Comments on: Tokyopop Dreaming Writing Competition

By: Dreaming Prose Contest Winners Announced » Comics Worth Reading

Dreaming Prose Contest Winners Announced » Comics Worth Reading — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:45:23 +0000

[...] January, Tokyopop announced a prose competition inviting contestants to write a story set in the world of Queenie Chan’s The Dreaming. [...]

By: adam

adam — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:06:58 +0000

this book is a good read and it is freakin’ scary!!!

By: Tokyopop Dreaming Competition Details Announced » Comics Worth Reading

Tokyopop Dreaming Competition Details Announced » Comics Worth Reading — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 04:05:07 +0000

[...] up their teaser announcement, Tokyopop has announced details of their Dreaming prose [...]

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 11:59:10 +0000

All Tokyopop has said is that they’ll be available in February, next month.

By: Sisey13

Sisey13 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 05:43:50 +0000

when can we get an entry form

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:39:12 +0000

Could be. It’s hard to tell what Tokyopop is thinking sometimes. Or, as James suggests, it’s a marketing alternative. It’ll also be interesting to see how good the winning entries are.

James: I’ve ignored the Shadowline contest because it smacks of so much desperation. And it’s a better idea not to wallow in stereotypes in the first place, instead of trying to somehow balance them out.

By: Tommy Raiko

Tommy Raiko — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:01:27 +0000

It’s interesting that this writing contest is organized around prose rather than, for instance, a comics script. Maybe Tokyopop is trying to do with “light novels” what they did when they pioneered OEL/global manga: bringing non-Japanese creators to a Japanese format.

After all, if a popular Japanese series can inspire both prose novels and manga tankubon, perhaps they’re wondering why a popular OEL might not be able to do the same, and this experiment with generating prose interest in one of their most popular series is a step in that direction.

Or maybe not. But it’s interesting!

By: James Schee

James Schee — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 07:47:41 +0000

Its an odd contest. Perhaps its just a way to get some attention for the company and property?

After all Image’s Shadowline comics, is also having a writer’s contest. They are seeking a new good(positive a better word?) female superhero title to play counterbalance to their Bomb Queen series. When asked the people running it admit that at least in part, its hoped to bring some attention to their line of books.

By: buzz

buzz — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:08:59 +0000

THE FOUNTAINHEAD the movie is tons o’ fun as a semi-hysterical over-the-top melodrama. They threw out 99% of Rand’s politics and philosophy and went for cheap, tawdry soap opera instead: Good call!

Though you do owe it to yourself to read at least one of Rand’s books to get some idea of what her appeal is (even if you yourself don’t care for it). I’d recommend ATLAS SHRUGGED for teenagers (they seem to identify with it better than older readers) but THE FOUNTAINHEAD the novel is conventional enough for the most part to make it accessible to most readers. WE THE LIVING is more autobiographical and ANTHEM (the shortest of her best known works) is a fairly fast sci-fi read.