Tutorials

A plethora of resources both online and offline will teach you exactly how to write a screenplay but good luck trying to learn how to write a comic book script.

Though comic writers who work for the big publishers typically format their comic book scripts similarly to screenplays, there is still no official industry standard.

And if you write your own independent comics—either webcomics or print—you have even more freedom with your script’s format. After all, you are the only one who ever has to use it.

Working with separate members of a team requires a tighter, more standardized approach if the writer’s intent is to be fully realized by the artists.

We’ll begin with a pseudo-standard approach to comic book script writing. Then we’ll share our own crazy approaches to give you an idea of how flexible this process can be.

And to show you what this looks like, we (Lora and Chris) provided samples of our comic scripts via the links below.

Our regular readers won’t be surprised to hear us say that there is no point in starting a comic script unless you have addressed these 5 things.

So if you are sure that you have a cast of compelling characters, a brilliant, surprising idea and a solid plan for the story you want to tell, read on…

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