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I'm totally new to comic books, but I'm really interested in them, especially superhero ones. Since it's such a vast world, can any fan tell me what i should do and where i should start?
One of the things to come out of this electric age of easy to access software programs is motion comics. Some people are making their own, using programs like Flash to animate their webcomics. Others have used this technology to create adaptations of comics currently out there, such as the motion comics adaptation of the Watchmen comics. I've seen a couple recently that caught my eye. One was a indie made endeavor and the other is from a group with large pockets behind it.
The first was the intro to an online flash video game - Foreign Creature 2. The intro was pretty well done and was completely in a motion comic style. It worked very well for this free endeavor. The other is the latest release from Moving Picture Books with their Sesame Street collection. While not a comic per se, it was very much in the style and spirit of current motion comic books.
Of the two, the first was free (obviously) and the second costs $1.99 per book. Either way its a pretty cool way to see this kind of technology used. I've noticed that the whole motion comic thing really doesn't seem to be blowing up in the comic book world. The ones that do seem to be using it are in other pop culture realms such as the motion picture world to promote their movies or add extras to DVD's. I don't know where you stand on the topic, but I much prefer my comic the old fashioned way. I do like these bits, but they all have this sort of cheesiness to them that reminds me of the really old cartoons and the first motion comics to come out in my opinion. These videos were basically the original art from the comic cut out and had some basic motions added to them. I still just can't get past that feeling. Can you?
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Comics Invasion!: Motion Comics originally appeared on About.com Comic Books on Sunday, March 14th, 2010 at 23:01:52.
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