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[johncomic]

Twenty years ago I started conceiving of a comic series which was to be my magnum opus, but never got it developed to the point where anything was publishable, and it eventually fell to the wayside as so many of my projects do. However, I thought I had come up with a truly excellent title for it, if nothing else.

Lately I've been casting about in my mind for a potential project and revisiting some of my old ones for possibilities. Just now I decided to do a Google search on that title -- and sure enough, there is a webcomic out there now using it. Which means, if I do go ahead on this project, I have to scrap the best thing about it.

If I had plowed ahead and published even a pilot issue back in the day, then that title would rightfully be mine now. On the other hand, said pilot issue would've been put out half-baked and be nothing to be proud of now. So is it better that I waited, or no?

Comments

[ginsu.livejournal.com]

So is it better that I waited

Yes. Project quality is your focus, and that bears only a faint relationship to title quality -- think of Peanuts, for instance.

[jaymarcy.livejournal.com]

John, you just need to do what you gotta do man. When I was collaborating with Ron Gravelle, we'd always find someone else doing something in the same vein. It's a big pain in the ass.
IS it better that you waited? If it was gonna be half baked, than yes. It obviously wasn't meant to be for whatever reason. You're a creative guy though, and I know you can find a way to make something work.

[jaymarcy.livejournal.com]

You've also got a lot more life experience under your belt, and maybe that's why it would've been half baked twenty years ago. The time is now. For what it's worth, I believe in you, ol' man!!
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