Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Octavia Butler's Work Pitched For Comics

2007-04-04 Thread Chris Hayden
(I think her work would lose something--lose plenty in fact--if it was presented in comic book or movie form. Though she took care to put in action, her books are books of ideas-- there a long discussions of subjects between characters that would not make good visuals. It would be like making

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Octavia Butler's Work Pitched For Comics

2007-04-04 Thread Constance Burris
love a good villian. - Original Message From: Chris Hayden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2007 9:39:38 AM Subject: Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Octavia Butler's Work Pitched For Comics (I think her work would lose something--lose plenty in fact

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Octavia Butler's Work Pitched For Comics

2007-04-04 Thread Astromancer
with the slave traders or when he realized what he was. ***sigh*** I love a good villian. - Original Message From: Chris Hayden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2007 9:39:38 AM Subject: Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Octavia Butler's Work Pitched For Comics (I

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Octavia Butler's Work Pitched For Comics

2007-04-04 Thread Mine
was. ***sigh*** I love a good villian. - Original Message From: Chris Hayden [EMAIL PROTECTED] Frofidemus%40netscape.net To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com SciFiNoir_Lit%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 4, 2007 9:39:38 AM Subject: Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Octavia Butler's Work Pitched

[SciFiNoir Lit] Octavia Butler's Work Pitched For Comics

2007-04-03 Thread Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)
Butler's SF Pitched For Comics Writers House literary agent Merrilee Heifetz is trying to pitch graphic novel adaptations of the works of the late SF writer Octavia Butler, Publishers Weekly reported. Heifetz represents the Butler estate and told the publication that she's received permission

Re: [SciFiNoir Lit] Octavia Butler's Work Pitched For Comics

2007-04-03 Thread Astromancer
I would love to see something done with her work...I think a movie would ruin it though... Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Butler's SF Pitched For Comics Writers House literary agent Merrilee Heifetz is trying to pitch graphic novel adaptations of the