Script to Page
Scryptic Studios - Jason Aaron: The Deluxe Interview - Part 1
As seen on Newsarama's blog, Jason Aaron of THE OTHER SIDE talks about his work and in particular the script to page process for some of the pages from the first issue of THE OTHER SIDE (art by Cameron Stewart.)
I've actually wanted to talk about this series a bit, as I'm currently enjoying it, and it's at the top of my (now-monthly or so) stack of comics. But I think I'll do the story the courtesy of waiting until it's actually finished, since it's not presenting itself as an interminable unlimited series.
The odd thing is that I find Vertigo's reluctance to pick up THE OTHER SIDE on the basis of it being a war book and that "war books don't sell" as pretty damn telling WRT the sort of closemindedness that keeps the direct market a closed market. We're in the middle of a not dissimilar war in Iraq right now: why on Earth would there be limited interest on the subject? THE OTHER SIDE is the kind of book that could sell well in a real marketplace, but since we don't have that, it gets relagated to the outskirts of an already marginalized commecial outlet. Damn shame.