Useful Comic Book Resources for Beginners

[nolan]

Post resources that you think might be helpful to teach beginners the basics of the comic medium.

I'll be posting a decent list in an hour or two.


Probably the most useful book to teach the basics of comic writing is Writing For Comics With Peter David.

[nolan]

Some Resources:


www.mikecarey.net/files/lucifer_4_script.doc Mike Carey Lucifer Script.

www.dixonverse.net/vault.html Chuck Dixon comic scripts.

www.manofaction.tv/seagle/animal.html Unused Steven T. Seagle Animal Man Script.

www.teachingcomics.org/exercises.php Exercises for visual storytelling.

www.scrypticstudios.com General Writing web site with some helpful comic related advice.


Books you may want to acquire:
Comics & Sequential Art by Will Eisner
Writing For Comics With Peter David
The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics by Denny O’Neill
Writing for Comics Vol. 1 by Alan Moore
Writers on Comic Scriptwriting, Volumes 1 and 2
Queen & Country Scriptbook by Greg Rucka
Powers Scriptbook by Brian Michael Bendis

[jayvee]

This article will save your life: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_character