To be more specific.
When you've got an idea for a comic, in what style do you write it down as? Do you write it like a traditional movie script? Write it down no different than one would write a book? Or do you just draw it as the idea pops in your head?
Hello everyone,
I had a question about how writers and artists typically make arrangements for collaboration/ find one another. It seems like, at a glance here on reddit, most are "for hire" - in other words a paid rate for X amount of work completed. My question is , does anyone have experience finding an actual partner where you can make a contract to own a project 50/50 , even under a proper 50/50 LLC , and then collaborating from that starting point?
I would think this makes the most sense for both parties if the comic gets popular/ the IP earns money down the line. Any insight or thoughts appreciated!
BTW, currently developing a comic script from the writer side and will be seeking a partner in this soon!
When I have a scene in mind, I sometimes assume certain details are so obvious that I don’t bother mentioning them.
You see, I want to make a comic someday, inspired by the likes of One Piece and such.
But the thing is, I know that just reading manga alone won’t make me a better writer. I need to expand my world, to understand a craft I want to partake in, even books out of my comfort zone or books that don’t interest me.
So please, give me recommendations. Stuff that will broaden how I think about writing. As much as I loving figuring things out on my own, there’s more of the world of writing that I need to explore before I take my first steps.
Whether it’s comics, novels, or whatever, anything will be appreciated.
Comics are expensive. I remember seeing a video from a comic book writer and said that to make his 32 page comic, it cost 4000 dollars. That's a lot of money and if you can't draw then it's a price that has to be paid.
For those that have made full on comics, having to pay an artist how much was it for you?
Do you have a good job that leaves you some income to pay the artist?
Did you have to save up and how long did it take you?
Did you use kick starter or did you use alternative routes?
For those making multiple issues, how you able to continue funding it?
What advice would you give to newbie writers in terms of funding?
So I’m making a comic about 3-4 maybe high school kids going in a dimension where there unknown creatures that will hunt and kill them for nutrients
But I’m new at this can someone pls help me know how I should plan it and what to not do
Hey everyone, I'm curious as to what you all think the biggest factor for readers dropping comics in its early chapters is. Whether it be the art, the dialogue, or the story itself, please let me know your thoughts :D
For context, I run Toon Pilot Research, and handle early reader retention, and insights for webcomics. I love data, so I'm curious as to what everyone thinks!
I'm looking for something to write stories, take notes, store them, organize them into folders (worldbuilding, characters, etc.), portable. I carry around a lot of paper notebooks and my notes are starting to get too messy.
I was thinking about the ReMarkable 2 (maybe used/refurbished), but a few negative aspects mentioned in the reviews are holding me back.
Alternatively, I was considering the Onyx Boox Note, but I'm not convinced about that either, especially regarding spending that much money.
Any other recommendations? Maybe a regular tablet with an added keyboard would be better? The only thing is, it feels like a waste to use it just for writing (for every other digital task, I prefer using my smartphone and PC).
Thanks.
im wondering if there’s an app or website that can be used to organize original comic pages into a kind of web comic. i dont want to publish anything(at least not yet) but i do want to format the pages together so that they can be easily read. i have no idea if something like this even exists but it would be really helpful. i lowkey downloaded reddit just for this so i hope there’s an answer somewhere
How receptive are artists to strict panel and page layouts dictated by the writer? I have script pages, to page layout and panels are VERY important to the way I want to completed book to read and feel and I find I’m getting a trend plus amount of pushback on this from potential artists….
I want to introduce a project I’ve been deep in, and share the process honestly — including the parts that don’t work, because that’s most of the point. I also hope this post expands and grows into new and old forms keeping the same title because this problem is a huge landscape.
Who I am first, because it matters to how I work: I’m a trained illustrator — ink and wash, earth-tone palette, the moody weathered stuff. I’m not coming at this as a prompt-jockey who found a shortcut to art; I’m coming at it as someone who can already draw, trying to figure out what these tools are actually good for in sequential art. That difference shows up everywhere in how I use them.
What Tenshō 10 is: a deliberate test piece — a short comic built specifically to hit production walls, so I can build the method to get past them before my real graphic novel starts. The whole project is the method, not just the pages. And I’m documenting the failure rate honestly — the rejects, the drift, the places I had to step in by hand. Nobody selling “make a comic with AI in 10 minutes” ever shows you the 12 rejects behind the one good panel. I think the rejects are the most useful thing I can share.
How I actually work — the part that might be useful to you: the engine does the dark and the mass; my hand owns the edge. For anything that defines a panel, I prompt only the value structure — the shadow, the pose, one lit passage — and the mark that makes it the panel stays hand-ink. I keep a running glossary of what the model reliably does and doesn’t do, and honestly most “prompt tricks” have collapsed into a handful of behaviors I keep hitting. I’ll share those in follow-up posts.
The stance, plainly: I’m not hiding that it’s AI. I’m not selling anything. And I’m not claiming “I drew this” — I’m claiming “I decided this.” The army passes the door instead of stopping at it. The date lands on page one so you read the whole thing under its shadow. The panels stay tight so one can break wide. No model produced those calls — most of them are refusals, and models don’t refuse toward meaning.
What I’m proving it on: a love story set the night before the Honnō-ji Incident — a young guard spends the night with the woman he loves, leaves at dawn happy, certain he’s got the safest posting in the capital. You know the date. He doesn’t. The irony lives entirely in the reader.
Happy to get into any of the craft in the comments — the reference discipline, the drift problem, the hand-repair line. That’s the stuff I actually want to talk about.
What do the comic writers here do when it comes to scripting a story?
Do you have the entire story or arc of a story written before you start drawing or do you write more episodically?
I’ve been trying to script a story and I’ve been struggling to pace the plot and get from point a to point b without it feeling clunky or potentially risking any established character traits I have (writing two smart characters on opposite sides of a conflict with 1 not fully knowing as they both get closer is hard). I assume some of this can be helped if you get advice or see the characters growth as you go along?
Pls help I feel lost 😭
I recently started making my own action comic called The Stickman Verse. It has stickman fights, different characters, abilities and bigger threats as the story continues.
I’m still improving my art and storytelling, so I’d really appreciate any feedback 🔥
If you want to check it out, I’ll put the WEBTOON link in the comments.
I used google doc but that's not an option anymore, they deleted my google account for false reason and with that all my work (5+ documents with different things on them, none of which violate any TOS).
I'm open to websites similar to google docs, programs for download... anything that is not a google service.
Edit: If I sound mad I promise it's not directed towards you, I appreciate all the suggestions and help.
I am very frustrated however , 5 docs may not sound like much but each document has over 800k word-count on it, months of work is gone because google's ai decided to flag my account for no reason.
Edit 2: I use a windows (lenovo) laptop and an Android phone! :D
New to comics, though I have a degree in illustration so I have the art skill (need practice with panel layout and whatnot but I shall do that) I took an intro to sequential art class a couple years ago, but scripting wasn’t really a part of that class, when writing a volume of a comic, would this maybe be a good method to follow? I’m a solid writing for more novel/essay formats, but new to comic scripts. I understand the general template to follow for the final script, it’s just the ideation and planning leading up to that that I’m trying to nail down.
I'm working on a webcomic and I'm having trouble coming up with a way to introduce the characters and world, since each comic is 3-6 panels. It's a lighthearted comedy with some emphasis on the character's relationships, so I'm not sure I even need an introduction since readers will get to know the characters and world over time anyway. Now I feel like if I can't think of an intro that fits the series, I might as well not write one. I realize it's a matter of preference, but what do you guys think?
Hello! I have an oc that I’d like to promote more on my art insta and naturally I figured making short comics on her and giving her a bit of a story would endear people to her.
I was wondering if there’s any specific stories that garner more interest in general? Like do you prefer long and in depth stories with a narrative? Maybe short funny stories that she acts as a mascot for? What kind of thing would make you genuinely care about a character the same way you would a character in official media or a large ip?
Any and all thoughts are appreciated! I wanna get this right.
Edit: I already have one short comic posted of her already. I don’t fancy promoting for the sake of it on Reddit of all places (I like to keep most of my social media’s separate from my professional art acc) but you’re interested of course I’ll dm you the link :)
I was posting because I'm curious if there are any comic writers here that have successfully learnt how to draw to an impressive degree, since there's only two options for writers, get money to pay an artist or learn how to draw. I've seen writers offer to pay artists on here, I'd love to see the writer's that actually learnt how to draw and ask how you were able to grow your writing skills whilst growing your drawing skills alongside working your day job. How were you able to balance and improve?
So I already know how to write a good storyline (I am a author) but the part that i don't know is how to create the actual manhwa I have started drawing on ibis but I would prefer something that is much easier to work with either phone or laptop or else if someone wants to do the illustrations and I can send the storyline that would also work but for the first part any suggestions ??? (Just in case I don't mislead u guys this is all for free and just for fun)
I work in the film industry and I’m somewhat of a decent artist. I’ve been writing my story for years now as an animation but now I want to make it a graphic novel since it seems like less money and time up front than animating and voice acting and all that. What’s the best way to translate seasons and episodes into books?