The Dreamland Chronicles
{{Short description|Comic series by Scott Christian Sava}}
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|publisher= Blue Dream Studios
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The Dreamland Chronicles is an all-ages fantasy webcomic and comic book series created by Scott Christian Sava with 3D computer graphics.{{cite magazine |title=The Dreamland Chronicles Book Two |magazine=Publishers Weekly Reviews |author=Publishers Weekly Staff |page=65 |date=March 10, 2008}}
Plot summary
The Dreamland Chronicles is about a college student, Alex, who returns to a realm of dreams after eight years. There he discovers his childhood friends such as Nastajia the elf princess, Paddington the rock giant, Kiwi the fairy and Felicity the catgirl. Together they battle against the evil dragon King Nicodemus; in the real world, Alex must work with fellow university students Nicole (a psychology major) and Dan (his fraternal twin brother) in finding a means to influence and access events in Dreamland. Along the way, the characters in both realms become entangled in the politics of Dreamland. It is inspired by Winsor McCay's early twentieth century newspaper comic Little Nemo.{{cite news |title='Spidey' illustrator has stuck with it: Spider-Man comic book artwork creator a fan since childhood |work=Ventura County Star |first=Jeremy |last=Goldstone |page=B01 |date=August 14, 2002}}
Critical reaction
Publishers Weekly has described The Dreamland Chronicles as "deftly paced, sprinkled with just the right amount of action, clever suspense and innocuous romance" and described the computer generated artwork as "creat[ing] a world of beautifully detailed environments and colorful characters ... Readers raised on video games should have no trouble enjoying this superior adventure."
School Library Journal gave a more mixed review, writing that "the characters have a lively sense of 'acting'" and "the settings are composed with a significant eye for detail." However, they found that "some of the characters ... look more like plastic toys than CGI characters, and that the dialogue veers between functional and hokey, and is marred by a series of elementary typographical errors. Readers initially taken in by the glossy visuals will quickly lose interest as the wooden exposition combines with the limits of the staid, mechanical layouts."{{cite journal |title=The Dreamland Chronicles |journal=School Library Journal |first=Benjamin |last=Russell |page=158 |date=May 1, 2008}}
Sequential Tart praised the story, saying that although the characters appeared "fairly generic" at first, they "gradually show that they have a lot of depth and inner conflicts."{{cite web|last1=Lee|first1=Evergreen|title=The Dreamland Chronicles|url=http://www.sequentialtart.com/reports.php?ID=6530&issue=2009-04-13|website=Sequential Tart|date=April 13, 2009}}
The comic was nominated for four awards in the 2006 Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} The Dreamland Chronicles also won Best Graphic Novel of 2006 in the Comics Buyer's Guide 25th Annual Fan Awards.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}}
Books
Sava has self-published six volumes of The Dreamland Chronicles. The first, released in 2006, collects the first four chapters.{{cite book |title=The Dreamland Chronicles Book One |publisher=Blue Dream Studios |first=Scott Christian |last=Sava |date=November 1, 2006 |isbn=0-9789168-0-8 |oclc=123915817}} The second, released in 2007, collects chapters 5–8.{{cite book |title=The Dreamland Chronicles Book Two |publisher=Blue Dream Studios |first=Scott Christian |last=Sava |date=October 21, 2007 |isbn=978-0-9789168-3-1 |oclc=226394400 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/dreamlandchronic0000sava }} The third, released in 2009, collects chapters 9–12.{{cite book |title=The Dreamland Chronicles Book Three |publisher=Blue Dream Studios |first=Scott Christian |last=Sava |date=March 11, 2009 |isbn=978-1-60010-309-4 |oclc=237877964}}
About the author
Sava studied illustration at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. In 2001 he created 3D computer art for the comic book The Lab from Astonish Comics.{{cite news |title='Dark Knight's bringing brighter day to evil world |work=The Washington Times |first=Joseph |last=Szadkowski |page=B2 |date=November 10, 2001}} He has also worked on video games, the Casper animated movie sequels, and computer-generated artwork for the Spider-Man: Quality of Life comic book miniseries for Marvel Comics with writer Greg Rucka. In 2007 Sava and Diego Jourdan released Ed's Terrestrials, an all-ages comic about three runaway aliens and a boy, named Ed, who helps them.{{cite news |title=WORDS AND PICTURES: Your guide to new manga, graphic novels and comics |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |first=Kahari J |last=Sampsoni |page=2FE |date=May 19, 2007}} The two also released Pet Robots, a comic book about four military robots who bond with four kids on a field trip to a toy factory.{{cite news |title=All-ages comic books provide plenty of good reads for all to enjoy |work=The Detroit News |first=Eric |last=Henrickson |page=5D |date=October 13, 2007}} Disney has picked up the rights for a Pet Robots film.{{cite magazine |title=Mouse traps 'Pet Robots' |url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117969503 |magazine=Daily Variety |first=Dave |last=McNary |page=3 |date=July 31, 2007 |accessdate=January 2, 2012}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.thedreamlandchronicles.com/ The Dreamland Chronicles official website]
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