Comic Book Club Bonus: Fandom In Bryant Park
Summary
Host Alex Zalvin shares a recording of his Bryant Park Reading Room panel on fandom, featuring guests Zoraida Córdova, Alex Segura, Maria Hoey, and Dan Waters. The creators discuss their works, including *Kiss the Girl* and *Enemy of My Enemy*, while exploring how personal fandom influences their writing. They address the challenges of creating within established intellectual properties versus original stories, balancing fan service with narrative craft, and the research processes behind their projects.
Topics discussed
Introduction to Comic Book Club and Bryant Park panel
Panel introductions and book elevator pitches
Excerpt readings from Little Mermaid and Daredevil novels
Discussing interiority in prose vs. visual media
Excerpt from The Shadower and graphic novel adaptation process
Panelists discuss their earliest fandoms and influences
Balancing personal fandom with professional writing duties
Using fandom as raw material and maintaining craft
Navigating Intellectual Property guidelines and continuity
Adapting Disney princesses and coordinating comic crossovers
Research methods for historical and superhero settings
Converting graphic novels to prose and vice versa
Structural differences between prose and comic storytelling
Format choices and creative processes in graphic novels
Adding to mythos in licensed work vs. original creation
Career advice for aspiring comic artists and writers
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