Off the Cuff: Batmobile & Dr. Horrible
Back in February I mentioned that video game papercraft was far surpassing it’s cousin (comic book papercraft). However, I think the tide may be turning in this battle. In a major couter attack we now have the Batmobile created entirely in papercraft.
Just looking at it gives me paper cuts…
In last week’s column I was talking about how great Joss Whedon’s new project Dr. Horrible was. I considered it one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long, long time. Sure I recognized it’s darker aspects (for instance, the fact that Dr. Horrible never really showed any hint of remorse for his actions).
But I wasn’t prepared for the much darker third act.
The problem is, since Whedon relied so much on viral marketing (i.e., you and I spreading the word in emails and forums) I feel a bit mislead as to what I was marketing.
While I still recommend Dr. Horrible to just about anyone. I wouldn’t claim it’s “funny” or “light hearted”. It’s a significantly dark story. Which isn’t bad, it’s just not what I was led to believe.
Now maybe I told myself it was going to be a comedy. And maybe I shouldn’t have jumped to that conclusion. But that’s the challenge of marketing like this. Whedon may create a new way to market creative content – but he (and others) better be careful to not alienate their “marketers.”
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February 28, 2008
Off the Cuff: Papercraft
I don’t really know much about Papercraft. I guess it’s like an advanced form of Origami. Or perhaps its an ancient secret passed on by Martians. At any rate, some of the results are amazing. And of course they are all well outside of my technical abilities. 
But a funny thing happened as I began to look for more examples of papercraft on the internet. I discovered that there was a serious lack of any comic book related papercraft.
Why?
Is it because this is a more traditional Japanese past time? Is it because comic book fans don’t care? Or is it all part of that Martian ritual? If we learned anything from cartoons and science fiction, it’s that you can’t trust a Marian (except, of course, J’onn J’onzz).
The closest I could come to finding a good comic book papercraft was this IronMan. Which is an excellent example. But I want more! I want to see some clever papercraft involving Batman or Doc Ock.
I want to see a paper Spider-Man swinging his way through NYC.
Is this really too much to ask?
In the meantime I will have to sit back knowing that anime fans are way ahead of comic book fans.
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