The making of a comic maxiseries

[Joe Washington]

Preacher. Y: The Last Man. Sandman. Transmepolitian. All epics in their own rights.

What do you think it takes to craft stories like these? To sustain a story that goes beyond the limit of a single-issue or a simple mini-series?

 

[Professor Zoom]

The same thing that even great single issues have...compelling and complex characters in interesting situations (or worlds.)

 

[Mistral]

The same thing that even great single issues have...compelling and complex characters in interesting situations (or worlds.)

And a plan ahead of time.

 

[Professor Zoom]

The same thing that even great single issues have...compelling and complex characters in interesting situations (or worlds.)

And a plan ahead of time.

I wonder if that's ALWAYS necessary. And how detailed, you know?

I would be curious if James Robinson had a plan for Starman? Or Vaughn for Y: The Last Man? Or Gaiman for Sandman?

And if so, how detailed...

 

[Smiley]

There doesn't need to be an exact plan in place. It helps, but all that I consider essential is that the creator has an ending in mind or can recognize what a great ending would be when it comes to that point.

 

[Joe Washington]

Brian Vaughan had the first three years of Y: The Last Man mapped out in detail but the rest of it were broad strokes.