m ‘amazed what happens. People do not know – or understand -. How comics are made
I wrote scripts for comic books in 1989 and produced hundreds of factors, ranging from children’s comics to hardcore horror with humor and action / adventure, and every now and then People ask me how the hell you write about comics. People who know me in a pub, or people I meet at parties, dinners or events. Usually, people 50 years or older.
Explain. They simply do not understand.
“So, you the artist pages and then fill the balloon?” they ask.
“No … artist must first know what to draw,” and I need to know what story it …”
“So you’re the one who writes the text in the balloons?” they ask.
“No, this is done by the artist himself Letterer gold after artwork is done.”
“So, tell the artist what to do, and then fill in balloons. “
” I do not write. scripts! artists follow my script! “
” I am Huh? it ‘
Now, there are several ways to write comics ..
If both write and draw their own comic book, computer, usually a newspaper strip / cartoon can not script. Some guys just are not that tough a sketch for a minute or two. Or, if you’re fast, professional and truly inspired, you strip your right – but this works only with boards. Hergé made the first (and very long) Tintin adventure “Tintin in the Soviet Union” without a script, I just did a story once a week drawing elements, which explains why it is a mess.
Then, we I “The Marvel” or “The Marvel Way,” How Spider-Man creator Stan Lee claims I invented in early 1960. At the time Lee was writing the most, or even all Marvel titles in the line ( Spidey, Hulk, Fantastic Four, X-Men …) I, and simply have not had time to write scripts for dozens of comic form of each month.
So Lee, who been working closely with well-known, experienced professionals such as Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko came up with a system that I wrote what will happen in page parameters page – sometimes I do I do this, we Kirby just called and I told the story. Then, Kirby drew the pages that were returned to Lee, who completed the dialogue and captions.
This system is still used by Marvel and other publishers important in America, but I personally do not really understand how to work it. You can manage can do if you know the artist, and if you work with established characters you have not created.
But since I am a writer and author, I find the story and characters are mine, the story should be told the way I want. Therefore, I write a lot of scripts -. The most common way to write comics in Europe
“I still do not understand,” they said. “What do you mean, comic scripts?”
“Huh? Well … You know the script, the script for a movie right? Gold script for play? “
” Yes, of course. “
” Now do not think Director, cast and crew make a movie without knowing what to shoot and the actors are going to say, right? “
” Of course I do. “
” Well, a comic script is quite similar to the script I described what happens in each panel, and what characters say in vesicles, and occasionally to make headlines .. “
to Back in 1979, was short-lived series of comics called Swedish Svenska (Swedish comic ) containing comics have a budding artist and / or writers, mostly young enthusiasts. It was a way for an issuer to find new talent, and I, as a young child, was very inspiring. Today, 30 years later, I realize most of the material in this book really sucks – it’s horrible – but very few artists who started the famous BECO
One thing I liked that Svenska Series. points – How Tos. Well-known artists, writers and editors writing about craft, about the layout, penciling, Inkingi – and write scripts. An early issue had an article about how Phantom was – and remains – in writing. This may come as a surprise to many of you, but costumed crime fighter Lee Falk, created in 1936, was and still is the most popular adventure comic character in Sweden (and in Australia , where the film was shot trying Billy Zane). Phantom received his book in 1950 and is still published twice a month, and about 1970, most of the main Phantom comics produced from its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. The stories are written and drawn people from all over Europe, some from Sweden, but a handful of Americans (such as DC Comics legend Dick Giordano) work also for a wizard. daily strips from King Features Syndicate is still made in America though.
This article was illustrated Svenska in series with a test page from the real scenario was very small and hard to read (and written on a typewriter, of course) , but still write my scripts like this. The way you write scripts varies from writer to writer, but as the script for the film, looks essentially the same.
This is how the script me May 1
1 (= panel first)
Splash panel (= large panel to draw the reader) with logo, name, section and one (= a writer, artist (s ), colored, Letterer …).
We are in a dark alley. midnight. In the foreground, we see in Múggia keep a woman scared.. Historical Muggle background gun cocks
see Hero available
Caption:. midnight. Midtown Manhattan …
Muggur: Give me yer money, lady, or I will kill you
Woman: EEEEEEEEK !!!
Hero (thinking): Something is going on there
Sound FX::. Click
….
2
Go Hero in Muggia, spins of
:. Fit gun, creep
Muggur:! Fuck
….
… And as they do it. Depending on the comic descriptions, different My scenes. If there is a well known comedian, artist usually does not say more than the example above. If there is a project of my own, are more detailed descriptions, sometimes with suggestions on the organization. And sometimes, when time for that, I rewrite or edit the title and discussion before letters sometimes inspires me a complete list – or force me -. To make changes
Oh, and before writing the actual script to write summaries site would not hurt. A summary is a brief, one page or less, the story. This is usually what the editor wants to see before the full script is written, at least for more stories few pages.
So the old man in a pub, you know what I do now?
“Yes, I think so artist pages and offers. you write in the balloons. “
” Bartender! Gimme another beer and wisdom .. two times. “
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