Note: at the bottom of this post you can read part of the Silence & Co. Graphic Novel

This week’s Friday Find is a Trailer for the Graphic Novel Silence & Co.

If you have followed the progress of my Comic Book (which will eventually be bond as a graphic novel), you will remember that I created a motion comic for my Kickstarter campaign (view here).

I think this will be a new trend for creators/publishers of comic books and graphic novels. Meaning if you plan on releasing a comic or want to raise money through Kickstarter you should be making a motion comic of some sort as a great way to promote your project.

The reason why it is such a great marketing tool is because …

  • It is a fast way for people to judge the quality of the art & writing
  • It shows professionalism and dedication (which people like)
  • Can allow early feedback if done before printing
  • Allows you to be in the search engines of all the video sites you submit to.
Here is the video:

 

What I don’t like about this Motion Comic

Today I have been working on organizing both my office and my emails because they both are a huge mess. I’m a little worried with only 12 hours left in the day neither will get finished. Since I am watching Everett (my 5 month old) this morning while Mama Love is getting some sleep. I am moving at a crawling pace and already exhausted.

I did, however, find time to locate another great Friday Find which is an 8 minute YouTube video you are going to enjoy.

The Video: The Rise of WebComics

The Rise of Webcomics is a quick look at webcomics from the perspective of the creators. It doesn’t go to deep into how-to or history, but I found the video getting me excited to be part of this ever changing medium.

Each of the creators in the video have a different emphasis they enjoy about their projects.

Some of those are:

If you haven’t heard about Iron Man 3 and Audi competition you should visit the past articles at:

http://www.jasonloveslife.com/update-on-iron-man-3-and-audi-team-up-for-a-cool-contest/

http://www.jasonloveslife.com/iron-man-audi-contest/

or Watch:

Recently two short how-to videos have been released today, giving step-by-step instructions on how to draw Tony Stark’s Audi R8 and Iron Man’s helmet,as a way to promote the competition.

These could come in handy if you are planning to enter the competition.

How-to-draw an Audi R8

An amazing documentary on Wonder Women and Feminism in American History as it was reflected in Comic Books, Television, and Film.

The main focus of the video is to cover the history, the story, and backdrop surrounding Wonder Woman.

In 1 hour, this documentary covers an amazing amount of detail in the Wonder Woman’s story. It

Today’s Friday Find is actually a Promotional strategy for a car. Specifically, the Audi.

According to a Press Release I received “Audi Teams Up with Marvel to Launch Iron Man Crowd-Sourced Digital Comic Book Contest, SteerTheStory.com

Driving

From the website, it looks like they will be having a group choose your own adventure comic. People vote what Iron Man should do, and then they write it into the next part of the webcomic.

At the end (looks like there will be 2 choices made by votes) their will be a contest involving an

This is something all comic book readers should watch!

It covers the history of Comic Books, a look at how politics play a role in the scripts, and some of the people behind our favorite characters.

You need to watch this!

As a kid and even today, I don’t consider myself a comic book guy.

I enjoy the stories and love reading them, but I am not very knowledgeable about the history of the characters, the name of writers, or a lot of the back stories about my favorite characters.

I partially blame this on the fact that as a kid my parents did let me buy comics because we didn’t have the money. I had the choice of buying a comic book or renting a video game over the weekend and video games won every time.

This is one of the reasons I found this video so fascinating.

A few things I took from this video:

  • Some people see Superman as the greatest superhero of them all. They say that at the begging of the video and I have to disagree!
  • Comic books were more politics than I realized.
  • Wonder Woman’s creator is amazingly interesting.
  • Marvel filled for Bankruptcy in the ’90’s
Let me know what you thought of the video in the comment section below!