Fizz! Bang! Whamo! Honey Pot!

So, after a recent chat with artist friend B-- over at frogfeetproductions, a new idea has popped up. Graphic novels! No, serious. Yeah, this probably sounds like other ideas I've popped out: writing for the Nugget, hacking out that novel, producing a coupla short stories--but it's different, see, because it involves a partnership, another person depending on your work so that you've got to get your end of the deal done in time. I'm good at that! I don't like conflict; don't like letting people down.

Of course, there's the downside that I don't actually know anything about the graphic novel written form--the script format or how much you're supposed to impose on the artist. (B--'s the artist, obviously. I can barely manage stickmen, as you can see to the left here. Me, MS Paint, and a touchpad: yay! Though I do hope to learn how to draw someday--at least, to draw better. Though my latest whiteboard drawing--Clucky the R.E. chicken--has become the offical mascot of my year seven R.E. class. I should commission a proper drawing of that damn chicken--he's a funky mascot. And he's religious!

To be honest, it's not the first time I thought about it. (Writing a graphic novel, that is, not non-denominational chickens.) After reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay, yeah, I was suddenly big on the idea of the graphic novel. And I think I've got a coupla ideas floating about in the back of my head. So who knows... something else to play with (or feel like a loser about if I don't get it done). But B--'s really good, and I think between the two of us--I mean I honestly think we could come up with something of genuine quality!

Guess we'll see...