Just announced this weekend – two awesome comics have been picked up by Warner Brothers to be adapted to the big screen.
Amulet – Kazu Kibuishi’s book about two siblings who are forced into a mysterious underworld to save their mother. Attached to star in the film are Willow and Jaden Smith with dad Will Smith producing. The comic has a very cinematic pacing so it’s a natural fit. Kibuishi’s announcement here.
Bone – Jeff Smith’s now-classic fantasy-epic about three cartoony cousins who get lost on the wrong side of a treacherous mountain range. This has been stop-and-go for the big screen for years. From the Hollywood Reporter:
An animated version was in development at Nickelodeon Films but fell through, partly because Smith was displeased that the studio was aiming it for kids and wanted the film to include pop songs.
Here’s crossing our fingers that this one works out.
Watch Steve Hamaker (previously) use his Wacom Cintiq to colour a panel from Jeff Smith’s Shazam! Monster Society of Evil. For more, check out this second video which is a screencap as opposed to a live video. (via the Flight blog)
Chris Butcher has posted an interesting analysis of the various incarnations of the covers to Jeff Smith’s Bone series, and how the different versions gradually evolved into something with a much stronger sense of design and audience appeal. I’m only showing two extremes here, so the difference is pretty evident, but see Chris’s whole post for the full evolution.
You might have caught a glimpse of Steve Hamaker colouring Jeff Smith’s Bone in the video from a previous post. Steve has posted a great step-by-step guide of his process colouring using Photoshop on his blog.
Another great interview for you today — this one with Bone creator Jeff Smith, and it’s a video interview in which we get to see Jeff talk about his process and inspirations, and we get to see his studio and work environment! Visit the Telltale Games site for the interview; the link is on the site’s right-hand sidebar.
