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Writing For Comics

• Comic Experience
Link: www.comicsexperience.com
Run by Marvel Comics and Boom! Studios writer Andy Schmidt, Comics Experience is a site for aspiring US or Canadian creators, offering everything you need to get your stories together, on the page, presentable, and in the hands of comic book industry insiders. Andy, who is also a Senior Editor at IDW, and the author of The Insider’s Guide to Creating Comics and Graphic Novels

• David A. Law's Creating Comics Site
An invaluable guide to comics resources on the web for writers, artists, self-publishers and anyone interested in creating comics.

• Pitching to 2000AD: ScfriptDroids
For anyone struggling to get stuff published in the UK comic 2000AD there's a dedicated group where you can get critiques and (sometimes) helpful hints.
Browsing through the online archive is recommended before posting, just to avoid repetition.

•The Things You NEED to Know to Make a Great Comic
Link: www.urban75.org/comics/faq.html
Written by Nate Piekos of Blambot Fonts & Comic Lettering, this is a great, easy to read and darn useful guide to writing comics for any medium, online or print.

• Sryptic Studios
Link: www.scrypticstudios.com

In June 2004, writer Ryan Scott Ottney gathered a group of writer-friends together to create a web site resource for comic book writers. The site included script samples, writing resources, helpful articles, tips on writing, and an extensive links database specially designed for writers.
Upon its launch, Scryptic Studios was an instant success, and saw nearly 1,000 new members join the site on its first day. The site gained attention from comic book writers like Geoff Johns, Brian Vaughn, and others, and in 2006 was called “One of the 101 Best Writing Websites” by Writer’s Digest magazine. The site also entered into an agreement with Write Brothers, Inc., screenplay writing software as the official web site of its comic book scriptwriting software function.
Shortly after, Scryptic began to fall apart with inconsistent updates, a lack of participation, and stagnate financing. Also, being that Scryptic Studios was completely volunteer, the five writers were eventually forced to leave, one-by-one, to focus on individual paying projects. The site was left in the hands of one founding member, Jeffery Stevenson, but maintaining code for the website left little time for him to work on growing the content or audience of the site.
In January 2009, Stevenson transferred the site back to Ottney for a relaunch effort. Ottney’s plan was simple: less is more.
The new Scryptic Studios would exist mostly as a links database where writers can still find all the best writing resources, tips, research, and more. Also, instead of hosting scripts directly on the Scryptic Studios website (because of the legal liability it created), scripts are now simply linked from other hosts. The site also posts occassional writing columns and news, and has a forum for writers to interact and share ideas and critiques.
The new Scryptic will be sleeker and much simpler, and whether you’re writing comics, novels, poetry, media, or whatever, we hope Scryptic can re-establish itself as the best onine resource for writing.

General Sites

• Advice for Evil Overlords
An Internet classic: this hilarious item also offers some pertinent points about cliches for SF and action-adventure writers!

• Comic Book Artist
Magazine devoted to celebrating the lives and work of the great cartoonists, writers & editors

• The Comic Creators Guild
Link: www.comicscreatorsguild.co.uk
UK organsiation. The Comics Creators Guild exists to promote the interests of professionals working within this field, and to increase public awareness of the comic strip medium. Its principal aim is to demonstrate that comic strips are a valuable art form, as well as a powerful and versatile communication medium, equally effective within the spheres of entertainment, education, and marketing.
The Guild is run by comics professionals and its aims are - and always will be - to represent the interests of comics professionals, those intent on pursuing careers in the industry, or those working with the art form. The Guild seeks to establish better lines of communication between editors, publishers and creators, leading to a cohesive effort to improve working conditions and to raise the public’s awareness of the medium. The Guild seeks to promote the creation of comics in all forms and always to foster a spirit of professionalism and excellence in the medium.

• Comics Media Archives
Comics links page which includes search engine facility.

• Comic Book Resources
RECOMMENDED Database-driven general News and resource site with hundreds of links -- far better than you'll find here!

• European Comics on the Web
This is an overview of pointers to information on European comics (in French: bandes dessinées) that has been made available on the web. The site, which is fully searchable, features sections on comics series, news sites, indexes, publishers and shops.

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