I don't think I know anyone else *capable* of so consistently fitting a complete story -- with detailed plots, rich characters and good dialog -- into 8 pages.
Well, how many people try? Cooke certainly hasn't, but I don't know if that's a personal choice or an editorial one.
Certainly Alan Moore has the chops (as demonstrated in his entries for the Spirit: New Adventures things of a while back). Of course, he cut his teeth working for years on 8-page stories in the UK (Swamp Thing was his first work at longer lengths). I suspect there are lots of other 2000 A.D./Warrior alumni who are comfortable working at that length, though probably none in Moore's skill class.
For that matter, I think Dave Sim is quite capable of doing 8-pagers. He did a number of short pieces scattered around the one monster-sized one over the years, and they all seemed to work well. Sim is enough of a fan of formal constraints and experimentation that I'm sure he'd be capable of rising to the challenge. I just can't think of any way anyone could possibly *motivate* him to do so, given his beliefs.
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Date: 2007-03-29 06:57 pm (UTC)Well, how many people try? Cooke certainly hasn't, but I don't know if that's a personal choice or an editorial one.
Certainly Alan Moore has the chops (as demonstrated in his entries for the Spirit: New Adventures things of a while back). Of course, he cut his teeth working for years on 8-page stories in the UK (Swamp Thing was his first work at longer lengths). I suspect there are lots of other 2000 A.D./Warrior alumni who are comfortable working at that length, though probably none in Moore's skill class.
For that matter, I think Dave Sim is quite capable of doing 8-pagers. He did a number of short pieces scattered around the one monster-sized one over the years, and they all seemed to work well. Sim is enough of a fan of formal constraints and experimentation that I'm sure he'd be capable of rising to the challenge. I just can't think of any way anyone could possibly *motivate* him to do so, given his beliefs.