ReBoot

Hey everyone. This is Professor Whizzywig. Time for a REAL ReBoot update.

On Friday, ChiefZero called in On-FireWire, smartens, and myself (the writer) for the inaugural ReBoot comic production meeting. There, many of my questions were answered. Here's what I learned:

The initial comic will be a web-comic, presented here on Z2H. They really want to do a full printed version but they're waiting to see what kind of readership the comic gets. If enough people read it, they'll print it and distribute it.

The first 22 pages will be a "volume one", and further volumes will follow so long as readership levels are maintained. They've left it up to me to determine how many volumes the GNOSIS story will require.

The comic will be updated in pieces rather than be dumped on the site in one giant chunk. That means the entire 1st volume may take a month or more to be presented fully. This is good because it means the audience will grow over time. It also means thatI need to write the comic in a series of modular 2-5 page scenes. Should be interesting...

Our editor will work with smartens to determine how the artists will work together. Smartens himself will do the cover, but all other work will be done by the 4 selected fan artists: endian, Ale Aragon, Enzo, and divineroseboot.

The editor is a man named Julian Lawrence, a respected comic professional and teacher in Vancouver. I haven't met him yet, but we're having another meeting this week sometime. I'm not yet sure what his involvement will be in the story.

Today, I begin working on the story... finally! In a few minutes, I'm going to review the pitch, create a basic outline of all the mandatory events, figure out how many comic volumes are required to tell the story, create a real outline, and then... then I actually get to write. Wish me luck!

Oh... and we still need a new name for the comic since Arrival doesn't really work any more. I'm open to suggestions.

Professor WhizzyWig