With the idea of continuing to promote, encourage, and support the writing community. Here are some excellent links to help writers learn. To discover more about the industry, scripting, and what to expect when writing and making comic books. This list is updated regularly, so check back periodically. FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR CHUCK WENDIG’S BLOG: On…
Category: Creative Resources
Comic Book Creative Teams: Who’s Who And What Do They Do?
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…
Convention Database Sign-Up for Women, Trans, and Non-Binary Comic Creators
Artist Jenn St. Onge and myself got to talking about comic conventions and the diversity of the invited guests. For many shows, the gaps are pretty staggering, and we got to wondering about how we could help fix that. Our solution was to create a database of women, trans, and non-binary creators working in the…
The Comic Creator Finance Workbook
Creator Interviews: Lettering with Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
We had a chance to chat with creator extraordinaire, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou to ask him some questions about lettering and what his process is like. Hassan is a comic book letterer on such works as Shanghai Red, Red Sonja, Lone Ranger, Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt, Black Mage, and more. He is also the Eisner-nominated editor of PanelxPanel, is a…
#NewCreatorAdvice Part One
Jimmy Palmiotti recently started a hashtag in an effort to help creators get advice from other comic creators based on their experiences in the industry. So maybe we can give back a little. This hashtag #newcreatoradvice would be a good thing to use if you are an established creator and have advice for the new…
How does an anthology choose its stories?
Making Money from Webcomics – An Illustrated Guide
Making Money from Webcomics – An Illustrated Guide is a product of the joint effort of an international group of webcomics artists, Finnish comics makers and the funding from Kone Foundation. I started the project two years ago and in August 2018 a bunch of webcomics artists traveled to Finland for a joint two-week artist residency….
Anatomy of a Comic Script
Stephanie asked me to expand a bit on the article on my web site, fredvanlente.com, which talks about how (I find) to best format a comics script. While there’s no standard method of comics script format, this is what I, a 20-year veteran of the industry (give or take), find works best. I’ve been pleased…
Letter of Agreement for Freelance Editors
We’ve had many requests to expand our content for comic book editors (freelance and otherwise). Editing in comics can be pretty extensive, especially for those who oversee the artwork and the scheduling as well (we’ll touch on this in another post later). As an editor in comics, it’s equally important to have a contract established…