MEDIA
VALENTINO ON ‘ENORMOUS’ 09/14/2011
Shadowline Publisher discusses the process and format for ‘Enormous’ with Multiversity.com. Check out the interview for even more about Shadowline’s 2012 line-up:
www.multiversitycomics.com/2011/09/multiversity-comics-presents-jim.html
Excerpt:
MC: In terms of development, how involved is Shadowline when it comes to their books? Does it differ on the creator – say, a newcomer like Charles Soule would get more guidance than a veteran like Ted McKeever – or is it pretty consistent across the board?
JV: Yeah, it really all depends on what the creator and the book needs, so it has everything to do with a creator’s level of expertise and accomplishment. For a creator like Ted McKeever or Jimmie Robinson, we just get out of their way. They know what they’re doing. We copy edit them and that’s it. With a novice creator, like Tim Daniel, I’m there at every stage, from plot to dialog, to checking layouts. I do insist on cover sketches from everyone and I reserve the right as publisher to reject a cover or an interior page. Any control asserted is done so in an effort to better the book, not to placate my or anyone else’s ego.
MC: Nick Spencer recently hyped up an upcoming Shadowline book on Twitter – Enormous from Tim Daniel and Mehdi Cheggour. While this book doesn’t come out until 2012, what can you tell us about it, and do you think it could be your next big hit?
JV: Did he? Well, that was very nice of him! Will it be our next big hit? Man, I hope every book will be our next big hit! Here’s what I can tell you about it for now…it’s Tim Daniel’s freshman stint as a writer. Tim has been doing exceptional design work for me, Bendis and Kirkman for the last couple of years—now he’s stretching his wings as a writer. Mehdi is an exceptional artist already and I’ve been dying for a chance to work with him for a year or so now. I believe that he’s going to become HUGE! We’re planning on releasing the book for next year’s San Diego Con, it will be self-contained and will be a treasury size edition because, well, it’s Enormous!
FIRST MENTION 09/02/2011
The first official mention of ‘Enormous’ can be found on ShadowlineOnline.com in the ’10 Questions With…’ interview series by communications director Marc Lombardi:
www.shadowlineonline.com/news/08182011-1000pm/10-questions-tim-daniel
Excerpt:
10) I heard from a little birdie that some guy named Tim Daniel will be writing a comic in the near future for Shadowline. Without giving too much away, what can you tell us about that dirty, dirty rumor?
TD: Sordid. Terrible. Nasty. Wait, are we talking about the bird or the rumor? The book! You mean the book?! I am! And for me this is pinnacle-type stuff happening. I guess I could summarize it in two words – Mehdi Cheggour. He’s the artist and my creative partner on the book. We’re starting to hear or see the names of Nate Simpson, Nick Pitarra, Joe Eisma, Rodin Esquejo, Christian Ward or Riley Rossmo to name a few, used in context with the likes of Mobius, Quietly, McNiven, and Sienkiewicz – well honestly I think you’re going to be hard pressed as a reader not to utter Mehdi’s name in a similar context. I can also safely offer this, the title is Enormous and it is a big, grand, action-adventure piece. See you in 2012!
