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    1. 02-19-2007 01:44 AM #1
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      OK well...... My dream is to become an author; i have been working on a book for sometime - i havnt started the actually writing, but i have done the plan, plot and background.

      Anyway, i met this guy - hes 19, on an online game, we became friends and blablabla. We were talking about something and i told him about my idea for a book, he said that he was studing art and that he was looking for a project like mine and wanted to do some artwork for it, so i agreed.

      We started talking about this on MSN and it turned out that he actaully wanted to make a big manga/graphic Noval on my idea. I was shocked an quite imbarresed - ive seen a piece of his work and its awesome. So anyway we are gonna start working on this soon, him doing the artwork and me writing the story and directing the whole thing.

      I have never actually read a Manga or graphic Noval and im not a fan of anime - although i do like some but still i dont think that this should get in the way because my setting for my story is very japanese influenced and i always thought that it would look good as an anime if it ever got published and became a film.

      My question is..... out of him and I, who gets the most credit. What i mean is, would he get the recognition and credit for his artwork, or me for my story and everything else? What i want is for both of us to get equal credit. Also i want to know if it is worth risking my idea which i have worked hard on and making it into a lengthy Manga/Graphic Novel and not making it into a written Novel.

      Please help

      Thank you.


      P.S i would be very greatefull if anyone can give me tips and pointers on writing a Manga/Graphic Novel, and also if anyone wants to hear more about this and my idea please say.
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    2. 02-19-2007 07:24 AM #2
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      Sounds like fun! Although... I wouldn't worry about splitting the credit just yet; you'll be lucky if you make it to the publishing stage, because,

      1.) 95% of all mangaka (manga artists/writers) are Japanese (I'm assuming neither you nor your friend are), and it would take something amazing to break that stereotype, and

      2.) Most mangaka start out writing for monthly magazines - each chapter comes out first in a magazine published monthly, and then gets compiled into a tankoban (manga book).

      However, you might get lucky. If nothing else, maybe TokyoPop (generally considered to be the scum of the manga publishing industry) will pick you up. They've already published several non-Japanese manga writers, including some manga-ization of Nickelodeon cartoons.

      As for your question about sharing credit, I'd assume it would be like every other industry - you split the credit equally unless both artists agree differently. I'm not a lawyer, though, and I'm also not very familiar with the inner workings of the manga industry, so I could be totally off-base, there.
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