How to Write Comic Strips: A Quick Guide on Writing Funny Gags and Comic Strip Panels

By HowExpert

“How to Write Comic Strips” is a step-by-step guide to help inspiring comic strip writers create their own comic. This guide leads the reader through the wondrous world of comic writing.

The concept of humor is different for different people. The author shows the reader methods and tips to better understand and deal with these differences.

Highlights of this guide include:
1) The many formats to choose from when writing a comic:
• Single Panel
• Multi-Panel

2) How find your concept:
• Write what you know

3) How to develop and build great characters:
• Bios, Backstory and More

4) Ways to write funny yet tight gags:
• How many passes to make
• Refining your words

5) Methods and tips to use to break out of writer’s block:
• Fun exercises and routines to do

6) How to find and communicate with your artist:
• Learn how to become a team

7) Market places for your comic:
• How to find a home for your creation

8) New ways to sell and make money from comics:
• Expanding and new markets so you can make money

9) Helpful tips:
• Tricks learned after decades in the trade

HowExpert publishes quick "how to" guides on unique topics by everyday experts.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HowExpert
• Release date: Nov 20, 2018
• ISBN: 9781949531633

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How to Write Comic Strips

A Quick Guide on Writing Funny Gags and Comic Strip Panels

HowExpert with John Zakour

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Table of Contents

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Chapter 1: How do I actually Write A Comic?

Find Your Niche

Write What You Know!

Write a Log Line

Pick Your Format

Create Your Starting Characters

Main Character

Support Characters

Naming Characters

How Can I Give My Characters Personality?

Chapter 2: You Sure I Can Do This? I’m Not Trained in Writing or Humor…

If You Have Any Sense of Humor You Can Do This

Chapter 3: Wait, I Can Learn to Be Funny or Funnier! How?

Easy Answer: Sure You Can, Work at It

Hard Answer: It’s Hard Funny is Very Subjective You might have heard the saying:

How Can I Learn to Be Funnier?

Funny Story (well kind of)….

Chapter 4: Any Tools You Use to Write Funny?

Funny Exercises

Chapter 5: How Can I Write Better Dialog or Captions?

Listen to How People Talk

Remember Reading Words is Not Talking Words

Read Your Words Back

Rewrite Can Be Your Friend

But Remember: No Such Thing as Perfect

Also Remember: People in Cartoons Don’t Always Talk Like Real People

Chapter 6: How Do I Work on Descriptions for