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Would you recognize a great idea before it was successful?
I'm Laura Esping and today we're at the birth of a phenomenon
the phenomenom called Trapman
About the marketing aspect what makes one comic sell better
Well the first thing you're going to see is the cover
so hopefully you'll have a I think the character and the art are the
things you can see right away Hopefully the character will be something
that you like or an archetype you might like
a good costume design, things like that.
Hopefully once you know the character, you'll know something about their back story,
their history, and something about the writing The art is the main thing you'll see right
away You have to make it attractive enough
to bring in people who like superhero stuff enough for that crowd
Has to tell the story well enough You can see those things fairly quick enough
in a comic Also, I think you need to have luck
Luck in terms of getting the word out about a book,
some publicity, things like that
You're doing the cover for Trapman, right? Yes, I am
And is there more about how important you say the cover is
It's like a front window of a store Retailers will tell you that you want to invite
people in you want to make sure people are welcome
And so you want to give some either introduce characters on the cover,
or make them want it, and grab that comic
and turn the next page Because there's something like danger
or, something should intrigue you about the comic
and the cover is really your only way to have a shot
of what this comic's about, and try to get an audience
is the main thing for any project You want to get people to look at what you're
doing
You're working with Paramount Pictures and adapting movies and TV shows for comics
Do you think Trapman has movie potential?
Oh yea, it's an interesting character concept Has a lot of funky stuff about it
and Peter has some interesting backstories and certainly has a lot
to say, and has to be interviewed
as you are doing He's a real interesting guy
I think it has a
lot of ways that
it works