I once was going to do a comic of all the dumb crap I had to put up with while working at retail. I got one comic done and decided that there was no way I could do that regularly.
For inspiration, pick an entertaining theme, and then quickly write down a lot of ideas on the theme, without concern for usability. Some ideas will lead to other ideas; and few will be used. For example, for a birthday card, I will often start with the words already in the card, and then construct a poem around them by first writing down a lot of words that rhyme or nearly rhyme with the existing words. Any project has “waste”. For poems and comics, the waste includes unused ideas.
Averagemoe 10 days ago
You need special permission to be that meta. But it’s actually surprisingly easy to get.
codycab 10 days ago
Didn’t someone already write about writing comics?
sirbadger 10 days ago
It’s an idea that people who draw comics can relate to, but other people won’t care.
mccollunsky 10 days ago
Write a comic about someone writing a comic about writing a comic.
jerrica.benton333 10 days ago
step 2: get a drone
Yngvar Følling 10 days ago
A fourth wall break in a fourth wall break, that is, like, sixteen walls.
iggyman 10 days ago
Inspiration is the first step!
eddi-TBH 10 days ago
Phoebe is Dana’s guest artist for the week.
joe.altmaier 9 days ago
Oooor – not meta enough!
The Wolf In Your Midst 9 days ago
I once was going to do a comic of all the dumb crap I had to put up with while working at retail. I got one comic done and decided that there was no way I could do that regularly.
Decepticomic 9 days ago
Write about NOT writing comics. Subversive.
Wichita1.0 9 days ago
Actually, a good outline is needed to set up story pacing and allow for the dialog to fit in the panels. Trust me. Been there, done that.
[Unnamed Reader - bddb15] 9 days ago
I prefer Phoebe to Phoebe’s comic. I’ll be back next week…
ETB 9 days ago
Is this Family Circus now, Dana is on vacation?
Frer Squirrel 9 days ago
For inspiration, pick an entertaining theme, and then quickly write down a lot of ideas on the theme, without concern for usability. Some ideas will lead to other ideas; and few will be used. For example, for a birthday card, I will often start with the words already in the card, and then construct a poem around them by first writing down a lot of words that rhyme or nearly rhyme with the existing words. Any project has “waste”. For poems and comics, the waste includes unused ideas.
Frer Squirrel 9 days ago
…Maybe I’ll fight
About biting critics.
Not much better.
paradoctor 9 days ago
1% inspiration, 49% perspiration, 50% imitation.