How Are Comic Books Created?
Comics are a collaborative effort. A writer prepares the script before sending it out to a layout artist. After that an inker makes the artwork polished and permanent. Then a colorist scans and colors the pages before a letterer adds the word bubbles. Each steps starts and ends with an editor.The editorThe editor first approves the ideas a writer has for a comic. He assigns the writer to create a script and later assembles the team that will produce that script into a full comic. The editor also approves each step in the process as it is completed.ScriptingThe writer takes the ideas that have been approved for the comic and writes a script. This script includes descriptions of the setting as well as the dialogue the characters speak.LayoutsA layout artist, or “penciller,” takes the script from the writer and creates the panels and pages that make up the comic. She decides how the artwork represents the script and best tells the story.InksThe inker takes the pages that the layout artist
