"Vi vs. The Boogeyman" Illustrated Novel

I have had this idea for a young adult (YA) book and/or graphic novel for a couple of years. I am not an artist — so the graphic novel is off the table. I do want to work on becoming an artist — so an illustrated novel, it is! I am kicking around the idea of making it into an eBook; especially since Apple has released the tools to create an iBook for free. We shall see ...

Vi vs. The Boogeyman

Vi must become a dreamer again in order to travel to the Dreamlands to rescue her younger sister, Zo, from the Boogeyman.

Characters:

Protagonists:

• Shadow, cat
• Twinkle, stuffed dog with bell's in ears
• Violet (Vi) Strange, 12, oldest of the Strange sisters
• Zoe (Zo) Strange, 8, youngest of the Strange sisters

Antagonists:

• The Boogeyman
• Boggle, minion of the Boogeyman, who looks like a dwarf old man with pointed ears and sharp teeth and carries a bag

Settings:

"Real" World:

• Zo's bedroom
• Vi's bedroom
• Zo's hospital room

Dreamlands:

• Dark Castle, home of the Boogeyman

I actually started to write this as outline for a graphic novel. I really have no experience writing a graphic novel — so this may be way off base.

PAGE#1

PANEL#1 (Full Page)

Zo is asleep in her bed with a boggle standing over her. The boggle is grabbing her dream-spirit and stuffing it into a bag.

PAGE#2

PANEL#1

Shadow jumps on boggle's back.

PANEL#2

Boggle's arm flings Shadow through air.

PANEL#3

Shadow hits wall.

PANEL#4

Last of Zo's dream-spirit stuffed into bag.

PANEL#5

Boggle runs into the closet.

PAGE#3

PANEL#1

Shadow pushes open door to dark closet.

PANEL#2

Closet door frames Dark Castle in distance.

PANEL#3

Twinkle joins Shadow. Closet door frames vanishing view of Dark Castle.

PANEL#4

Rest of toys assemble. Agitated. Questions?!

PAGE#4

PANEL#1

Twinkle shouts, "Quiet!"

PANEL#2

Toys calm down.