Go, Read: Oni Press Profiled

One of the LA Times business writers talks to Oni's Joe Nozemack about the film development end of their business as Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World hits in various movie theaters all across North America. I didn't know they were doing the own film development, although that recently struck me as a natural move for a lot of these publishers to take that haven't done so thus far. I'm not sure of a trend: I know of at least one company that is moving in that direction from their current set-up, but I think there are relationships and structures all over the place, and it would be hard to track a move in any one direction.

Anyway, as Nozemack points out, a movie can certainly drive business to a stand-alone book or series, and it has here. I'm very happy that people are getting a chance to read O'Malley's work in greater numbers in addition to experiencing Edgar Wright's film version. As was pointed out on CR before Comic-Con, it's also seems to me a positive that O'Malley gets to be near the center of all the excitement about the movie's opening, and I think this is largely if not solely due to Scott Pilgrim being something he created and controls, as supposed to something he inherited and tends to, or something he gave to someone else for the sake of making some sort of ill-defined "career move." I hope cartoonists with similar hopes and dreams will keep his example in mind.
 
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