Trying to Make a Comic Strip

Twenty Ninth Post: Trying to Make a Comic Strip

People read comics every day in the newspaper. The jokes are funny and the cartoon characters are cute. But has that reader ever tried to make a comic (let alone a complete strip) by themselves?

The point is making comics and comic strips is very difficult. Not only does the creator have to know how to draw and draw the same characters in different poses, they must convey a complete message using only so many frames of graphics and text. And then comes the hardest part: it has to make sense and be funny.

How do you start? You start be drawing. Then you come up with a little idea or theme which is going to be the main idea. Take funny things from life or little jokes and create a funny situation for the characters.

I am by no means an expert. I have tried to draw a couple of comic strips. You’ll be surprised how difficult that it is to come up with original and funny characters. How did Scott Adams (Dilbert) and Bill Watterson (Calvin and Hobbes) do it?

I have several little comic book ideas. I need to complete them and post them to my website. I will update the blog accordingly.