6 Things Done Best In Comics
Comics are an incredible medium, art from the in-between space. Visual like movies, yet driven by words. Pictures powered by prose. Having read comics for over 35 years, I’ve seen […]
Author: nickmac
Comic Writing Crimes (*updated* 1/20)
A while back I started floating examples of poorly crafted script panels on twitter. I called it Comic Writing Crime and gave folks a chance to tweet back what they […]
Character Designs
I see it all the time. An action pose of some superhero, a group shot of the cast of some new crime web comic, some fantasy hero flexing in a […]
Comic Pacing Decompression and Compression
In the Working Writer’s Guide to Comics and Graphic Novels I have a section dedicated to pacing. I cover the basics there, discussing the relevancy of panel counts, word counts […]
AC test
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The Cost of Making Comics
The following article discusses the costs associated with the creative end of comic production, budget brackets, and both successful and unsuccessful methods to reduce these costs. Before we get into […]
Make SFX Matter (*Updated 8/19*)
I reckon the most common use of SFX in comics, is using them as their name implies, to accompany a thing making a sound. (I’m going to throw in some […]
Screenplay Sloppy Sound Effects
If you get hung up on adding sound FX to your scripts, here’s a method to try. When you write your script, include the sound effects in the **panel descriptions** […]
Loglines: is my story any good?
People are always sending me treatments, or outlines (usually rough ones, not proper ones addressing specific story structure and development) and asking “Nick what do you think of my story?” […]
Contradictions indicative of Poor Visualization – TIP
As I’ve noted before, visual writing is key to good comic writing. No script is error free, but when I see a script that has multiple instances where the writer […]