With Creator Scott Sava

On the 24th of January 2010 LotsofInterviews.com interviewed a creator of the webcomic Dreamland, Scott Save, as part of our "Web Comic Spotlight". We talk how the comic started, about it's popularity, coming up with new ideas and how the name of the comic was chosen.

What made you want to start a web comic?

The Dreamland Chronicles existed as a comic book

series first. It would get great reviews. But poor sales.

Friends in the industry theorized that due to the mostly

male audience in comic shops...I wasn't hitting the right

market. After some prodding...I decided to see what putting the story online daily would do. I was pleasantly surprised to see millions of new readers (a lot of them girls) that I would have NEVER seen in comic shops.

Are you a big fan of web comics yourself?

Surprisingly, no. Not really. It's just not my cup of tea. I prefer graphic novels. Something I can read in one sitting or so. Not daily comics. That being said...I'm glad I'm in the minority here.

When you first started The Dreamland Chronicles, did you ever think it would become as big as it has done?

I guess you HOPE it will. And I still hope it'll get even

bigger. But I'm very proud of its success and I'm proud

that the story is continuing after 6 years of working on it. I

think anyone who tells you "I never imagined it would be

so big" is not being truthful. We ALL imagine it. We just

dare not get our hopes up too high. Failure's always part

of the equation when creating things.

Where did the name of the strip come from?

Names are REALLY hard to come up with for me. I hate

doing it. I toiled over the name for quite a while.

Dreamland was a definite part of the name. But Legend

of Dreamland, The Dreamland Adventures, Alexander in the land of Dreamland, and many other options, just didn't seem to fit.

Chronicles was the word I was looking for. Because the story was based on a series of books/diaries that Alexander's brother would keep. It "chronicled" his brother's adventures. And that made the perfect name.

What makes your strip different from others?

Well you can find similarities to any other comic, I would guess. In one form or another. There are other long form adventure comics. There are other 3D generated comics. And there are other kid friendly comics. I guess the most unique part of Dreamland is that it is produced as I would an animated feature film. With character designs, models, script, storyboard, and of course a big budget.

If anything sets me apart. I would have to say that is the thing.