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Last time, we discussed what a story is. A story is the life of a problem. It starts when the problem is first encountered and ends when the problem is solved. When the problem is first encountered, it’s called the inciting incident. When the problem is resolved, it’s called the climax. However, the telling of…
Today in our ongoing series “Questions which should have a simple answer, but do not have a simple answer and actually could do with a blog post of tips and hints” I’ll be looking at the cost of printing comics, factors to consider, and ways to reduce your costs. Tomorrow, of course, I’ll be working…
Yer man Michael Phoenix (@mphoenixuk) asks a question about binding options. It’s a good question. I like it. I’m gonna talk about it. For the purposes of commercial comic printing there are three main types of binding. They are, in order of the order I wrote them down in: Saddle Stitched Hitsville UK, by John Riordan and Dan…
Following on from the last couple of posts on the subject of scaling a wild question appears (courtesy of @RobinPierce and @MD_Doodles – thanking you both kindly). It’s all well and good knowing that printing a comic litho at the US Standard size is more expensive than printing it at the CPUK UK Standard, but what does that actually look like? And as a backup…
This week’s piece is all about understanding who does what in a comic book. There are numerouspeople involved in making a comic book happen so we’ll going to list out some of the major ones for you. Typically in the credits of a book, especially superhero comics, you’ll see a number of creators listed. You may…
An interesting question today from one Rik Jackson on the topic of drawing to scale. It’s actually a very useful question, the answer to which is relevant to artists when they’re beginning the process of sketching, so with Rik’s kind permission I’m doing a blog post on it. That blog post is this blog post – how…
For this week’s How To Get Into Comics, I wanted to cover something that can confuse a lot of people: terminology. Below you’ll find a list of a number of different terms that are broken up into different categories to help things make more sense. COMIC BOOK ROLES AND CREATIVE TEAMS This list of terms breaks…