You're probably here because you've got a comic idea, but not a clean label for it yet. Maybe it starts with a photo of your friend as a masked vigilante. Maybe it's a birthday gift where your partner becomes the leader of a super-team. Maybe it's your own original hero, and you're stuck on a…
A common approach is to study comic strip classics as museum pieces. That’s the wrong approach. If you want to make one, the better question is simpler: why do a few lines, a few panels, and a small cast stay in a reader’s head for years while more polished comics vanish by next week? The…
A good graphic novel idea often shows up in a very ordinary moment. You are looking through old family photos and spot a scene that already feels cinematic. You are building a lesson plan and know a comic would teach it better than another slide deck. You are sketching out a fan story, a memoir,…
Before a single panel gets drawn, before any dialogue is written, your graphic novel script needs a solid foundation. This is the blueprint phase, where you define your core story, get to know your characters, and decide on the visual feel of your world. Think of it as building the skeleton. Get this part right,…