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Film Courage: We had a question come in from our viewer Ernesto Caro and Ernesto writes “My biggest curiosity is the pacing of the story. I’m a screenwriter and I love comics but I couldn’t even imagine how to pace a comic book in regard to dialogue versus action per page?”
Stephen L. Stern, Comic Book Author/President of Storyboard Graphic Novels: Okay, now in order for me to answer this question I need to talk a little bit about this company I established 10 years ago, actually in 2011. Back in 2011 it was quite clear to me that there was a real nexus between graphic novels and comics on the one hand, and film and animation on the other, by which I mean to say more and more movies were being based on comic books and graphic novels. For example, most people are familiar with the movie Road to Perdition. What most people don’t know is that it started its life as a graphic novel. It was written by well-known mystery novelist Max Allen Collins and it was taken to Hollywood by a fellow named Ken F. Levin, who is also the publisher and founder of 1First Comics that published is Zen [Zen Intergalactic Ninja].
I knew that there was a real connection between movies and comic books. I came up with this concept of a company that is called Storyboard Graphic Novels. It essentially says to screenwriters but also producers, directors and actors, give us your screenplay and we’ll turn it into a graphic novel or a comic book series. This brings up the answer to your…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
About:
Stephen L. Stern is the president of Storyboard Graphic Novels. Steve is best known as the creator/writer of the indie comic-book Zen Intergalactic Ninja that has sold over three million comics and graphic novels and been licensed for video games, action figures and numerous other products. He is also the creator of Shygirl and Frickin’ Butt-Kickin’ Zombie Ants, and the author of Beowulf: The Graphic Novel and the A Christmas Carol Graphic Novel, both published by the UK’s Markosia. His other works include Alien Hero, a collection of novellas and stories about Zen, and the upcoming Majestic Comics Graphic Novel. Stern is a native of New York and former advertising agency president with clients including Johnson & Johnson, Rosenthal China and The Singer Company. He lives in Los Angeles, where he launched Storyboard Graphic Novels in 2011, working with several of his longtime friends and associates—who just happen to be some of the highest-profile artists and writers in the industry today.
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