The 'Pitch Your Series' thread.

[Pink Bat Max]

Another hypothetical question....

Let's say you were given the power to create a brand new series for any comic company of your choice. You are allowed to use established characters, or create new ones, or both. It can be in a company's main continuity or not. It can be superhero, or any genre you like, and it can be either a miniseries or an ongoing.

What's your pitch?

[SUPERECWFAN1]

The Pitch ! :

Dan Cassidy wakes up one day to find out he's back on Earth again. To his appearances in the outside world Cassidy appears like a normal 30ish man .But after a showdown with Nero over the soul of his former agent , Cassidy realizes he's cursed as his body undergoes the changes into Demon form if he has to. (which causes him severe pain )

As the Blue Devil , poor Dan can't even mate since if he does he'll die once he concieves with another woman as part of the Devil curse. So Dan has to try his hand at being a down on his luck PI and B-Movie actor as he struggles to pay the bills and keep women at bay from him.

Can a former loser make it as a hero in a tough LA world ? Plus what happens when the Occult Hunters target him for an excercism ?


:p

[Jack Zodiac]

I've got a great idea for Nemesis that'd take him back to his superspy roots, and I had this other idea for Daniel Carter before the end of 52 and Geoff Johns and Katz announcing their Booster Gold series. Daniel Carter is... Lost in Time! with a totally pulp tone to it. Like "Quantum Leap," but with an everyman schlub trying to fix the timestream in reverse starting in the far future and working his way backwards.

Oh, and I was thinking of ideas for a Captain Fear mini-series a couple years ago when the first "Pirates of the Caribbean" got ridiculously popular, but I think he's found a nice niche in the DCU now, thanks to Azzarello.

[Red Jack]

Psycho Pirates (DCU or Vertigo)

After the events of the Final Crisis, the MEDUSA MASK has been shattered into bits and spread across the multi-verse.

Who controls the mask can traverse all 52 of the known multiversal worlds as well as gaining access to the trillion trillion worlds beyond.

When young Harmony Jones and her brother Mason come into possession of the central piece of the mask, they become the prey of the scum of the multiverse: the Psycho Pirates.

Captaining multiversal vessels, each leader of the various Pirate groups holds a shard from the Medusa Mask that bestows an incredible set of deadly abilities. One can call beings back from the dead to do her bidding. One can control the laws of physics or defy those of magic. They are ruthless, they are powerful and they each want the piece of the mask that is held by Harmony and Mason.

As they are chased from world to world, from era to era, from magical realm to magical realm, the twins grow to realize that there may be more connecting them to the mask and to the Pirates than mere coincidence and that while putting it back together may save both of their lives, it would also spell the end for the multiverse.

Part Pirates of the Caribbean, part Time Bandits, part Sliders, this one has it all.

(too bad I'll never get a chance to write it. it would have been glooooorius)

[Gilda Dent]

I want to see more series, comics and TV, set in important historical eras.

For example:

A family that loses everything in the stock market crash struggling to make it through the great depression. It could be a neat excuse to follow various members of the family as they split up to build Hoover Dam or pick grapes in California's central valley, struggle to try to break into the movies in Hollywood, or drawing comics for little money and no credit.

Paul Revere and his family in the years leading up to the beginning of the American Revolution. He did a lot more than just the midnight ride, more important things in the era that led up to the beginning of the war. Since he's in Boston, it gives us access to a few other political figures to use as peripheral characters.

A multi-generational look at a single family, much like My Family, which followed several generations of a Mexican-American family living in Los Angeles within the space of a single movie. This could work for, say, a Jewish family arriving at Ellis Island in the 1890's, following the major events of a pivotal year, then jumping ahead a generation for the next series, hitting perhaps every 20 years from 1890 to 2010. Or perhaps every 25-30 years.

My century: The story begins with the birth of a child on January 1st, 1901, and follows her life through the 20th century to her death on her 100th birthday on January 1st, 2001. We jump forward ten years at a time in between series.

[Jack Zodiac]

Part Pirates of the Caribbean, part Time Bandits, part Sliders, this one has it all.

That's a good way to sell it, too. Tell someone something has pirates, time travel, and parallel universes in it, and it's almost totally sold on the spot. I wouldn't discount the possibility of that being a viable pitch just yet, either; there's still a multiverse and still no Psycho Pirate, and I doubt either of those will change after Final Crisis.

[Magneto_X]

That's a good way to sell it, too. Tell someone something has pirates, time travel, and parallel universes in it, and it's almost totally sold on the spot. I wouldn't discount the possibility of that being a viable pitch just yet, either; there's still a multiverse and still no Psycho Pirate, and I doubt either of those will change after Final Crisis.

He should just make an indy comic from it. Change the names and costumes & start writing.

[Larime]

I want to see more series, comics and TV, set in important historical eras.

For example:

A family that loses everything in the stock market crash struggling to make it through the great depression. It could be a neat excuse to follow various members of the family as they split up to build Hoover Dam or pick grapes in California's central valley, struggle to try to break into the movies in Hollywood, or drawing comics for little money and no credit.

Paul Revere and his family in the years leading up to the beginning of the American Revolution. He did a lot more than just the midnight ride, more important things in the era that led up to the beginning of the war. Since he's in Boston, it gives us access to a few other political figures to use as peripheral characters.

A multi-generational look at a single family, much like My Family, which followed several generations of a Mexican-American family living in Los Angeles within the space of a single movie. This could work for, say, a Jewish family arriving at Ellis Island in the 1890's, following the major events of a pivotal year, then jumping ahead a generation for the next series, hitting perhaps every 20 years from 1890 to 2010. Or perhaps every 25-30 years.

My century: The story begins with the birth of a child on January 1st, 1901, and follows her life through the 20th century to her death on her 100th birthday on January 1st, 2001. We jump forward ten years at a time in between series.

My publisher just picked up and published the collected edition of Revere. The concept is that as a silversmith, he was a monster hunter. The first trade is called Revolution In Silver. It's pretty good.

[Red Jack]

He should just make an indy comic from it. Change the names and costumes & start writing.

I honestly hadn't thought of that. I always segregate my "mainstream" ideas from my "personal" ones.

But, what the hell.

It could work.

Now all i need is an artist.

[MacQuarrie]

A sequel to John Ostrander's "The Kents"...

"The Waynes" follows several generations of the Wayne family, beginning with the arrival of a young immigrant from eastern Europe (whose last name was changed to Wayne upon arrival at Castle Garden Immigration Depot in Manhattan) in the 1870s.

[DavidAllred]

Green Lantern / Green Arrow

The "hard traveling heroes" reunite for ongoing monthly, but this time the list of team-ups is even larger.

Hal and Ollie rekindle their friendship with a similar purpose in mind-- making their respective teams stronger. Tensions explode when Mia and Guy attempt a working relationship. Connor and Kyle renew their friendship. Roy steams John to the point of boiling over when he refuses to act methodically. Meanwhile, Hal and Oliver struggle with their own personal demons of a time past and a new future of crime-fighting that may be able to move on without them.

[Adrian Tullberg]

Here's an idea I had some time ago ...

Uniformed policeman discovers, while on duty, a team of teenaged super heroes that have HQed in an abandoned old building.

After the initial confrontation, he's inclined to call backup and take them in. However, the neighbourhood he patrols and lives in is beginning to have a supervillian problem.

So he starts to tutor and lead them (somewhat like a Xavier role).

Apart from the usual superhero fights, there's the subplots of keeping his extracurricular activities secret from his job and wife, how police would deal with superhumans, and how teens can screw up the life of any adult.

Thoughts?

[The Beast Of Yucca Flats]

(Miniseries)

The Riddler's new Private Investigation business seems to be doing well enough, except... except that the endless cheating-spouse/lover & other such tawdry talk-show fodder just isn't that fulfilling. Especially so if you're a guy who could once figure out way's to keep The World's Greatest Detective guessing as to your next move. Plus, it's just plain not that impressive to a still-skeptical public. So when the widow of a powerful senator comes calling, it could be Nygma's big chance to finally prove himself to said public and his former foe. But can he (or at least do so with his ass still intact at the end)?

Now that, is the Riddle.

[Pink Bat Max]

I actually like non-fiction comics. I'n fact, I've heard of a manga series from Japan that actually adapts a TV documentary series into manga form, telling stories like how 7-11 first came to Japan.

In this case, I'd like a history series: The history of WWI. It's such a misunderstood war, and so hard to get a grip on, I think that the medium of comics may do well in activating different areas of the brain to help the material be understood, as well as generate a larger audience for this history.

And, of course, my Madam Fatal series. First, a mini: a noirish Sandman Mystery Theater take on the golden age Madam Fatal, as told in flashbacks by a descendent reading her diaries. Second: Introducing the new Madam Fatal.

Yep. I'm serious.

[Red Jack]

Here's an idea I had some time ago ...

Uniformed policeman discovers, while on duty, a team of teenaged super heroes that have HQed in an abandoned old building.

After the initial confrontation, he's inclined to call backup and take them in. However, the neighbourhood he patrols and lives in is beginning to have a supervillian problem.

So he starts to tutor and lead them (somewhat like a Xavier role).

Apart from the usual superhero fights, there's the subplots of keeping his extracurricular activities secret from his job and wife, how police would deal with superhumans, and how teens can screw up the life of any adult.

Thoughts?

Nice. I like it a lot. And it would work with existing heroes, like Marvel's Loners, or with a completely new crew.

[The Mutt]

Every time I come up with a great pitch, I read that week's comics and half the characters I want to use have died, gone evil, been replaced by teenagers, or turned Japanese.

[The Mutt]

Fans love romances between their favorite characters, so lets's give them a full-on soap comic.

Avengers: Thrilling Romance.

No fights. No tights. No villains. Just love, lust and betrayal played out against a background of superheroic adventure. Starring Hawkeye, Black Widow, Hercules, She Hulk, Yellowjacket, Wasp, Scarlet Witch. Vision, Wonder Man, Tigra and Jarvis.
:p

[a. non]

Imagine a cross between Strangers With Candy and Clone High: child versions of Modern Age superheroes and villians going to superhero school, being taught by Gold and Silver Age heroes and villians.

side note: i had an idea for Batman once, where he'd be in his den, thinking of a motif to strike fear in the hearts of villians, and a baseball would come though his window. He'd go, "A baseball of justice...through the window of evil...Yes father, I shall become a bat." My version would have him in a Louisville Slugger costume. But a while ago, I found "What The--?!" #3, and they did the exact same thing, except he looked like modern Batman with an umpire design. That sucked.

[Adrian Tullberg]

Nice. I like it a lot. And it would work with existing heroes, like Marvel's Loners, or with a completely new crew.

Ta muchly.