Spider-Woman Motion Comic (Posted 2/8/2009)
Spider-Woman will be the subject of a digital motion comic with voice actors playing the part of various characters from the Marvel Universe. Brian Michael Bendis, writer of the Spider-Woman print comic, is writing scripts specifically for motion comics that will be offered for purchase on iTunes. Alex Maleev, who did the art for Marvel’s motion comics presentation of Stephen King’s N by Marc Guggenheim, will be doing the artwork for the Spider-Woman motion comic as well as the print comic. It will be released as an ongoing series in tandem with the print comic, coming out at the same time. The motion comic will come out first, then the print comic will follow a week or two later.
“We’ve hired the actors, the voices. They’re really fantastic,” Bendis said. “Alex is kind of the director of the project. It’s more than being just the artist.”
“It’s a new territory for all of us,” Maleev said. “We’ll be doing our best to please you guys.”
“With the new medium comes a new storytelling language,” Bendis said. “We’re very excited to see where that takes us. And for those who are worried that all their comics are going away, that’s not the way we’re looking at it… What we’re hoping this will do is be one of those gateway books that gets people excited about comics.”
“We’re experimenting,” Buckley said, adding that the length of the motion comics, the price point and all the logistics of this medium are still being figured out. But he’s excited that Marvel is taking the first step.