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So, turns out becoming a redditor has its benefits. Found this (small) gem:

 

 

So there’s a White Sand, a new comic book series based on Brandon Sanderson‘s (Mistborn, The Reckoners) new concept, which will appear in comics first, and will be intergrated into his Cosmere continuity. There will be three White Sand graphic novels to begin with, the first for next year.

 
A brilliant, new fantasy world, White Sand is split into two halves: on one side are the Daysiders, and on the other the Darksiders. Daysiders have a unique ability to control and manipulate sand, bending it to their will to attack, or protect, as they wish. Darksiders have their own unique abilities and culture, and must wear thick dark lenses while on the Dayside. Generally speaking, Daysiders and Darksiders do not get along…and White Sand follows the adventures of one particular Daysider, a boy named Kenton.

 

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Woo! It's good to finally have news about this.  Having read White Sand, I really can't wait.  I do wonder whether the "three books" are a serialization of the prose book or if they are the entire trilogy.

 

Edit: I'm moving this to the General Brandon discussion forum.

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So does this mean that once these books are published public discussion of the original White Sand will no longer be taboo?

Most likely. I imagine the original White Sand will be treated like Mistborn Prime is now.

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This seems like a decent enough place to ask this: is Brandon still handing out copies of White Sand? I got a copy of Aether off of him, recently, but now I figure I'd really like to read White Sand too, now that it's definitely not going to be a novel.

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I'm seriously hyped about this, because I wasn't really planning on emailing in for a copy but I really didn't want to wait for it either. I haven't read any western comics so I don't know much about the company. Do you guys have any opinions on them?

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Woo! It's good to finally have news about this. Having read White Sand, I really can't wait. I do wonder whether the "three books" are a serialization of the prose book or if they are the entire trilogy.

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From Brandon's blog

The White Sand Graphic Novels are based on Brandon Sanderson’s manuscript

suggests that the three graphic novels will make up the single written novel, NOT the original planned trilogy. Edited by Delightful
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From Brandon's blog

suggests that the three graphic novels will make up the single written novel, NOT the original planned trilogy.

 

Sad. Even when it comes out next year, those who have read the book will have to keep their mouths shut about later portions of the text.

 

(Also, I barely saw this amongst all the dark magic spam posts. Moderators, why have you forsaken us? Has there been a Staff Recreance? :o)

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Watchmen approach would be really neat (err, at least the all-in-one version I read. I don't know the details of how it was originally published) where, between chapters are in world articles and such that explains all sorts of world detail. Less in-character exposition frees up some space for better dialogue and such.

I'm sure most of the comic book world disagrees, but I'd be happy with a book on every left page and accompanying picture(s) on the right page.

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I'm seriously hyped about this, because I wasn't really planning on emailing in for a copy but I really didn't want to wait for it either. I haven't read any western comics so I don't know much about the company. Do you guys have any opinions on them?

I've read some of their Dresden stuff and it's pretty good, so I have hope that this will be good as well.

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...eh.

Don't get me wrong, new Brandon book? That's awesome. His writing is really visual, with it's gravity defying fight sequences, or general 'cool' things, so seeing that spectacle should make the impact even stronger.

I'm just cautiously optimistic. Even people who exclusively write comics have the occasional misstep. It'll be interesting to see Brandon moving outside his comfort zone, and I'd love to hear him compare comic writing to novel... but I'm gonna reserve judgement on it until it's released I think.

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I'm a bit apprehensive in that Brandon said that he has hand chosen the writer and artist for the project. Could someone shed light on what this might mean... Would the writer in this case be the person that does storyboards... or something?

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I'm a bit apprehensive in that Brandon said that he has hand chosen the writer and artist for the project. Could someone shed light on what this might mean... Would the writer in this case be the person that does storyboards... or something?

The writer is the one who writes the scripts. They base it off of White Sand, obviously, but it probably won't be an exact copy. The writer also, IIRC, chooses how to do the frames. The artist then does all of that.

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