Let’s Improv a Story

Welcome to Latveria! In this episode, we come up with a story for a graphic novel where Doctor Doom puts on his metal pajama pants and stays home. What’s Victor like when he putters around his own country? Let’s find out. Bring your oil can!

In 1983, George Lucas released “Return of the Jedi” and then didn’t make a Star Wars movie for 16 years. But what if he kept making them? Let’s come up with a story for a Star Wars film with a 1986 release date. May the fun be with us!

*For a wealth of knowledge on the making of the six George Lucas Star Wars movies, please see:

“The Secret History of Star Wars: The Art of Storytelling and the Making of a Modern Epic” by Michael Kaminski

“The Star Wars Archives” by Paul Duncan

This week, let’s try to come up with a sequel to Titanic. It’ll happen eventually! First, what should we call it? “More Titanic”? “To Float or Not to Float”? “Boat Don’t Float?” Don’t worry, none of these are discussed in the episode.

In this first episode, we create a story for everyone’s favorite wall crawler: Spider-Man. What about his character does or does not make for a good story? Would you like to hang out with Spidey? What favorite movies could we throw Spidey into? Let’s work together and try to make a story that could actually swing into comic book stores one day!