Comic
Hi all!
I've been studying graphic novels for over a semester in Honors Comp, so for a 'final project' of sorts the teacher decided the class is going to make comic books. As (some?) of you know I am an avid LARPer. I started a little over two years ago and I took it so far as to make a LARP Club at my nerd school to end all nerd schools. Over my two years, I've collected quite the mass of stories, so me and a friend (the beautiful Hannah who's been so kind as to do ALL of the backgrounds as well as a fair amount of story planning) are adapting three of my shorter and more revealing stories into a three act 13 page comic book. That we're writing, planning, and coloring over the course of three weeks. Wish us luck.
Anyway, what I really wanted to write about is comic writing. Countless times I've seen the difference in titles between author and linework/coloring/everything artist in comic books. Up until now, though, I've never really known, well, how the writing part of it works. Obviously the author has control over dialog, but comics are so much more than that. They're facial expressions and body language and coloration that the writer has NO control over. At least, so I thought.
Turns out there's a specific format that a lot of comic scripts follow. Basically, you separate your writing space into the individual pages of the comic. Then you separate that space into the individual panels. Under each subsection, you write what will be part of that panel. Then you write what captions or dialog will actually be. In case that's confusing, I'm including a section from Hannah and my script.
I really really really hope you can read that.
Anyway, I'm glad I know how it's done now. I want to get into web comic stuff. I'm just not sure if I have enough watercolor paper to do so.
Have a wonderful day!
~Samantha
I've been studying graphic novels for over a semester in Honors Comp, so for a 'final project' of sorts the teacher decided the class is going to make comic books. As (some?) of you know I am an avid LARPer. I started a little over two years ago and I took it so far as to make a LARP Club at my nerd school to end all nerd schools. Over my two years, I've collected quite the mass of stories, so me and a friend (the beautiful Hannah who's been so kind as to do ALL of the backgrounds as well as a fair amount of story planning) are adapting three of my shorter and more revealing stories into a three act 13 page comic book. That we're writing, planning, and coloring over the course of three weeks. Wish us luck.
Anyway, what I really wanted to write about is comic writing. Countless times I've seen the difference in titles between author and linework/coloring/everything artist in comic books. Up until now, though, I've never really known, well, how the writing part of it works. Obviously the author has control over dialog, but comics are so much more than that. They're facial expressions and body language and coloration that the writer has NO control over. At least, so I thought.
Turns out there's a specific format that a lot of comic scripts follow. Basically, you separate your writing space into the individual pages of the comic. Then you separate that space into the individual panels. Under each subsection, you write what will be part of that panel. Then you write what captions or dialog will actually be. In case that's confusing, I'm including a section from Hannah and my script.
Anyway, I'm glad I know how it's done now. I want to get into web comic stuff. I'm just not sure if I have enough watercolor paper to do so.
Have a wonderful day!
~Samantha
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