Size Matters. Stay Small. – TIP
Bigger is NOT better. The bigger it is, the longer it takes, the more money it costs to produce! When working on an IP that isn’t proven in the market, […]
Author: nickmac
Visualizing Panels
In the Working Writer’s Guide to Comics and Graphic Novels, I take a portion of outline all the way through the process, from text to completed art. But how do […]
Contracts 101 – [Download]
When working with intellectual properties, hiring freelancers and getting paid as a freelancer, you must use contracts on all substantial jobs. LEGAL DISCLAIMER: I’m not a lawyer by any stretch […]
How to Find an Artist for your Comic Script
“How do I find an artist” or “I can’t find an artist“… I see these two in the forums all the time and get them emailed to me at least […]
12 Tips for Spectacle Scripts
Computer says Spectacle is “a visually striking performance or display”. In comic writing (story) terms, it is a narrative that while may contain all the elements of genuine story, does […]
DON’T Kill Your Darlings
“Kill Your Darlings” (and its many iterations) has been attributed to Stephen King, William Faulkner, Arthur Quiller-Couch and more… While the quote means, to kill the superfluous bits that you […]
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 […]
Comic Writing Crimes
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 […]