In order to seperate this from the main board, as to leave the "Giant-Size Fantastic Four" #1 there, this posting a new thread in the Fan Fic area.

We have a new project that ties into the "Fantastic Four Art Challenge"/"Giant-Size Fantastic Four" #1 project!

Mike O'Brien is going to write a 1960s' style "Fantastic Four" story, set in the pre-Galactus era (approx. 1961-1965). The length will probably be anywhere from 12 (half a Silver-Age story) to 24 pages (a full book), at Mike's discretion.

I figure what we're going for here is pretending that this story is a "lost" 1960s' story, and it would have been a reprinted story in the "Giant-Size Fantastic Four" #1.

F Ron Miller has volunteered to pencil the story, and I figure we can see if there are others that would want to finish inking, lettering and coloring the story, like we had done with JB's story in the "FF Challenge."

So whaddya say?

Ok!  I just sent F Ron a long rambling e-mail stating my intentions... and here's the thing fellows - give me, say... a week or so, and I'll have something for you.  Probably "Mavel Method", which allows for more freedom and creativity on your parts, and I'll script it when it's done.

As F Ron noted, let me know who's interested, and I'll shape it and pace it accordingly!

Thanks, fellows!  Hope you can wait a week!

Mike

I think Matt Hawes is calling the rules on this, but if I can offer my two cents - since the end product is just seen here, I'm guessing that anysize you draw is fine - and based on the original FF project, there's tons of inkers here; we've even seen penciled pages put into photoshop and "darkened", so... again, I can't speak for Mr Hawes, but I'm thinking you're ok...

Matt?

Well, I was thinking of making the story look like a 1960s' comic book story, but it would be interesting to see what the rest of you think. I figure we'll let majority rule on this matter. Should the pages done by individuals by drawn in their own style, or should we try to emulate a period style?

Mike, are you comfortable doing a 1960s tale, or do you want to choose your own period? I mean, it doesn't have to be tied to the imaginary "Giant-Size Fantastic Four" comic if you want more freedom in what you want to write. That was just an idea. I'm open to any suggestions. First and foremost, this is about having fun.

BTW, I'll go ahead and claim three pages to pencil, ink, and color, too.

Edit: typo.

Al Flores wrote:  ...How should one draw this on standard pro comic boards, or something smaller, cause i dont have one of those high end scanners that will be able to scan the large board. And last but not least, what if i only want to draw, i really cant ink worth a flip. With all that said im willing to do at least four pages penicls that is so count me in, that is if you want. Thank you for your time and great idea.

Hi! I'm glad you like the idea. The size of the paper you use will not really matter, overall, as long as the dimensions are roughly that of a comic book page. For the uploaded image, I say that we scale the image to be about 10 inches high, with a resolution of 72 DPI or so. That way all the pages posted online will be consistent.  For the original art, basically, just work at a size you are comfortable with that you can scan easily.

Oh, and if you get the pencils finished and post them here, I can ink them for you.