How to Make Comic Books
Have you been blessed with an eye to look at things from a different angle? Can you utilise your lateral thinking and make a good story? Do you know how to play with words? If the answer is a “YES” then you have everything required to make a great comic book.
However, you must have to work hard to register yourself in the market. Remember, hundreds and thousands of comic books get published but hardly few get noticed. You will have to work hard while developing characters, sketching or writing the story. You should follow some valuable tips to make a compelling comic book.
Instructions
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Be in right frame of mind:
First, you will have to negate yourself. You must know that your target audience is children so try to come to their level and think. This exercise will help you a lot in developing interesting characters and story for the kids. Remember, you do not need to introduce any philosophy or discuss anything like that. Just make it more interesting and understandable for a young age bracket. -
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Decide the genre:
Next thing you will have to do is to decide the genre of your comic book. You can make a horror, suspense thriller, romantic or action based comic book. Understand the latest trends and this will enable you to decide the genre. -
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Conceive main characters:
Your next step should be to conceive the key characters. Make sure that your characters are unique and likable at the same time. Review some comic books in the market and this will help you a lot in making an interesting character for the book. However, you must be original otherwise no kid will be attracted to your comics. -
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Work on their personality:
Now, when you have planned some characters, it’s time to work on their personality. Decide their nature, pet words, postures and facial expressions in different situations. Make sure that every character has its own identity. The best way is to draw a character with important feelings like anger, fear, sadness and happiness. -
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Develop a story:
Drawings are really important in comic books but the story is the real backbone of such projects. It keeps the reader intact so develop a unique plot and then arrange all the incidents in a sequence. -
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Sketch in drawings:
You should start making drawings of all the situations. Work scene by scene and keep on sketching until the end of your comic book.
