Character Personality
I’m working on a new character breakdown, trying to capture his personality in ink, so I have a strong foundation when I start scripting him. What do you think of […]
Characters
Send Your Characters Out For Coffee
One of the ways to make sure your characters don’t suck—both in quality and execution—is to know them better than you know yourself. If I remember correctly I have a […]
Character Trifecta
Pop quiz hotshot. There’s a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour the bomb is armed. You’re sitting on the bus on your way to […]
Ensemble Casts
In a Q+A post, someone asked: How many main characters are too many when writing a first issue? When you’re scripting for a single protagonist, your story can be written […]
Creating Characters That Stand the Test of Time
Two things you can often catch me talking about are theme and characters–the backbone of story. If you think about it, you’ve read and seen a million characters in your […]
Writing Solid Villains
When bad guys ain’t that bad. Writing Solid Villains. Though I haven’t seen it, I’ve heard a lot of guff about this Kylo-Ren character from Star Wars, so I figured […]