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Is this research for a script, 'runt? Cos you've done this before, yeah—asking for info on characters with whom you've only a glancing familiarity, with an eye towards knocking out a proposal...
And aside from my inherent distaste for franchises (which I won't go into here), that seems a dicey prospect, if you're looking to create sellable work. A story that (unbeknownst to you) retreads old ground is going to land in the trash can.
Let's say, f'rinstance, that I, a writer, haven't read a BATMAN comic since 1979... but I've got this great idea for a story where Batman is trapped in Arkham Asylum with the inmates, and it's a way to tell the history of Arkham, too. That's my high-concept slug line. Now, the end result may not be anything like the Grant's ARKHAM ASYLUM... but it hardly matters: an editor's gonna fling that thing off his desk like it's dogshit.
Now, I know Jemas has said that if Epic gets two good Dr. Strange proposals, they'll put out two Dr. Strange books... but I'll bet the rent that they won't be putting out two Dr. Strange books that essentially tell the same story, or even one that's simply a thematic retread of a previous version.
Putting a new spin on an old character is all the rage, yeah: but you should be familiar enough with the character to know whether or not your spin is, in fact, new. |
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