Similar to hypercomics, by letting the reader to interplay with the story itself, interactive storytelling showcases a new kind of experience concerning mainly comics reading. Many of the recent interactive styles combines gorgeous graphic novel artwork, with animated panels which is controlled in the preference to the reader’s pace of reading, thus giving a fulfilling experience.
There is immense popularity if ipads and tablets around the world, so this has opened up a lot of possibilities of telling stories, specifically in the field sequential arts and comics. So artists have tried to push boundaries for more innovation.
Murat, An Interactive Comic – By Motive Collective
A very good example for a visually rich online interactive comic can be the – “Murat” http://www.nonstopbar.com/
In this online comic is fully interactive and animated, through the reader’s input does the story moves forward. It also provides both audio and visual effects for the readers.
Here’s the link for trailer for the comic:
https://vimeo.com/96635260
Below are some excerpts from the comic:
(Fig.1) Page excerpt from the online interactive Comic – Murat
(Fig.2) Animated Page excerpt from the online interactive Comic – Murat.
Bottom of the Ninth – By Ryan Woodward
Another first of its kind is Ryan Woodward’s “Bottom of the Ninth”, which has paved a path for the future for graphic novels.
Ryan Woodward, who is a veteran animator, storyboard and visual effects artist has conceived an innovative style of reading graphic novels. Along with its obvious reader interactivity in the storytelling, Woodward has integrated complex 2D and 3D animation, professional background score and voice actors for the characters.
This visual delight has merged the boundaries between Comics reading and animation, creating a one of kind experience for the readers.
(Fig.3) Comic Spread from the graphic novel – Bottom of the ninth.
http://www.bottom-of-the-ninth.com/?page_id=1811
(Fig.4) Comic page from the graphic novel – Bottom of the ninth.
http://www.bottom-of-the-ninth.com/?page_id=1811
JAM Comics
Jam is a unique project where the storytelling is interlaced between comic books and animation. Story being based on a genre of video games and the protagonist has to choose paths while on his journey; it has many wonderfully animated action packed episodes shown in a beautiful comic book style.
(Fig.5) Title Intro from the Motion comic - JAM
(Fig.6) Animated comic excerpt from the Motion Comic - JAM
Jam motion comics trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVa9tpRrESs
More info link:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/9025651/JAM-motion-comics
Niko and the sword of light
One of the first fully animated comic books which is app based, Niko and the Sword of light is an interactive storytelling which is panel based controlled by the reader.
(Fig.7) Visual representation of the comic in the Ipad – Niko and the Sword of light.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1105575464/niko-and-the-sword-of-light/description
(Fig.8) Animated page from the animated comic – Niko and the Sword of Light.
http://www.nikoandtheswordoflight.com/#sthash.rQsYAD6L.dpbs
