An Experiment in Hybrid Novels

 So I've been thinking of shifting my initial idea for a web comic into something that's a bit more like a hybrid graphic novel. I don't think it'll make making this story particularly easier but I am hoping that at the very least more likely to actually finish it. So while I work on drafting and concepting my story I've been looking for an example that can act as my basis for this hybrid novel. 

Cassandra Darke by Posi Simmons

This is sort of a hybrid novel that leans a little more towards the comic side. I've yet to read the story yet, I've mostly been looking for examples and came across this after someone mentioned it on reddit, (I really should read it though it looks interesting) and here there's blocks of text  written along side illustrations. From what I tell the story is written in a more personal anecdote or biography which I think matches well with the text. It does feel in many was like a flashback or a memory like your seeing the images appear directly on the page as the words are spoken, but in a more literal sense. 

Then there is of course Zathura, which has a more picture-book  sort of style to it where the text is written in shorter blurbs alongside full page or even partial page illustrations. I particularly like this options as well as i think their are some fairly interesting things you can do with this style as well. Perhaps the text on the page can mingle into the words. 

Other books introduce the occasional picture or illustration interspersed throughout the chapter. Some even have illustrations for a chapters title card. Something I'm kind of keeping in mind at the moment will mostly be how common the illustrations will be within a story. I want a happy medium somewhere between a picture book and a more traditional novel. Either way I am considering paneling the story as as well, maybe not as detailed as a I normally would for a comic, text will come first however during the editing process I'll definitely edit it to better incorporate the illustrations. 

This does of course leave me with another question, where to publish it? 

Well for one, there really isn't a website that's dedicated to something like this. So i think the best option ironically enough would be to treat it more like a web-comic that has considerable amount of text than normal and i think to take the full advantage of the format. I've looked into sites like Royal Road and Wattpad and while they do both allow for the inclusion of illustrations i feel like with their more web based approached (i.e narrow column for scrolling for phones) would present a lot of challenges. The full-page spread for one wouldn't be an option that for sure. 

Alternatively, i can have the story posted twice, one form in full text and the other in its more natural state on a web comic site (comic fury maybe?) It certainly worth a try.