Comic Book Ideas

Just thought I'd make a thread on this.

As some of you know from the "God of War II" thread, I am creating my own Greek Mythology stories. The first I came up with is going to be about Zeus losing most of his powers & going on a short adventure to gain his powers back. The main antagonist is Hades & also, Ares, Cronos, & Atlas will be main characters who will all hep Zeus on his journey. The other Greek Mythology story I have is about Athena having her powers taken away from her by Zeus & seemingly killed. She has to assemble Greek figures to help her defeat Zeus once & for all who has gone completely corrupt. She will also have help from a warrior Zeus fought earlier on who was killed & is the son of a God (not Zeus & it's not Kratos, either). So, the story focuses on Athena overthrowing her father, Zeus. She will have help from Typhon, Cronos, Atlas, Colossus of Rhodes (she brings the statue to life), Hades, the unnamed warrior who is the son of a God, Hercules, & possibly Poseidon. The other three Greek Mythology stories I want on would be about Perseus, Hercules, & Theseus. The one about Perseus would be an update on his mythos which means he'd gain powers & have better adventures. The one about Theseus also be an update on the mythos & I'll be giving him powers as well to make him a better warrior & instead of defeating a minotaur with a piece of string, he'll do something more heroic. Lastly, as far as Hercules goes, it'll be pretty true to where everyone perceives Hercules be at & not much will be changed. The Titans we see in this story for Hercules may even resemble humans instead of being monstrous prehistoric giants. I think it'd kind of be cool to make them look really monstrous but at the same time look human like the Olympians. I'm not entirely sure if I want to include Zeus a lot because Hercules wouldn't be the type to overthrow his father (at least from my knowledge). So, the story for Hercules will basically be about him trying to have the Gods forgive his sins & so that he can become a God & live on Mount Olympus. I hope that if these stories can make it to being a comic book they can also be turned into a video game someday.

Hades should look different than the GoWII incarnation. Tho cool, he looked less sinister and more like an insane fat butcher than a potent antagonist. He should not be fat, and should be less physically imposing than other characters like Zeus, Hercules, and Atlas(you may still want to give him some muscle tho, just not as much), tho he should have a dark look of him, and his lower physical power should be balanced with powerful Necromancy-like sorcery and cunning. He should also be very dark and cruel, I'd be pissed off to if I lived in the Underworld. Anyway, that's all I have now.

Most of what people will do with a thread like this is say where they think your ideas fall short, or insert their own when they think they're better. There's also a lot more work that gets put into making a comic than just the idea of a story, which is probably about 1% of the work involved. Good luck and all, but ideas are a dime a dozen. I'm not trying to be a downer, just truthful.

I know what goes into making comic books, I've been researching for years & any posts that are about someone else's ideas will be reported for deletion.

Originally posted by Violent2Dope
Hades should look different than the GoWII incarnation. Tho cool, he looked less sinister and more like an insane fat butcher than a potent antagonist. He should not be fat, and should be less physically imposing than other characters like Zeus, Hercules, and Atlas(you may still want to give him some muscle tho, just not as much), tho he should have a dark look of him, and his lower physical power should be balanced with powerful Necromancy-like sorcery and cunning. He should also be very dark and cruel, I'd be pissed off to if I lived in the Underworld. Anyway, that's all I have now.

Yeah, I agree, although he looked badass, he wasn't very sinister. I always thought of Hades as maybe having a hideous face so he hides behind a mask & wears mostly all black armor or clothing. As for his physique, he'll probably be the bulky type but instead of it all being muscle it's a lot of fat. He won't have a fat pack, though.

As for Athena, I really want to make her sexy, badass, & powerful so that's my aim with her story.

Originally posted by Mirai Gohan
I know what goes into making comic books, I've been researching for years & any posts that are about someone else's ideas will be reported for deletion.

Right then. Way to take the high road. I did offer you good luck, btw.

🙄

Um, how can I put this.....I don't care.

Anyway, anyone have any suggestions for what a human Atlas & Cronos could look like?

Well, I was never trying to insult you and was merely laying out the details of the process for you. I've actually looked into a lot of the business aspect of the writing process, and was prepared to help you or at least discuss our mutual findings if you were interested. But I'll rescind my offer, since you're basically just being a d*ck about it, and I'd rather not see anyone break into the industry who has such a lack of basic respect.

I don't have a lack of respect, I do have a lack of tolerance for people who take things out of context. I simply stated that I know what you were talking about, if you can't understand that & move on, I'll just ignore you.

Originally posted by Mirai Gohan
I don't have a lack of respect, I do have a lack of tolerance for people who take things out of context. I simply stated that I know what you were talking about, if you can't understand that & move on, I'll just ignore you.

Moving on, this is what a human Cronos l;ooks like:

I'd kind of like to take that & tweak it a little bit. I'd probably make the hair shorter & make him reall;y bulky.

What kind of ancient Greek Mythology creatures would you all like to see in my stories? There are so many good ones that I don't know all of the ones I want to use. The only two I know I'll use for sure are Centaurs & Minotaurs.

Typhon would be awesome from an artistic stand point.

Originally posted by Mirai Gohan
Yeah, I agree, although he looked badass, he wasn't very sinister. I always thought of Hades as maybe having a hideous face so he hides behind a mask & wears mostly all black armor or clothing. As for his physique, he'll probably be the bulky type but instead of it all being muscle it's a lot of fat. He won't have a fat pack, though.

As for Athena, I really want to make her sexy, badass, & powerful so that's my aim with her story.

As for Athena, what else would you make her lol.

Honestly, I'm going to make Hades have black armor & his face will just be twisted & disfigured from birth which is why he always wears the mask. I wanted to make him somewhat as strong as Zeus but he's not quite there which is why he makes the special blade that can steal away a God's powers or give someone the powers that are stored inside a blade.

I picture Athena as being a very beautiful young woman with a nice figure which means she'd have big breasts. 😄

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Typhon would be awesome from an artistic stand point.

I actually wanted to make Typhon an ice giant like in GOWII but if not I may go with something a little different but I don't want him to be a creature with a lot of legs.

So basically your taking one of the greatest myths of all time and putting your little adolescent twist on it, boring. Try creating an entire new concept instead of rehashing stories and legends that are thousands of years old.

Originally posted by Mirai Gohan
Honestly, I'm going to make Hades have black armor & his face will just be twisted & disfigured from birth which is why he always wears the mask. I wanted to make him somewhat as strong as Zeus but he's not quite there which is why he makes the special blade that can steal away a God's powers or give someone the powers that are stored inside a blade.

I picture Athena as being a very beautiful young woman with a nice figure which means she'd have big breasts. 😄

Originally posted by Magee
So basically your taking one of the greatest myths of all time and putting your little adolescent twist on it, boring. Try creating an entire new concept instead of rehashing stories and legends that are thousands of years old.

Of course seeing as how no author in centuries has used a truly unique plot thats quite a tall order.

Not one single writer has written a unique story line in centuries? I think maybe you are confused?

Originally posted by Magee
Not one single writer has written a unique story line in centuries? I think maybe you are confused?

No matter what idea you have someone will have beaten you to it. There are many books but few stories.