Comments on: Dark Tower an Adaptation? http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Fri, 25 May 2012 12:06:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Antione http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-42659 Antione Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:49:28 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-42659 So this is the book I've been hearing about? Steven King huh. So I see why they are going to Market this differently. Steven King not just comic book fans will be enticed by this one. I have a feeling this book is going to be a rare and hot book. That also means even if it's not real good. So this is the book I’ve been hearing about? Steven King huh. So I see why they are going to Market this differently. Steven King not just comic book fans will be enticed by this one. I have a feeling this book is going to be a rare and hot book. That also means even if it’s not real good.

]]> By: Comics Worth Reading » More Dark Tower News http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-42473 Comics Worth Reading » More Dark Tower News Mon, 22 Jan 2007 01:35:48 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-42473 [...] More announcements related to the Dark Tower comic: Marvel is attempting to drum up attention by allowing a midnight release. [...]

[...] More announcements related to the Dark Tower comic: Marvel is attempting to drum up attention by allowing a midnight release. [...]

]]> By: R. Isanove http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41758 R. Isanove Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:43:18 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41758 Hi King has laid out the stories for Five 6 issues story arcs.We had to add up a 7th issue to the first arc so who knows how many we'll ultmately end up with. The idea, as I understand it, is to cover the period of Roland's life from the day he became a man to the Battle of Jericho Hill. -Richard Hi
King has laid out the stories for Five 6 issues story arcs.We had to add up a 7th issue to the first arc so who knows how many we’ll ultmately end up with.
The idea, as I understand it, is to cover the period of Roland’s life from the day he became a man to the Battle of Jericho Hill.

-Richard

]]> By: Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41643 Comics Worth Reading Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:00:33 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41643 [...] A big thank you to Richard Isanove, who stopped by my post on Marvel’s Stephen King project to clarify whether it’s new material by giving a history of the effort. What I find most surprising: they’ve got 31 issues planned already! [...]

[...] A big thank you to Richard Isanove, who stopped by my post on Marvel’s Stephen King project to clarify whether it’s new material by giving a history of the effort. What I find most surprising: they’ve got 31 issues planned already! [...]

]]> By: R. Isanove http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41597 R. Isanove Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:03:01 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41597 Hi It seems you are angered by the vagueness of the language of the press announcements. So, to calm down the conspiracy theorists, here's the straight dope: 1-Stephen King signed on to write the project but wasn't sure as to wether he would be able to script it himself. We all hoped he would. As soon as SK confirmed he wouldn't be able to do it, the project was offered to Peter A. David who was overwhelmingly welcomed, even by the SK hardcore fan community. 2-The first 7 issues story arc will recount the events of Roland's past that were revealed throughout the book series, mostly in "The Gunslinger" and "Wizards and Glass", putting them in chronological order and filling in the gaps. The events in question are not told from Roland's point of view (as they were in the books) and will therefore offer a different perspective as well as new plot points. The next 24 issues will be strictly new material. 3-Stephen King IS writing it. He produces a Stan lee-like short story, which is tightened up, fine tuned, put meat on and structured into comic format by Robin Furth. Jae (and I) do the Art which is then sent to PAD who scripts it. SK gives his approval or corrections at every single step of the process. 4-A couple of weeks after the first announcement , Stephen King himself decided to postpone the release for almost a year. He wanted to be able to supervise the project but was busy writing a play as well as promoting his latest book. How it ends up being blamed on "a publisher with an unfortunate reputation for lateness when it comes to high-profile projects" is a little mystifying (but not really). 5-Most of those contentious points were actually addressed in an extensive interview given by Joe Quesada on the very day of the first announcement in which he explained in detail the creative process I summarized in 3. Hope that helped, Best -Richard Isanove Hi
It seems you are angered by the vagueness of the language of the press announcements. So, to calm down the conspiracy theorists, here’s the straight dope:

1-Stephen King signed on to write the project but wasn’t sure as to wether he would be able to script it himself. We all hoped he would. As soon as SK confirmed he wouldn’t be able to do it, the project was offered to Peter A. David who was overwhelmingly welcomed, even by the SK hardcore fan community.

2-The first 7 issues story arc will recount the events of Roland’s past that were revealed throughout the
book series, mostly in “The Gunslinger” and “Wizards and Glass”, putting them in chronological order and filling in the gaps. The events in question are not told from Roland’s point of view (as they were in the books) and will therefore offer a different perspective as well as new plot points. The next 24 issues will be strictly new material.

3-Stephen King IS writing it. He produces a Stan lee-like short story, which is tightened up, fine tuned, put meat on and structured into comic format by Robin Furth. Jae (and I) do the Art which is then sent to PAD who scripts it. SK gives his approval or corrections at every single step of the process.

4-A couple of weeks after the first announcement , Stephen King himself decided to postpone the release for almost a year. He wanted to be able to supervise the project but was busy writing a play as well as promoting his latest book. How it ends up being blamed on “a publisher with an unfortunate reputation for lateness when it comes to high-profile projects” is a little mystifying (but not really).

5-Most of those contentious points were actually addressed in an extensive interview given by Joe Quesada on the very day of the first announcement in which he explained in detail the creative process I summarized in 3.

Hope that helped,
Best
-Richard Isanove

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41135 Johanna Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:02:41 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41135 Lisa, I know I'm not a retailer, and so it doesn't matter so much to me, but until I saw that in print in official solicitation materials, I wouldn't rely on it myself, because it seems to contradict everything else coming out. Lisa, I know I’m not a retailer, and so it doesn’t matter so much to me, but until I saw that in print in official solicitation materials, I wouldn’t rely on it myself, because it seems to contradict everything else coming out.

]]> By: John http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41121 John Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:12:57 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41121 sorry, 'quite some time'. sorry, ‘quite some time’.

]]> By: John http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41120 John Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:11:46 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41120 Marvel announced that it was Peter David writing it back in April. Or at least PAD <a href="http://peterdavid.malibulist.com/archives/003903.html" rel="nofollow">announced</a> that Marvel had made it public, and he'd known for a 'long time'. Marvel announced that it was Peter David writing it back in April. Or at least PAD announced that Marvel had made it public, and he’d known for a ‘long time’.

]]> By: Lisa Lopacinski http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41117 Lisa Lopacinski Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:48:31 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41117 According to D. Gabriel the story is ALL NEW. I'll go with that and if it's not right then we as retailers will have to figure out how to deal with Marvel. According to D. Gabriel the story is ALL NEW. I’ll go with that and if it’s not right then we as retailers will have to figure out how to deal with Marvel.

]]> By: Barry http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41077 Barry Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:12:58 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41077 To me this project sounds no different than the adaptations of the Superman Returns or X-Men movies, just that this is an adaptation of a prose, rather than film property. In other words, no big deal. To me this project sounds no different than the adaptations of the Superman Returns or X-Men movies, just that this is an adaptation of a prose, rather than film property. In other words, no big deal.

]]> By: Don MacPherson http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41064 Don MacPherson Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:22:37 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41064 The vague quality of the marketing message would lead me to believe that it's mainly an adaptation (as Jae Lee and Stephen King have acknowledged), but Marvel understandably wants people to believe it's something more. The vague quality of the marketing message would lead me to believe that it’s mainly an adaptation (as Jae Lee and Stephen King have acknowledged), but Marvel understandably wants people to believe it’s something more.

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41063 Johanna Wed, 03 Jan 2007 23:12:45 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41063 And that's really the problem, that they're asking us (especially you retailers) to commit to buying something that doesn't appear to be what was advertised. And that’s really the problem, that they’re asking us (especially you retailers) to commit to buying something that doesn’t appear to be what was advertised.

]]> By: Lisa Lopacinski http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41054 Lisa Lopacinski Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:02:49 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41054 I'm confused - and as a store owner I'm not supposed to be. I do know that PAD, not King, is writing it and that King really has little to do with it now. But, is this a adaptation of the original novel, like the Anita Blake comic is? Or, is it what I was told this summer, a not-before told story of the origin of Rolland the Gunslinger? Is it the origin of the Gunslinger taken from the bits and pieces revealed in the novels, so it's adapted? I just don't even know!! I’m confused – and as a store owner I’m not supposed to be. I do know that PAD, not King, is writing it and that King really has little to do with it now. But, is this a adaptation of the original novel, like the Anita Blake comic is? Or, is it what I was told this summer, a not-before told story of the origin of Rolland the Gunslinger? Is it the origin of the Gunslinger taken from the bits and pieces revealed in the novels, so it’s adapted? I just don’t even know!!

]]> By: Paul O'Brien http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41020 Paul O'Brien Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:31:02 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41020 According to Steven King himself at Newsarama - http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=94759 - "The first few issues... are almost entirely drawn from the books." I'd be very interested to know what's going on here, since Marvel unambiguously promoted the book as featuring original material, and shipping a straight adaptation as the opening arc seems to me like a clear case of bait-and-switch. However, to be fair, the solicitation for DARK TOWER #1 does describe the content accurately ("adapted by long-time Stephen King expert Robin Furth"), although it - perhaps deliberately - blurs and confuses matters by throwing in the line "long-time fans will thrill to adventures merely hinted at in the novels" without making clear that, apparently, this doesn't apply to the seven-issue miniseries they're actually soliciting. According to Steven King himself at Newsarama – http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=94759 –

“The first few issues… are almost entirely drawn from the books.”

I’d be very interested to know what’s going on here, since Marvel unambiguously promoted the book as featuring original material, and shipping a straight adaptation as the opening arc seems to me like a clear case of bait-and-switch. However, to be fair, the solicitation for DARK TOWER #1 does describe the content accurately (“adapted by long-time Stephen King expert Robin Furth”), although it – perhaps deliberately – blurs and confuses matters by throwing in the line “long-time fans will thrill to adventures merely hinted at in the novels” without making clear that, apparently, this doesn’t apply to the seven-issue miniseries they’re actually soliciting.

]]> By: Jog http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41007 Jog Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:47:40 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41007 Jae Lee says the entire first miniseries is an adaptation of one of the books, and that new stuff will appear later... "<i>The first miniseries is an adaptation of Wizard and Glass -- book four of the series. But, that's more of a way to reintroduce the world to the readers that are familiar with the book and to introduce the characters to people that have never read the series... As much as we would've liked to have started with a brand new story, I don't think we could've done that. There are just so many emotional things that happen in that story that need to be told to get the series going. After the first miniseries, that's where all the new material comes in.</i>" http://www.mania.com/53110.html Jae Lee says the entire first miniseries is an adaptation of one of the books, and that new stuff will appear later…

“The first miniseries is an adaptation of Wizard and Glass — book four of the series. But, that’s more of a way to reintroduce the world to the readers that are familiar with the book and to introduce the characters to people that have never read the series… As much as we would’ve liked to have started with a brand new story, I don’t think we could’ve done that. There are just so many emotional things that happen in that story that need to be told to get the series going. After the first miniseries, that’s where all the new material comes in.”

http://www.mania.com/53110.html

]]> By: Don MacPherson http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41006 Don MacPherson Wed, 03 Jan 2007 04:32:41 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41006 In a new editorial, I examine Marvel's original PR for the project to determine if this indeed a bait-and-switch situation... as well as point people to King's past dalliances in comics. http://www.eyeoncomics.com/?p=80 In a new editorial, I examine Marvel’s original PR for the project to determine if this indeed a bait-and-switch situation… as well as point people to King’s past dalliances in comics.

http://www.eyeoncomics.com/?p=80

]]> By: Augie De Blieck Jr. http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-41000 Augie De Blieck Jr. Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:38:15 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-41000 Sounds to me more that the comic overlaps the books to some degree -- there's likely a scene or two from the novels adapted to the comic to establish the time frame. The whole thing isn't an adaptation, just reused characters and scene(s). Sounds to me more that the comic overlaps the books to some degree — there’s likely a scene or two from the novels adapted to the comic to establish the time frame. The whole thing isn’t an adaptation, just reused characters and scene(s).

]]> By: JD http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-40997 JD Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:41:47 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-40997 Definitely an adaptation : http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/02/if-stephen-king-likes-lost-hell-like-your-stuff-pad/ Definitely an adaptation :
http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/01/02/if-stephen-king-likes-lost-hell-like-your-stuff-pad/

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-40992 Johanna Wed, 03 Jan 2007 00:21:39 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-40992 Jae Lee's still doing the art, David. Jae Lee’s still doing the art, David.

]]> By: Captain Spaulding http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/comment-page-1/#comment-40987 Captain Spaulding Tue, 02 Jan 2007 22:44:54 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2007/01/02/dark-tower-an-adaptation/#comment-40987 <i>That the content isn't new, I am still willing to give the benefit of the doubt, to PAD if not Marvel. "[A]dapting the novels" isn't a direct quote</i> A quote from PAD in the article: "There's a creature called a thinny in the book that's currently being adapted" Judging from the article, it's an adaptation and it's bait and switch too. That the content isn’t new, I am still willing to give the benefit of the doubt, to PAD if not Marvel. “[A]dapting the novels” isn’t a direct quote

A quote from PAD in the article:
“There’s a creature called a thinny in the book that’s currently being adapted”

Judging from the article, it’s an adaptation and it’s bait and switch too.

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