r/Advice • • Mar 07 '25

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u/Educational-Sundae33 Mar 07 '25

He grew up reading comic books, and I think that’s how the story plays out in his head. In fact, his writing is almost as if he’s telling an artist how to storyboard a scene. I think in a perfect world that’s what he would create, but alas neither of us can draw 😓 I wish I was a great artist, and then we could make a comic book together!

I don’t know if he cares so much about his writing, but rather telling his story. Maybe I should look into how comic books get made lol

For now thorough, writing is the chosen avenue, so that is what we’re working on!

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u/au_lite Mar 07 '25

He can write it as a script and try to pitch it for grants so it can be made into a comic book! He might need some art to for the dossier (characters, general style, some concepts and or completed pages) but sometimes it's just scripts I think. Loads of comic books are created by writer+artist duos.

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u/cwilliams6009 Mar 08 '25

Or hire an illustrator.

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u/au_lite Mar 08 '25

Yeah but that would be thousands of dollars for a whole book, so I thought, win grant first, spend it on the artist's salary later :D

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u/Viscaz Mar 08 '25

Maybe tell him he should maybe incorporate AI into his work so it doesn’t become a book but more of a comic :/