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HOW TO TAKE YOUR IDEA FROM CONCEPT TO CREATION
Stranger Comics President Sebastian A. Jones, creator of Niobe and The Untamed, offers insight on how to take an idea from concept to creation (without selling your soul)! Using sneak peeks and sharing firsthand experience from starting with one comic and turning it into a franchise, Sebastian will shares tips and tools in this “How to” Lectuer.
Description Extended: For aspiring creators, the following questions seem to be the most frequent: How do I start? For how long? And how do I take a comic to television/film? Stranger Comics President Sebastian will share tips on budgeting, writing and pitching, for beginners and pros and offer insight on how he got his Niobe / Asunda series in development at HBO, plus his comic venture with filmmaker Prentice Penny. If you want to know trade secrets, this is a panel not to be missed.
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Stranger Comics website: https://www.strangercomics.com/
Video Director and Editor: Justin Estrada
Photo Credit: Tyler Shields
SEBASTIAN'S SPEAKER RESUME INCLUDES:
SCHOOLS
FAMU, Whitman College, American University, Stephens College, Belkinge Institute of Technology (Sweden), School of Doodle with Amanda Gorman.
CONVENTIONS
San Diego Comic-Con, New York Comic-Con, ComicCon Africa (Johannesburg), Comic-Con Cape Town, Rose City Comic-Con, Phoenix Fan Fusion, Baltimore Comic-Con, WonderCon, LA Comic-Con, Emerald City Comic-Con, Denver Pop Culture, DragonCon, Long Beach Comic-Con, Eagle-Con
About Sebastian A. Jones
Sebastian A. Jones is President of Stranger Comics, Co-Founder of Payback Entertainment and creator of the Asunda and Niobe comics franchise.
SEBASTIAN A. JONES BIO
Sebastian A. Jones is the President of Stranger Comics and author and creator of the fantasy world of Asunda including its lead character Niobe. He co-authored sophomore title Niobe She is Life with Amandla Stenberg, which became the first nationally distributed comic with a Black female author, artist, and lead hero in history. Viola Davis wrote the foreword. Currently Jones is co-authoring a new Niobe title with Thuso Mbedu. Before Stranger, Jones was an actor in scores of national commercials, movie White Space, and model for GQ at the same time he was President of MVP Records, releasing 25 albums that featured such artists as James Brown, Marvin Gaye, and Billie Holiday. Jones has also written, produced, and directed commercials, and the TV pilot Cast Off. At Stranger, Jones partnered with Garcelle Beauvais on the I Am Book Series, children’s books that focuses on inclusion with a foreword by Halle Berry, and co-wrote the acclaimed psychological thriller video game, Hektor. Jones has also taught lectures around the world, including BTH in Sweden to FAMU in Florida. After working with Prentice Penny at HBO, Jones and Penny recently partnered to co-found Payback Entertainment, to produce comics, TV and film, which will be published through Stranger. These include Naija Vamp he is co-authoring with Yetide Badaki and Jaycen Wise with Penny and Uraeus. Titles Jones has written and published include: The Untamed: A Sinner’s Prayer series, Niobe: She is Life, Niobe: She is Death, Niobe & Dura, Dusu, Erathune, Essessa, Tales of Asunda series, Morka Moa, Salvador, Pinata, I Am Mixed, I Am Living in 2 Homes, I Am Awesome, and Ruining Christmas. Jones also co-publishes the Brown Sugar Fairies franchise at Stranger Comics with creator Aiysha Sinclair, which is being made into a movie written and directed by Rob Edwards. Jones is producing Defiant with Edwards at Legion M Studio, and Stranger Comics is publishing.
Jones is repped by WME and the law offices of Bradley Garrett, Esq.
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