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Roles in Comics/Graphic Novels

Writers: Narrators, make the story out line & final script
Penciler: Illustrator
Letterers: Type Face & Graphic Designer
Inker/Colourers: The Artists, they chose the shading, toning, shaping of the visuals. Create the atmosphere.

Oni Press was origionally an independent company founded in 1997 by Bob Schreck and Joe Nozemack with the goal of publishing comics and graphic novels they would want to read. Unsatisfied with the material that was dominating the industry, they believed firmly that sequential art could be used to tell virtually any story. Schreck left the company in 1999, and Oni Press is currently owned by the conglomerate Nozemack.
The company name derives from oni, the Japanese word for the devils or demons popular in Japanese folklore. Oni Press used the term "real mainstream," coined by Stephen Holland of the UK comic shop to describe its output. Traditional American comic books regard superhero titles as "mainstream" and all other genres as "non-mainstream", a reversal of the perception in other media. Oni Press therefore adopted the "real mainstream" term to suggest that it publishes comic books and graphic novels whose subject matter is more in line with the popular genres of other media, such as thrillers, romances and realistic dramas.

Popular Titles:

 

The Graphic Novel of Scott Pilgirm consists of 6 titles:

• Scott Pilgrim's precious little life (Vol 1)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Vol 2)
• Scott pilgrim & the infinite sadness (Vol 3)
• Scott Pilgrim gets it together (Vol 4)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe (Vol 5)
• Scott Pilgrim's finest hour (Vol 6)

The graphic novel has several products such as a film adaptation of the series titled Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, released in August 2010. A video game developed by Ubisoft forPlayStation Network and XboxLive Arcade was released the same month. A mobile adaptation of the comic book was produced by Harper Collins and Robot Comics. The app uses movement, sound and vibration to create an original reading experience and includes extra material hidden in the scenes of the comic.

As an independent creator, Bryan Lee O'malley took all the roles in the creation of the Scott Pilgrim series as writer and artists. He took influences from other comic and graphic novelists such as Atsuko Nakajima, the character designer of Ranma 1/2 anime. O'Malley used black and white because it was less expensive than creating the series in color, and so he said that he "embraced the B&W manga aesthetic."

 

The graphic novel Hopeless Savages is a 10 part series including:

• Hopeless Savages
• Hopeless Savages: Ground Zero
• Too Much Hopeless Savages!
• Hopeless Savages B-sides: The origin of the dusted bunnies

Written by Van Meter, there have been three 4 part miniseries each illustrated by different artists such as: Christine Norrie, Chynna Clugston, Andi Watson, Bryan Lee O'Malley and Vera Brosgol who took on the roles of Letterers, Ink and Colourers to create the independantly published Hopeless Savages, published by Oni Press from 2002 to 2005. The comic has not been developed into futher media such as film or games.

 

Wasteland is a monthly comic book series written by Antony Johnston, drawn by Christopher Mitten with covers by Ben Templesmith, and published by the independent company Oni Press. It debuted in July '06 and ended on April 2015. The wasteland series has a multitude of titles:

The novel also has theme music which is available from the Wasteland official website for download.http://www.thebigwet.com/
 Along with the exclusive offer of viewing the first episode online for free via Ebooks, which is available for all devices with access to the internet.

 Created, written and illustrated by Matthew Loux; Sidescrollers is a modern graphic novel that expresses many themes of pop culture. The comic won the 2008 YALSA award for top ten best graphic novels for teens. The novel only consists of one issue released in 2006 as part of the independant publishing company Oni Press.

The Adventures of Barry Ween, Boy Genius is a comic book metaseries created, written and illustrated by Judd Winick. Titles include:

Written and illustrated by Judd Winick. It follows the comical escapades of the eponymous character, a 10-year-old boy who secretly possesses the most powerful intellect on Earth, along with his impulsive best friend Jeremy and his crush Sara. Barry puts his genius to work primarily in creating outlandish inventions that are centuries ahead of their time, such as teleportation devices, jetpacks and wallet-sized nuclear devices.