I've been itching to put together a big crossover project like the Wars for some time now, ever since I read the Crossover Wars archive. I've even come up with a good villain and scenario for it. But the problem is: how do I really get people on board for contributions? I put up some posts in message boards, but my reluctance to tell the plot may be a downfall. Still, I wouldn't want a potential reader to have the plot spoiled by reading it in a message board post.
Now, one could probably say that I would do something like the Drunk Duck Civil War (which I'm currently trying to read, despite the fact that some contributing comics are off the web), but I do want something more organized. So, I feel I need help in this regard. Plus, I wanted to make a post here asking who would be interested in being a part of it.
What I really want to do is something superhero-oriented (because I love the genre), but open to any type of comic to contribute. Heck, I still think of the Crossover Wars as a superhero story. The EOU are supervillains in any sense of the word and Scale's story was really the birth of a superhero. That other genres of comics fit so well into the narrative is a testament to the flexibility of the superhero mold.
My story would have a Kirby-esque villain and wouldn't have overt ties to the Wars. The big bad would not be webcomic-aware and the narrative would not be tied to characters figuring out they are fictional, in part because of my idea for how alternate universes work (that not all of them would be fictional, but rather parallel dimensions who the authors unknowingly envisioned).
Also, though the villain has ties to one of my characters, I don't feel that said character should necessarily be the ultimate hero. After all, one of the great things about collaboration is that somebody else could provide the hero's narrative and that said person could work together with me for the complete story.