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Time for Graphic Novels

 Hello. C J here. I don’t know if this is just me but I like a good graphic novel. It’s hard to find a good graphic novel. Like, I’ve never found one that I didn’t feel ran out of steam part way through its long and really strange release schedule. There’s a ton of free online ones in a variety of fantasy and furry fandom genres. I have tried for ages to find one I like that can maintain its pace and also style through the many stages required to finish making a story.

Really, I can’t think of one I’ve finished. There’s one exception. Ages ago I wrote a twelve page graphic novel and paid someone in the furry fandom to draw it. I’ll eventually post it here for download. I like that graphic novel a lot. It worked. It sold well and now I’m relying on Patreon more so I’ll make it free to advertise the Patreon. It’s called Snow Day. It was great but I already know the ending so it’s not really as exciting as read or buying one.

I have most of my company’s budget for the year left over. If I hired a script writer and an artist or two I could have more graphic novels made. Bluesky would love that for marketing. It would be in my setting with my setting’s rules, like being nice to the characters and depicting magic in ways that make sense, but other than that I could provide pretty much complete creative control over the story to a team of writers and artists. I was going to spend the budget, which I really don’t want to roll over to next year, on animations.

This poses some problems. Dragon Engine needs to be out for this to work. Dragon Engine may be years away. I also might need to train a large but specialized team to work with its animation tools. That could take ages. Anyway, I want more comics to read with my characters and setting, especially the magic system. Action, romance, everyday life, I’m not picky. This is possible this year. I can probably recruit easily on Bluesky. Normally at this point I say more soon. I can’t guarantee that so instead I’ll say I’m looking into it.

Edit: I forgot to mention that I pay through the nose for these things. My rates last time were $50 for 2700-3000 words of game text and at least $100 for one page of graphic novel. I’m willing to negotiate these, upwards only. I also am allowed to tip. These were in USD normally through PayPal. Fun, right?

C J Mcpherson


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