I don't know... One of the best things I get out of re-reading animorphs is the the nostalgia, and I'd like that to stay....
See, I parlty feel this way, too.
It's a valid point because the artist wants to evoke feelings (such as nostalgia) through his/her visuals. BUT Animorphs is such a narrative drama series. HOW does an artist make an Animorphs comic if not scratching some of the wordy stuff out?
The reason I am leaning towards more contemporary stuff because it would be The Animorphs with a new refreshing spin to it. BUT NOT a comic book that runs parallel to it, slave to its description.
About the "finished around the Millennium" thing, if you mean that many people talked about the "end of the World", you can change that and take the end (or in fact the "big change") announced in 2012 ...
You guys have grasped what I was alluding to, in terms of the whole fear of the ending of the Millenium. It did go with the whole uncertainty of how the war would end on Earth, didn't it?!
And, yes, I too have heard plenty about December 2012... There's a similar 'feel', isn't there?!
...You also can decide that the war of the Animorphs is longer. For example they begin to fight when they're 12 years old, near 1999 for example, then they fight until they're near university, so until they're about 19 years old (with the beginning in 1999, the end would be 2006). So more things can change, you also can have fun with the side stories at school or with friends-who-aren't-Animorphs... See, if you wanna change a little the story for the comics (and it's a good idea, I think!), you can do it in many ways. You also can create you own little side stories or take some funny things from the best fanfictions...
See these are the decisions that need to be meticulously made prior to sitting down and producing the work.
3 years felt like it was too little, but when you think about it it's actually not.
To make it 10 years long, opens up a whole new world of ideas to play with, which is good, but can also side-track us from the main thing. Next thing we know we'll be changing the ending...
which wouldn't be a bad idea... I DID NOT SAY THAT!!! ...ya know, thats actually a really good idea, changing the story like that... and when (this is just an idea) the comic date reaches (sorry if this offends anyone) september 11, you can have the animorphs theorise that the attacks were yeerk organised... (just an idea is all *cringes in fear of being smote/smitten*)
I am uncertain with the Twin Towers reference in the series.
A plot based on recent incidents, such as the Two Towers Terrorist attack, could be a good premise, but highly unlikely we could create a story based on such a taboo thing so soon. HOWEVER, through artistic license, a writer can generate a similar incident in the story to 'stand for' the Two Towers. There's no rules against that?!
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...PS: Gafrash, did you add your species in the thread http://animorphsforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,2154.0.html? Because there are still a "unknown" Yeerk...
Hmmm.... Look out for a Hork-Bajir-Controller. But should I be under Yeerk or Animorphs species?!?!?!? "Nghaaaaaarrrrrgh me confused right now."