I’m beginning a new blog post series. Called Writing for Comics 101.
I had an epiphany recently, thanks to some new work I do. See, I’ve been hired as the Chief Creative Officer at NeverEnding. (Find out more about NeverEnding over on their website.) This new work has gotten me in contact with artists, because we’re looking to grow the team a little bit.
So I’ve been talking with other artists a lot more often. That’s nice, considering that the coronavirus pandemic has shut down convention season. So my options of chatting with other artists got a bit more limited.
That said, I realized something talking with some of these folks, pre-virus and presently. The thing is, many of them start as comic artists…but then they get frustrated at the lack of readers, so they leave the business. Many of these artists have moved on to just freelancing in general. There’s nothing wrong with that! But it made me realize something.
You can be the most killer comic artist on the planet – but that doesn’t mean shit unless you can write well.
And the thing is, many of these former comic artists…are not great storytellers.
This gave me the inspiration to start the Writing for Comics 101 blog post series. I’m going to keep this series to 4 posts. If there’s enough demand for it, I’ll expand it. But 4 posts (not counting this one).
We’re going to talk about:
- why a comic is more than just cool-looking characters
- why one-liners will not save your ass
- design tricks to make the reader actually read your page
- how to STOP packing so much dialogue into your pages
I hope with this short blog post series that I can help my fellow artists get more confident in their writing ability. I KNOW you can draw AND write killer stories. You just need more guidance than Google can provide.
So stick with me. And be sure to sign up for the email newsletter so you can keep up with this series as it posts.
That’s all for now. Thank you for reading!
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