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RELAUNCH: Preview IV
April 25, 2013 – 10:21 pm
Work on RELAUNCH: Chapter Two continues…and with it, more previews at some of the upcoming locations and characters. How do they all fit in to Cris’ story? Stick around!
Concept art for Riko Chang. Chang is one of the Senior Engineers on board the Tereshkova. It’s her responsibility to maintain, repair and program the Cybernetic Remote Intelligence Systems (CRIS).
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RELAUNCH: Preview III
March 17, 2013 – 2:17 pm
The run up to RELAUNCH: Chapter Two continues with some additional character preview art. As I mentioned in the previous post, the second chapter of RELAUNCH is a much bigger story. We’ll certainly find out what happens to Cris as the aftermath of Chapter One impacts the lives of the residents of the Tereshkova.
Concept art for Maximo Oslo. As the Deck Chief of the Tereshkova, Oslo is in charge of the docking stations and repair bay. He also supervises the flight deck and repair crews.
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RELAUNCH: Preview II
March 12, 2013 – 9:12 pm
As you may have guessed from the previous post, the second chapter of RELAUNCH takes place primarily on the Tereshkova, an orbital space station. It also features a much larger cast of characters. Dan has been hard at work doing concept art for each character and we thought it might be fun to preview some of that concept work prior to jumping into the story.
Enjoy!
Concept art for Sarah Turk. Turk is the Station Commander of the Tereshkova. As the most senior member of the resident staff she is ultimately responsible for the station, it’s missions and all personnel.
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RELAUNCH: Preview
February 23, 2013 – 2:50 pm
When Dan and I first started to work on RELAUNCH we did it with no ulterior motives; we just wanted to tell a compelling, digital story. We chose to focus on RELAUNCH as a stand-alone comic that could be engaging but didn’t require a large investment of time from the reader. One of the great, unexpected pleasures has been that so many people have been asking for more! Does Cris live? What happens next? So, of course, Dan and I promptly began working on Chapter Two!
In the spirit of what we’ve been trying to do with COMIC BOOK THINK TANK, we decided to post some of the work for RELAUNCH: Chapter Two as it’s being developed (and revised) prior to releasing the comic. Hopefully it’ll give those that are interested some additional insight into our creative process. Or, you know, just be fun to look at.
Enjoy!
Concept Art for The Tereshkova, Orbital Station 16J63. A commercial space station whose primary purpose is to act as a repair and resupply depot for a small fleet of utility ships. The fleet’s missions vary; salvage, orbital clean up, deep space installation and repair – tasks that involve long term, extremely uncomfortable or potentially hazardous conditions for the pilots and crew of the ships.
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The Road Goes Ever On – The Annotated Script
January 14, 2013 – 10:00 am
If you’ve read THE ROAD GOES EVER on you might have noticed that its slightly different than a traditional comic. Being essentially one looping image – albeit a very large image – made writing a the script a somewhat unique challenge. In reading you’ll notice how we refined the “dashboard” process to better reflect how we wanted the final story to read. You’ll also see a far amount of notes between Dan and I as we exchanged ideas right on the script. As always, we hope you find it enlightening if not useful.
Enjoy!
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Link Roundup
January 11, 2013 – 11:59 am
Hard to believe its been over a month since our last Link Roundup. Time flies when you’re having fun! Let’s take a look at the latest the outside world has been saying about COMIC BOOK THINK TANK, RELAUNCH and THE ROAD GOES EVER ON:
“Comic Book Think Tank: The Future of Digital Comics?” – via IGN
“First Look at Govar and Perazza’s Hobbit Walking Song” – via ROBOT 6
“Ron Perazza Lights Your Shire With THE ROAD GOES EVER ON” – via IFANBOY
“ComiXology Submit Includes Some Familiar Faces” - via ROBOT 6
“Ten Questions With Daniel Govar of COMIC BOOK THINK TANK” – via 3 MILLION YEARS
“The Beat’s Annual Year End Survey” – via THE BEAT
“Bumped For Space, Not Importance” - via FLEEN
“Comic Book Think Tank Launches With New Digital Series” – via DIGITAL SPY
As always, you can keep up with our daily antics and comic updates by following Dan and I on Twitter: @saulone & @perazza.
Thanks for reading!
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The Best Digital Comics of 2012
December 31, 2012 – 11:12 pm
This year saw the comic book industry continue its inexorable move into digital publishing. Along the way we’ve seen innovation, exploration and inspiration as writers and artists pushed the creative envelope, expanding the definition of digital storytelling. While there isn’t enough space to highlight everyone’s attempts to further the medium it is worth taking a moment to recognize some folks whose efforts were especially noteworthy. Without further ado, and in no particular order, COMIC BOOK THINK TANK takes a look back at some of the most innovative digital comics for 2012.
INSUFFERABLE: By Mark Waid, Peter Krause, Nolan Woodard and Troy Peteri
Billing themselves as an “experiment in new-media publishing” storytelling maestro Mark Waid and the gang at Thrillbent are regularly exploring how print comics can evolve in a digital environment – with fantastic results!
XKCD: By Randall Munroe
A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language…and in this particular instance about the exploration of the infinite canvas. If you haven’t already seen Click and Drag you owe it to yourself to head over there and spend some time exploring. You wont be disappointed.
AVENGERS VS. X-MEN: INFINITE: by Mark Waid, Stuart Immonen and Marte Garcia
Kicking off Marvel’s Infinite Comics experiment in digital storytelling in a way only Marvel can – big! The House of Ideas didn’t shy away from pushing the digital envelope with this introduction to the mammoth Avengers vs. X-Men event.
Melding comic book storytelling with animation and special effects, the Madefire team describe their comics as “Motion Books” and are trying to do nothing less than “revolutionize how stories are told.”
INSTA•COP: by Kwanza Johnson and Andy Belanger
A hard boiled action adventure delivered one panel at a time across multiple platforms. The fine gents behind Insta•Cop are exploring the increasingly thin boundary between comics and social media.
OPERATION AJAX: by Daniel Burwen
Based on a true life spy thriller, this multi-media comic is chock full of extras and support documents that let the reader dive deep into a truly immersive digital storytelling experience.
AMERICA: ELECT!: by The Guardian
The interactive team at The Guardian used a creative scrolling digital comic format to tell the story of Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and the US Presidential election. The results were far, far more fun than the election itself.
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The Road Goes Ever On
December 10, 2012 – 1:43 pm
Comic Book Think Tank is proud to present…
Based on “The Old Walking Songs” of Bilbo Baggins, as written by J.R.R. Tolkien, THE ROAD GOES EVER ON is a stand-alone, panoramic presentation of The Shire where the reader experiences the change of time and seasons as they advance through the comic.
From a storytelling point of view, Dan and I were interested in deconstructing the elements of a comic book and creating an experiential piece that isn’t necessarily a linear story. As a result THE ROAD GOES EVER ON has no distinct pages, no panels and, like the calendar year itself, the ending brings the reader full circle, back to the beginning, creating a seamless visual loop. A not-so-subtle nod to the potential of the Infinite Canvas.
One crucial point of clarification that we want to be up front about: this comic is not-for-profit and not officially affiliated with The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings or the Tolkien estate. Hopefully you enjoy it and if you do please consider sharing it with friend!
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Link Roundup
November 16, 2012 – 11:08 pm
RELAUNCH and the COMIC BOOK THINK TANK have been in the news as of late.
“Govar and Perazza Liberate Comics with Comic Book Think Tank” - via GOODREADER
“Conversing on Comics with Ron Perazza” - via ROBOT6
“Think Tank: An Interview with Ron Perazza” – via THE COMICS GRID
“Perazza and Govar Launch New Think Tank Website” – via THE BEAT
“DC Alum Ron Perazza Teams With Daniel Govar For Webcomic, Think Tank” – via ROBOT6
“Comic Book Think Tank Launches Original Digital Content” – via CBR
Of course, for the latest news and information regarding RELAUNCH, COMIC BOOK THINK TANK and other general nonsense you could always just follow us on Twitter; @saulone & @perazza.
Thanks for reading!
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Show Your Work
November 14, 2012 – 3:07 pm
Talking about processes is useful and a detailed explanation about how and why things are done is always helpful; however, sometimes its even more illuminating – not to mention demystifying – to simply see the work itself. To actually get a peek behind the curtain, so to speak. With that in mind, I’d like to share the full, annotated RELAUNCH script.
In this first RELAUNCH script Dan and I were still defining exactly how “dashboard” storytelling would move from concept to reality so you’ll see a fair number of back-and-forth execution notes and ideas that went into the decision making process for the final comic. You’ll also find notes about character design, settings and other artistic decisions mixed in among the panel description and dialogue. Enjoy!
Download the .PDF: RELAUNCH Annotated Script
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