How Do You Make A Comic Book?
Have you always wanted to make a comic book? Have you got a great story to tell with pictures and words? Follow these steps to turn your first comic from idea to book. • An example Choose a concept. Comics don’t have to be funny or about superheroes. It can be anything you want. Just about any story – long or short, happy or sad, silly or serious – can be told in comic form. • Write your story. This doesn’t need to be a full script or someails based on what you’ve written. Thumbnails are small, sketchy versions of each page. Use the thumbnails for your “plot breakdown” – decide how much of the story you will tell on each page and in each panel. Think about how to compose each panel and how to make your point to the reader. Don’t be afraid to try lots of different thumbnails, organizing your story in different ways. Since they’re small and sketchy, you won’t have to spend as much time on them as you would a fully drawn page. • Practice drawing the characters, locations, and objects that
