Another Big Author Moves Work to Comic Books/ Graphic Novels

Janet Evanovich becomes the latest in a line of big name authors who are publishing stories as comic books or graphic novels. Stephen King's been doing it for a while. Dean Koontz, too. Jason Starr collaborated on a graphic novel last year. James Patterson's putting them out, too. Now, Janet. I'm sure there are many others.

All of these authors say they've been comic book fans for years. Makes you wonder how much comic writing has affected their storytelling styles and skills all along.

Comic book/graphic book stories are hard to write. Try one. Everything is condensed. The art tells so much of the story. Everything happens fast. The storyline must be gripping -- and it must be gripping immediately.

Actually, I think writing a comic book is quite a challenge. I'd love to do it. Hmmm ... maybe I'll try. Someday.