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8-Page Challenge

How to Ink Comic Art for Your 8-Page Comic Story | #8PgChallenge – Step 9 (Updated)

August 19, 2020 Buddy Scalera 0

Welcome back, creators. We can see the light at the end of the tunnel. If you’ve been following along with the challenge, you are pretty far along with your 8-page comic story. That puts you […]

8-Page Challenge

How to Create Pencil Art for Your 8-Page Comic Story | #8PgChallenge – Step 8

August 2, 2020 Buddy Scalera 0

Hello, creators. You are now #MakingComics! Everything you do from now is about making sure it looks totally professional. The pencils are an opportunity for you to tighten you page roughs, which you did in […]

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How to Write the Script for Your 8-Page Comic Story | #8PgChallenge – Step 5

May 8, 2020 Buddy Scalera 0

Hello, creators. This is a big step in your journey to create your comic book story. The script is the blueprint that will guide everything that happens next in the creative process. It will be […]

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How to Create Character Sheets for Your 8-Page Comic Story | #8PgChallenge – Step 4

May 5, 2020 Buddy Scalera 0

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 break down your pages and plot. In Step 3, we […]

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Comic Book School Make Comics Challenge #2: #MakeMineIndie

November 26, 2019 Buddy Scalera 0

Comic Book School Make Comics Challenge #2: Identify a comic book or webcomic that you would share with a non-traditional comic book reader. It should be a comic book by an indie publisher or indie […]

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NYCC 2018: Photos from Educational Panels on Making Comics

November 11, 2018 Buddy Scalera 0

New York Comicon (NYCC) 2018 is officially on the books. We gathered in New York City to share creative ideas with the next generation of comic book creators. This year the educational panels were featured […]

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NYCC 2017 Educational Panels to Make Comics

October 1, 2017 Buddy Scalera 0

Comic Book School will be hosting educational panels at New York Comicon 2017. If you are a writer, artist, inker, colorist, letterer, editor, or publisher, you should check out these panels on how to make […]

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C2E2 2017 Photos from Educational Panels

May 22, 2017 Buddy Scalera 0

My annual trip to Chicago for C2E2 always results in some new connections and a whole lotta photos. Big thanks to my dedicated Comic Book School team including James McGill, Grant Shorter, & Russell McGee, who […]

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Joe Quesada Interview NYCC 2016 | Video + Transcript

February 11, 2017 Buddy Scalera 0

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 us to explore different aspect’s of Joe’s amazing career. If […]

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Making Comics: “Mid-Life Crisis” #1 Behind the Scenes

December 3, 2016 Buddy Scalera 0

Want to know how comics are made? Well, look no further. Over the next couple of weeks and months, we’ll share the details on how we created a new superhero comic book series called “Mid-Life […]

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