Would your comic make a good movie?

[akitsukino]

A while ago I made a post commenting on how the webcomic Nimona was now getting a movie! I made a comment on how that would be a dream for some creators, but on the thread I got this comment.

But I gotta say, the mindset of "Make a comic so it can become a TV show so it can become a movie!!" bugs the hell out of me. Yeah, it would be awesome to have your work realized as a film! BUT, you see more and more people approaching webcomics as a stepping stone to what they REALLY want, rather than appreciating the medium for what it is. I don't like seeing comics treated as an inferior "first step" to something bigger.

Now that's actually a really good point! And then I saw this quote by Alan Moore

... if you only see comic books in terms of films, then eventually the best we can end up with is films that don't move.

Also true. I think a lot about what it is that books can do that comics can't, or what it is that comics can do that animation can't. Being able to cross over is great (lost of animation directors have dipped their toes in live action), but I'm always wondering what it can mean to tell a story that feels specific to the medium you use.

So what do you think? Do you think your comic would make a good movie, or do you think its living its best life as a comic?

[fleohr]

It bugs me that you can upload gifs on LW, sometimes I want to show something like, a photo being developed, but instead I have to add more frames or just the one that already shows the photo revealed...

For making a good movie question, I'm not sure, I keep thinking more about who would watch it instead of making a good movie itself hahaha

[Hexigate]

My webcomic has been designed to be a TV series from the beginning.

Now I don't have the resources for that, so drawn comics will suffice for now

[ar-ninetysix]

A movie, sure, but a good movie??? Debatable lol I mean, it's a battle of how much can you cut from the story while keeping the core ideas intact. I think if the core idea's interesting enough even after cutting a lot out, it'll manage to be pretty decent as long as it's delivered well. I know that's like a "well, duh" kind of answer, but it's true!

[silverraven0]

For the comic I'm prioritizing rn, if I could find a whole bunch of obedient, able to talk and good at acting animals...

...maybe...? XD

Or no, maybe it'll turn to disaster movie.

[joannekwan]

For my short comic, sure! I could easily see it fit well into a two hour run-time film.
The others, maybe more of a limited series.

[spadesart]

i write spire's chapters as if they were individual contained episodes of a show, i think it'd work as a movie with multiple parts or an episodic tv show. in my head i've always seen spire as having a more stylized cgi (the more unconventional stuff thats been coming out i mean, not the safe aesthetically pleasing disney style) look to it.

[revarien]

Naw, not a good movie here.... I think mine would make an awesome tv-show though... specifically a Netflix cartoon.
I'd probably censor less on it too then.

[shazzbaa]

Do you think your comic would make a good movie

NOPE

Runewriters is kind of.... too complicated to be a good movie? Like it has a lot of characters and a lot of pieces which is great when you have an ongoing series to delve into each one while building up to something bigger in the background, and significantly Less Great when you have a 90 minute movie and have to establish your premise and major characters quickly and then get to the point of the movie

It also plays with the medium a bit... like, sound is very significant to a lot of the characters (one is deaf, one is in a soundproof bubble, one can't speak) but since comics don't have sound, it's sort of weirdly equalised by the medium and the way things like signing and lipreading are presented. In a movie, you suddenly have to make a lot of choices about how that's gonna be handled.

Also because Runewriters is fantasy and has a lot of weird monsters and flashy magic, it can't be super low budget. But because it's got a strange sense of humour and is a lil offbeat, it won't be a big blockbuster film. There's really no upside to making a movie of it xD

[NickRowler]

Do you think your comic would make a good movie

No, but I would love to see someone try because that might be amusing. Like in my comic Crow's Worth, I have a character with huge eyes which would look creepy and uncanny in life action.

[adrienclifton]

I think my comic would make a pretty nice movie, or at least a mini series.

Most of my influences aren't actually comics, but animated shows and movies. Homestuck is the Big Influence TM that got me into comics, but it's also full of gifs and animations. My heart says CARTOONS! but my brain says IMPATIENCE! so, here I am lol

[mariusthered]

I think Blunderland would make a fun movie but some of the content would have to get chopped out from the Earth Realm side of things in the first few chapters. I think it would make a better netfix show though (if you guys are reading this!)

mhe! it was worth a shot.

[dawgofdawgness]

Yeeees actually! Well, more like a short film. I base my panels off of movie shots sometimes, and draw inspiration from cinema ^_^ also Leftovers is a really simple story that doesn’t require any amazing visuals to get the message across. And music is theme so it’s fun to imagine all the scenes with a soundtrack

[ghostmaya]

For me I rather to make it as Live action series

[droidmonkey1]

Every comic I do or will do is planned to be animated. since I was a kid I wanted to be an animator, I still play around with that, so when I imagine what happens in the panels, in my head it's a cartoon.

[monotone_ink]

No

[punkarsenic]

i think if u got the right people to adapt it, my comic could make a good movie. but itd be like. close to unrecognisable

like, a series of unfortunate events is a good movie. its just. very different from the books

[ar-ninetysix]

@punkarsenic Any thoughts on the netflix series?

[punkarsenic]

i like it a lot, but i think daniel handlers bitterness is getting in the way of the series, and the brownface is really awful.

[craicin]

it would make a good sitcom. with over use of a laugh track.