ryannorth:

In my view, the entire purpose of a comic script is to communicate what you’re thinking to your artist!  So anything that supports that will do the trick.  I’ve seen some of Alan Moore’s scripts for Eddie Campbell on From Hell and he’ll have parts where he’s like “Okay this actually won’t show up on the page at all but here’s some cool backstory and here’s where I’m going with this” which I love: the more an artist knows your intentions, the better the two of you can work together.

My scripts are pretty straightforward: usually just a listing of panels, a scene description, and then dialogue, like

Panel 1:

Marceline is standing (well, floating) with her hands on her hips, clearly upset.  In the background zeppelins are crashing out of the sky and into the Candy Kingdom.  Candy citizens are running around, screaming.  Buildings melting like candy, liquid sugar pouring out of water towers, etc.  A candy disaster!

MARCELINE: I thought I said “NO RAPPING ALLOWED”, Jake.  Now look what’s happened!

Panel 2:

We pull back to see that Marcy’s floating behind Jake, who was clearly in the middle of beatboxing, not realizing she was there until just a minute ago.  He’s frozen in place, eyes wide, hands still in front of his mouth.

JAKE: Uh

Panel 3:

Jake turns around to face Marceline and shrugs, smiling weakly.

Panel 4:

Marceline, hugging Jake.

MARCELINE: Aw, I can’t stay mad at you.

A lot of people do scripts differently: some include lots of panel layouts (I generally don’t unless it’s critical, since the artists I work with are AWESOME and always come up with really great ideas), some write it like it’s a screenplay, etc.  There’s no wrong answers here: as long as your script communicates clearly to your artists what you’re talking about, it’s a good comics script.

One final piece of advice is to write out your script, then leave it for a few days and come back and read it again.  If what you read isn’t like what you remember imagining, add whatever detail you need to your script until they match up!

fabien-mense:

Agito Cosmos t03/ work in progress ! Fights, palmtrees, pirates, monkeys, guts, blams, everything’s in it !

beatonna:

King Baby says No

I’ll be honest here, I don’t know if the proper word is Lay or Lie

edit: it’s lie!

radfordsechrist:

“The Butter Thief” I did this comic a while back for “Explorer: The Mystery Boxes”

typette:

sidizenkane:

fyeahlilbit3point0:

Marvel Anti-Bullying variants for November

Oh my god.

Oh my GOD.

These are beautiful. I’m buying all of these.

EDIT: Here’s the full list of October/November Marvel titles with Anti-Bullying variants: Rocket Raccoon #4, Hulk #7, Guardians of the Galaxy #20, Avengers #36, Inhuman #7, Captain America #25, Legendary Star-Lord #4

the Gamora one ;_;

kane52630:

Super Antics by Kerry Callen

comicsalliance:

GENE LUEN YANG TO COMIC CREATORS: DON’T LET FEAR STOP YOU FROM WRITING DIVERSE CHARACTERS

By Matt D. Wilson

In a speech at the National Book Festival at the Library of Congress last weekend, The Shadow Hero writer Gene Luen Yang threw down the gauntlet.

Yang challenged comics creators to overcome their fears of bring criticized for inaccurately portraying characters who are different from them — in terms of race, gender, or other identifying factors. In brief, he told writers to do some research and get it right, but first and foremost to step outside themselves.

Here’s a brief excerpt:

We’re afraid of writing characters different from ourselves because we’re afraid of getting it wrong. We’re afraid of what the Internet might say.

This fear can be a good thing if it drives us to do our homework, to be meticulous in our cultural research. But this fear crosses the line when we become so intimidated that we quietly make choices against stepping out of our own identities.

After all, our job as writers is to step out of ourselves, and to encourage our readers to do the same.

READ MORE

samspratt:

Older painting I did of Clementine from Eternal sunshine.

kingcheddarxvii:

darthjader:

I think vladamir putin looks like max from max & ruby

THIS POST IS A SIN

gunshowcomic:

gettin’ real at dinner

Thank you all for your kind words about Graveyard Quest’s ending. We will see a physical release of it eventually, just not this year. Next year. Definitely by next TCAF at least.

Friday I announced that I’m starting up a new comic: an adaptation of the original Pinocchio story! It’s gonna be good. Starts up on Sept 15th, right after SPX, which I will be at with Topatoco.

PATREON! + BACK! + STORE!

kateordie:

Here is a new comic that may be something, but who knows!

spasticatt:

ohmygil:

art-is-the-word:

suriyargh:

How I feel about the X-Men movie franchise.

pppffffttt

well you’re not wrong

Most accurate thing I’ve seen all day!

This is true. However, I like the fact that unlike The Avengers, the X-men movies at least HAVE a protagonist. I’m not even a big fan of Wolverine but it’s better than having a movie that’s not really about anybody.

moosekleenex:

I’ve come a long way.

thereisnoindividual:

Please check it out in high-res because it looks kind of crappy like this

I finally finished season 2 of Hannibal and thought I should draw something

shesherowngirl:

excdcs:

Lionsgate released some haunting teaser posters for the upcoming, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

THESE ARE SO INSANELY COOL THO.

shesherowngirl:

excdcs:

Lionsgate released some haunting teaser posters for the upcoming, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

THESE ARE SO INSANELY COOL THO.

arkarti:

Adapt, Evolve, Become