8-Page Challenge
How to Create Character Sheets for Your 8-Page Comic Story | #8PgChallenge – Step 4
Welcome back, creators. In the Step 1, we reviewed how to plan a story idea for an 8-Page Story. In Step 2, we looked at how to […]
Inspiration
Career
Setting Creative Goals for the Coming Year
If you’re reading this in early January, Happy New Year! This is the perfect time for you, fellow creator, to set some goals for the […]
Career
Joe Quesada Interview NYCC 2016 | Video + Transcript
On Friday, October 7, 2016, I interviewed Joe Quesada, the Chief Creative Officer for Marvel Comics at New York Comicon 2016. This long-form interview format allowed […]
Career
Do You Need to Get Paid to Create Comics?
Watch this animated GIF. (Or click this link: http://gph.is/1ZPE2Oj) via GIPHY Okay, first things first. This is an animated GIF of a person who looks like […]
Creativity
Favorite Covers Deconstructed: Captain America #230
Talk about impact! You can feel your teeth rattle in this one. According the the Marvel Wikia, the cover artists for Captain America #230 cover […]
conventions
Fat Batman Doesn’t Care What You Think
I saw Fat Batman at comicon. And fat Wonder Woman, Asian female Captain America, skinny Hulk, short Superman, bald Thor, and hundred other non-traditional cosplayers. […]
Great Panels
Calvin Learns Math from Hobbes
From the Great Panels collection we have a classic Calvin & Hobbes comic strip by Bill Watterson (circa 1987). Not sure about you, but this […]
Creativity
Snikt! How to Create a Comic Book Infographic
In Part 1 of this series, we talked with Kate Willaert, a graphic designer for Fun.com, and Mark Bietz, VP of Marketing for Fun.com. They […]
Inspiration
Girls Like Comic Books Too
Girls like comic books too.
Inspiration
Mother’s Day Wishes for Comic Book Moms
Happy Mother’s Day to my mom and to all moms, but especially those who ignored the “experts” who said that we should be reading “real” […]