, it is also work. Hopefully you are able to make time for something you love. I am a
good example. I love writing these editorials though I have been grossly neglecting this
for a year. Doc has graciously reminded me of my commitment. So now I make time to write
down my musings to share with you. I just write. I don’t worry of what I am going to talk
about. Now it just comes out.
If you have any experience of
deadlines not being met or writers/creators block please share how you overcome them. I am
sure others will be interested. Right now I’m working on the Interthon idea and the FanFic
site for our members.
Until next time,
Anthony T. Gagliardo
The People’s Editor
Please
E-mail me with comments at: submissions@inter-fan.org