Serial Goodness
By:
March 29, 2010
Serial fiction is both ancient and modern. Sheherazade spoke in serial fiction; today it finds its foothold in telenovelas and the rabbit-hole vagaries of Lost.
The mysterious gentleman rose in the midst of the question-and-answer session. His aspect drained the color from the ministers’ faces. And then, without a word spoken (could he speak?), he turned and left the chamber.
Although serial fiction has been trashing Aristotle’s Unities for unnumbered centuries, it came into its own in the late nineteenth century. Some of our favorite authors — from Dickens to Doyle, from Louisa May Alcott to H. G. Wells — did their best work in serial form.
He climbed into a waiting portmanteau, which carried him out of well-lit Westminster into the darker precincts of London proper…
Which is partly why Hilobrow is committed to exploring the serial form — the lingua franca of comics and of science fiction, the highborn form that helps writers pay the bills.
His next appearance, at a boxing-match in the East End, drew no looks of astonishment, for he kept to the shadows. He snickered to think how many in attendance believed their money to be safe…
But we’re also planning to publish James Parker’s smashing novel, THE BALLAD OF COCKY THE FOX, because we’re burning to answer a simple question —
…which he knew was not the case. But many wondered that night, in Westminster and the East End alike:
Over on Kickstarter, We’ve nearly raised the money we need to publish James’s foxy tale. But it’s not too late to join Cocky’s Brigade! Be part of a fun venture in new/old publishing, and get in on some great swag — from an exciting biweekly newsletter to copies of the finished work to signed artwork by Cocky illustrator Kristin Parker, there’s something for everyone.