Hi everyone, about two months ago I started collecting figurines from movies and games that I love so that I have a simple physical object that I can appreciate and pose on my desk. There is just a simple childlike glee arranging different figures from different franchises together.
Even more recently, I downloaded steam and acquired a few Valve titles. Team Fortress 2 quickly became an addiction so naturally I got the two figures associated with this franchise; the Demoman and the Pyro. They are gorgeous looking, I absolutely love arranging them in stances reflecting their character and glancing at them whenever I choose their respective class when I am playing Team Fortress.
A little later, I began thinking about making a weekly web comic or something with them like the ALIEN LOVES PREDATOR strip ( http://alienlovespredator.com/ ). I could stage scenarios with them in their own universe interacting with one another at their base like a 'behind the scenes' set up. Alternatively, I could have them as a simple collectible living on my desk; navigating my room and interacting with other items (think Toy Story). The second one would probably be the better bet as I could effectively do 'Meet the...' unboxing when the next figure comes out which I believe is the Heavy and then do this for every subsequent figure.
However, my biggest problem is simply how to start it, should it be a website of its own under my control or should I try contacting Valve or a related comic website and offer to do this but I think it would be incredibly unlikely that I'd even get a response. Can branded items like my Xbox 360 or Samsung TV feature in the background in such a thing or would that be grounds for suing or infringement or something along those lines.
I know this is silly but I think it would be a fun thing to do over the summer and possibly beyond so Escapists, can you help me with any of this. Any guidance or advice for this sort of thing would be greatly appreciated and if not, have you ever thought of doing something similar to this like an internet series or web comic. Whether this takes off or not, thanks for your input.
TL;DR - I want to start a web comic with Team Fortress figure but I have concerns with how to start, contacting Valve/comic websites, other branded objects appearing in the comic etc so I'm asking for advice on these matters.
Even more recently, I downloaded steam and acquired a few Valve titles. Team Fortress 2 quickly became an addiction so naturally I got the two figures associated with this franchise; the Demoman and the Pyro. They are gorgeous looking, I absolutely love arranging them in stances reflecting their character and glancing at them whenever I choose their respective class when I am playing Team Fortress.
A little later, I began thinking about making a weekly web comic or something with them like the ALIEN LOVES PREDATOR strip ( http://alienlovespredator.com/ ). I could stage scenarios with them in their own universe interacting with one another at their base like a 'behind the scenes' set up. Alternatively, I could have them as a simple collectible living on my desk; navigating my room and interacting with other items (think Toy Story). The second one would probably be the better bet as I could effectively do 'Meet the...' unboxing when the next figure comes out which I believe is the Heavy and then do this for every subsequent figure.
However, my biggest problem is simply how to start it, should it be a website of its own under my control or should I try contacting Valve or a related comic website and offer to do this but I think it would be incredibly unlikely that I'd even get a response. Can branded items like my Xbox 360 or Samsung TV feature in the background in such a thing or would that be grounds for suing or infringement or something along those lines.
I know this is silly but I think it would be a fun thing to do over the summer and possibly beyond so Escapists, can you help me with any of this. Any guidance or advice for this sort of thing would be greatly appreciated and if not, have you ever thought of doing something similar to this like an internet series or web comic. Whether this takes off or not, thanks for your input.
TL;DR - I want to start a web comic with Team Fortress figure but I have concerns with how to start, contacting Valve/comic websites, other branded objects appearing in the comic etc so I'm asking for advice on these matters.
