THIS IS IT was founded in 2023 by filmmaker Ben Nabors during the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes. With film projects stalled and eventually abandoned, Nabors began searching for new ways to tell stories, leading to the creation of the imprint.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was really frustrating, because it felt like things out of my control were dictating what I got to do,\u201d Nabors said.<\/p>\n
Writing comics for THIS IS IT \u2014 beginning with the multi-volume sci-fi series Translunar<\/a> \u2014 marked Nabors\u2019 first venture into a medium he had long admired.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it can tell a story in a way nothing else can,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n THIS IS IT currently works with three creative teams, with Nabors emphasizing long-term collaborations with artists discovered through existing relationships and cold outreach alike. Among them is Paul Pope, who designed a variant cover for Translunar.<\/p>\n \u201cAn artist is kind of like an actor, where you are trying to give them ideas in your script that lead them to their own ideas in finalizing the work on the page,\u201d Nabors said.<\/p>\n Though developing a comic series differs from filmmaking, Nabors has carried over elements of his film background, including the use of pitch decks and visual presentations to guide artists through a project\u2019s tone and direction.<\/p>\n All three of the imprint\u2019s current titles \u2014 Translunar, Frontierra<\/a>, and Dream Feeds<\/a> \u2014 are speculative works shaped by Nabors\u2019 interest in horror and science fiction. Dream Feeds, the newest title in the lineup, examines celebrity culture and technology through stories centered on a start-up that records and uploads dreams for monetization.<\/p>\n \u201cI get so excited about these little twists of reality,\u201d Nabors said. \u201cSpeculative fiction or science fiction is such an excellent way to assess what we\u2019re doing today.\u201d<\/p>\n While digital editions are available, Nabors also hopes to capitalize on renewed interest in physical media as generative AI becomes more widespread.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want something that\u2019s going to be really beautiful in the band, feel good, and you want to hold it or give it to someone,\u201d he said. \u201cI think that\u2019s kind of how we have to compete.\u201d<\/p>\n Artists working with THIS IS IT also primarily create artwork using traditional media rather than digital tools. Dalts Dalton, the artist behind Dream Feeds, hand-drew, inked and painted pages before they were scanned into the final book.<\/p>\n \u201cInk performs in ways that digital ink doesn’t,\u201d Nabors said. \u201cWe seek to preserve that in the work that we’re doing. I feel that in the work that I read, when it looks like it was made rather than generated, conjured, or prompted.\u201d<\/p>\n Although Nabors said he has nothing personal against AI-generated imagery and stories, he wants THIS IS IT to serve as a platform for human-made art.<\/p>\n \u201cI still want to tell stories, and I still want well-told stories told to me,\u201d Nabors said. \u201cSo I’m going to continue to seek out people who are doing that, and I hope audiences do that too.\u201d<\/p>\n By engaging directly with Brooklyn\u2019s comics and arts community, Nabors has found an audience for the imprint. Through tabling at conventions such as the Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase and connecting with bookstores as an independent publisher, he has built relationships with readers, creators, and vendors alike.<\/p>\n Nabors believes part of the appeal of carrying THIS IS IT comics in Brooklyn shops comes from the imprint\u2019s local roots and its collaborations with local artists and writers.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that matters to people,\u201d Nabors said. \u201cThat there’s a person behind it, and that person lives here.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn filmmaker Ben Nabors\u2019 independent comic imprint THIS IS IT taps into the local community through speculative storytelling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-247196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"dreams-feeds-is-the-most-recent-addition-to-this-is-its-comics-_-photo-sourced_-ben-nabors\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dreams-feeds-is-the-most-recent-addition-to-this-is-its-comics-_-photo-sourced_-ben-nabors.png;w=960.png\"\/)
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