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Time-savin' tips o' the GRAPHIC NOVELIST trade

Jan. 10th, 2007 at 2:46 PM

1. Make the panels really small and the space between the panels as large as possible.

2. Make the word balloons really big.

3. Backgrounds? No. No backgrounds. (Fill that space with word balloons instead?)

Fig. 1

Mood: accomplished

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gobolatula wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 06:56 pm (UTC)

you sneaky bastard...

;)

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yaytime wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 07:01 pm (UTC)

You've exposed my secret for doing Astronaut Elementary. Lots of talking. No backgrounds!
:)

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elio wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 07:01 pm (UTC)

Funny! But take a look at older comics espically pre 1950. They filled the pages with at least four by four strips, but every panel had a word balloon and a ton of dialouge. So maybe your on to something!

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kevin_church wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 07:06 pm (UTC)

Also, make it "ironic" by putting a very small word in the middle of the balloon.

In this case, I'd put "Cleveland?!?"

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elio wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 07:33 pm (UTC)

LOL

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schroedingrscat wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 07:07 pm (UTC)

WRITE ALL TEXT IN COMIC SANS SERIF CAPS

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steverolston wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 08:19 pm (UTC)

That doesn't save you time. That just gets you murdered.

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schroedingrscat wrote:

Jan. 11th, 2007 01:22 am (UTC)

It sure eats up space though!

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reddeadrazi wrote:

Jan. 11th, 2007 06:47 am (UTC)

My instructors fail any project with Comic Sans on it...

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emperor_fanboy wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 07:20 pm (UTC)

You should just start recycling panels. It would be TOTALLY VOLTRON!

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hopelarson wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 08:06 pm (UTC)

4. Lots of very, very dark night scenes.

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destroyerzooey wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 08:08 pm (UTC)

But only if you do the black fills on computer.

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hopelarson wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 08:12 pm (UTC)

Or, more succinctly,

4. x

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atomicpanda wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 08:15 pm (UTC)

I dunno.

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juxtapose_42 wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 11:44 pm (UTC)

- Jux

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coyotecoyote wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 08:17 pm (UTC)

You know, if you had made that close-up bigger, you wouldn't have had to draw that mystery box or the speed lines.

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lostbirdfound wrote:

Jan. 10th, 2007 08:43 pm (UTC)

But then you have to letter that shit, holmes.

And plus, this book is set in Canada. Canada's where all the snow lives, right? You shouldn't even have to draw panel borders.

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