tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post1477877153947238300..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: The Dramatic Play Meets the Graphic NovelPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-59025490973417179402011-12-25T23:48:07.972-05:002011-12-25T23:48:07.972-05:00I'm a week behind, but didn't Lee Breuer d...I'm a week behind, but didn't Lee Breuer do something sort of like this in the 1970s? It wasn't quite a comic book, but I recall a former playwriting professor of mine giving us photocopies out of a book version of one of Breuer's "animations" (I think it was <i>Warrior Ant</i>) that included text and storyboards.Seth Christenfeldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782151625611528850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-14897246644760211392011-12-19T02:38:35.915-05:002011-12-19T02:38:35.915-05:00I believe Qui Nguyen of Vampire Cowboys has talked...I believe Qui Nguyen of Vampire Cowboys has talked of doing this.<br /><br />I do see one of my plays being done as a graphic novel, but my personal opinion is that each medium demands its own script and that a play going to graphic novel would best be specifically rewritten for that medium.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-45795914853514973452011-12-13T23:55:23.467-05:002011-12-13T23:55:23.467-05:00Of course, it's an intuitive solution.... exce...Of course, it's an intuitive solution.... except for the part where individual actors would demand royalties for their image rights in the book, and designers would need their cut, and directors' overall intellectual property would be litigated as equal to that of the author.... <br /><br />Lepage can get away with such a gesture because he's of the old school, of the "no one's a star but me" *regie* system -- it wouldn't fly for any production with a brand name creative other than the author.cgeyenoreply@blogger.com