Manga column

[telophase]

rachelmanija points out that maybe I ought update here when my column goes live over at Tpop (it's got a fairly wonky schedule ... "schedule" isn't exactly the best term for it XD).

So ... my next column, on collaboration, is up. I'm going to link you directly to it since it seems not to be showing up on their Manga section, only on the "New content!" section below the Flash ad on the front page.

Comments

[chisotahn]

... argh, Tokyopop... I love you madly, really I do, but for the love of GOD it took me *five minutes* to find information about your manga. The hell is YOUR MANGA, what is your BUSINESS that makes YOU MONEY, doing NOT IN THE TOP LEVEL NAVIGATION I mean seriously wtf I beat you with a design book.

*cough*

Good column, though! Especially as someone who has entertained idle thoughts of putting something together as a writer before.

I wish it had a better site design to sit on, but I guess that's what con panel bitch sessions are for.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

They're listening and moving things around on the site, slowly, though. The books can be found in the yellow-beige menu on the left: they used to be on the bottom of the navigation there, so you had to scroll down to find them.

And there's been plenty of bitching going on everywhere. XD

[tokyoghoststory.livejournal.com]

a+ article, only cause it makes total sense -_-; i had a v. not good artist when i did manga collabs. never ever tried it again.

[the-z.livejournal.com]

*twitch* Flashbacks to horrible writers!

[telophase.livejournal.com]

iv got dis awsum story bout nijas in nijna skool n if u want 2 draw it ill giv u sum money wen toykopop publishs it

[fuuringo.livejournal.com]

Ahhh you wrote that?
I read it earlier and thought that it brought up some really good points, the part about the similar goals for example. I guess I never thought about it since I've never done a collab before, although I would like to in the future so this is very helpful :)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Yup! :) Thanks! I've got a lot more thoughts about teh whole process, too, and will be tackling it in teh future, but I'm mixing up teh column subjects so that people won't be stuck reading a month on collaborations when they don't care, and so on.

And I am apparently incapable of typing "the" correctly today.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about what makes or breaks a collaboration, and came up with these points:

1. Incompatible creative visions. If you can't agree on concepts like what a sexy man looks like, or on what sort of stories you want to create, or on what's funny, it will never work.

2. Incompatible working habits. Generally, this means that one of you is a flake. It can also mean that one person likes to communicate frequently and actively collaborate, and one prefers to get the script and emerge with toned and inked pages that are not subject to critique, or to deliver a script which is not subject to critique. That will never work.

3. Radically incompatible skills. Pro/amateur collaborations can work just fine if the amateur is at a near-pro level in terms of skills. But if one person is not even close to being ready for prime time, and one is already a pro, that will never work.