SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Writer/Creator of The Tick, Ben Edlund, Explains the Journey From Comic Book to Amazon Series
Ben Edlund discusses how he was able to get his comic book, The Tick, produced, and how that lead to several variations of it—an animated series and a live action show—which are currently airing on Amazon Prime.
Ben Edlund discusses how he was able to get his comic book, The Tick, produced, and how that lead to several variations of it—an animated series and a live action show—which are currently airing on Amazon Prime.
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You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Ben Edlund on IMDb
- Ben Edlund on Twitter
- The Tick Trailer
- The Tick on IMDb
- The Tick on Twitter
- The SYS script analysis service
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
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Ashley Scott Meyers is a screenwriter and blogger / podcaster. Since beginning his career as a screenwriter in the late 1990’s he’s optioned more than two dozen feature screenplays and sold a half dozen. And he’s done it all without an agent or manager, instead opting to use his pragmatic screenplay marketing guide which he teaches at SellingYourScreenplay.com.