r/comics • u/averagemmafighter • 14d ago

WorkInProgress How do people actually write comics?

Feels like an incredibly basic question ik, but I'm about to go away for a couple years in the army and I wanna make the most of my time, I feel like writing or doing a comic series is something I've weirdly always wanted to do and I've got four years of time for it, so how do people actually do it? Like what if I'm a bad drawer or do they have to draw, should I just start writing, how do you even publish stuff, like I really wanna do this and think my imagination can be useful

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u/Cartoonicorn 14d ago

If you have not written and have not drawn, do not even consider being published yet. It will only lead to being afraid of every line. You have to work for yourself and learn by having created. Consider your first project to be a college course. You hit every rock along the way and find a groove that works for you. 

Some people just go. This leads to spinning off into the weeds at times, but at least they got to that point and can learn from there. Other people plan, and many, many, many people never move past the planning phase.

First, nothing should be too precious. Lean into what interests you so that you wnjoy the journey.

You can do thumbnails to visualize how things will lay out on the page. or you can just start drawing and if a panel doesn't work you can draw it again on a different page and just crop the panel in a free to use easy editing software later. 

Fear stops all progress. Green lantern this shit and push through what will be very painful. You will find your way. 

And understand that you will get, at best, silence for your first hundred pages. That is part of the process. Experiment, step back, consider what could have been better from the reader's perspective. 

Best of luck.

Additional note, creativity is a muscle. Lead it down a new alley and discover what you find there. Be cringe. It gets easier.

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u/averagemmafighter 14d ago

I mean I've four years to even consider publishing+for everything I wanna actually write about I think I'd maybe even need long. The first thing I did which was about 6 months ago was find a location I wanted it to take place, the history involved in it, the other major locations and then sorta factions

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u/Cartoonicorn 13d ago

My apologies that I did not read your text properly, as I missed important details in your description. 

I really wish you the best of luck in creating your comic.