Why not animate a comic arc?

[cartoonboy]

I have been wondering this for the longest time. Why not animate a comic arc? The last comic arc I followed was the X-Men:Ages of Apocalypse, before that Batmaneath in a Family & Knightfall. Granted, I am not at the comic store on a weekly basis like I used to be when I was 17, I try to pick up a title everynow & then from reviews/previews from Comics Continuum & IGN.

The animating of a comic arc from Superman, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern, Shazam!, X-Men, Spider-Man, Daredevil or Avengers would pull former readers back in. Even though the animated arc would most likely come out a year after the comic arc - it would no doubt purchase it as even though I haven't followed the title in years, seeing it on video - who would pass that up?

On another note : With the Batman Beyond series ending this fall - do you think we will be seeing any BB : Animated movies?

cartoonboy

[Calhoun07]

I love the idea. I personally (and I know this may not be the most appropriate board to mention this) would love to see an Earth X animated series done in the same style as Alex Ross's work.

But for DC related arcs...I would think that the next Batman animated series could benefit from adapting these from the comics. Same with Superman. I said it before, and I will say it again...these cartoon shows should beable to pull in new readers. There is no reason not to, just sloppy or lazy marketing.

[Nightwing]

I'd definitely love to see that. It would broaden the audience for sure. But it's the magic line between comic writers and animation writers that makes me skeptical. Mad Love is a good example of where my worry lies. Some things in comics can't be brought over to the animated side because of content, which is why we heard some people didn't like the animated versian of Mad Love (as a small example) because certain 'content' was left out.

I'm not siding against doing it, though of course. It's just that if more comic stories were to be animated, all the stops have to be pulled out to make the transition complete.

[Calhoun07]

Originally posted by Nightwing
I'd definitely love to see that. It would broaden the audience for sure. But it's the magic line between comic writers and animation writers. Mad Love is a good example of where my worry lies. Some things in comics can't be brought over to the animated side because of content, which is why we heard some people didn't like the animated versian of Mad Love because some things were left out.

I'm not siding against doing it, though of course. It's just that if more comic stories were to be animated, all the stops have to be pulled out to make the transition complete.

Well, what we are talking about here is adapting comic book arcs into a series, not just a comic book story into a special episode of the series. And if the adaption took place over an entire series, there would be no reason to leave anything out. In fact, Japan is all the time adapting magna works as animie series and that is very successful for them. Adapting American comic book arcs would be a logical progression in the maturing of animation in America.

[Christo]

For some time I've wanted a full season of Batman episodes that followed the events of No Man's Land. Individual stories amongst a larger, sweeping tale.

[Salvor]

Originally posted by Christo
For some time I've wanted a full season of Batman episodes that followed the events of No Man's Land. Individual stories amongst a larger, sweeping tale.

I think it would work well on TV. To me, No Man's Land is just the best way of combining better character developments and stronger action sequences.