Comments on: Steady Beat Delayed, Not Cancelled http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/02/07/steady-beat-delayed-not-cancelled/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:32:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Tokyopop OEL — Able to Create a Satisfying Ending? » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/02/07/steady-beat-delayed-not-cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-88019 Tokyopop OEL — Able to Create a Satisfying Ending? » Comics Worth Reading Mon, 03 Mar 2008 11:56:12 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/02/07/steady-beat-delayed-not-cancelled/#comment-88019 [...] T Campbell went on to say that they were told that they weren’t getting a third volume only after they [...]

[...] T Campbell went on to say that they were told that they weren’t getting a third volume only after they [...]

]]> By: T Campbell http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/02/07/steady-beat-delayed-not-cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-86286 T Campbell Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:18:52 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/02/07/steady-beat-delayed-not-cancelled/#comment-86286 FWIW, this sounds pretty similar to my own Tokyopop experience. Divalicious, a three-volume series, suddenly became two volumes, and Amy and I were asked to compress our ideas for the third volume down to two extra 23-page chapters, added to the end of the already completed second volume. Nobody loves to be asked something like that, but our editor, Bryce Coleman, handled the matter with a lot of tact and diplomacy, allowing us to tweak the completed work and showing a lot of concern about its story needs. I think we managed a satisfying ending despite the space limitations-- but we were lucky that I'd had somewhat open-ended plans for Volume 3. Other writers might have a harder time packing things down. (And we lost the chance to riff Jem and the Holograms. Amy was sad about that.) FWIW, this sounds pretty similar to my own Tokyopop experience. Divalicious, a three-volume series, suddenly became two volumes, and Amy and I were asked to compress our ideas for the third volume down to two extra 23-page chapters, added to the end of the already completed second volume.

Nobody loves to be asked something like that, but our editor, Bryce Coleman, handled the matter with a lot of tact and diplomacy, allowing us to tweak the completed work and showing a lot of concern about its story needs. I think we managed a satisfying ending despite the space limitations– but we were lucky that I’d had somewhat open-ended plans for Volume 3. Other writers might have a harder time packing things down.

(And we lost the chance to riff Jem and the Holograms. Amy was sad about that.)

]]> By: James Schee http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/02/07/steady-beat-delayed-not-cancelled/comment-page-1/#comment-85764 James Schee Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:43:42 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/02/07/steady-beat-delayed-not-cancelled/#comment-85764 Good to get an update on this series, since I knew it seemed a long time since the previous volume. Good to get an update on this series, since I knew it seemed a long time since the previous volume.

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