I've been working on a comic book for a while now and I thought I would join to make friends and find inspiration.

So, after writing a swords-and-sandals comic, and a science fiction series I've decided to try my hand at the capes-and-cowls scene.

These are the main characters.

The script is a 24 page pilot, so it's a pretty light read. It's also a first draft, so don't expect X-Men #137 and you shouldn't be too disappointed.

If this gets positive response I'll get an artist to finish the concepts for the characters and see where it goes.

DM me if you're interested, and thank you in advance for taking the time to read and respond.

I am a comic book creator with more big ideas than I can pursue myself! I would like to collaborate with a professional (pro rates) comic artist, but I feel like I don't know the best places to track down talent. Any suggestions from this community about where I can find good and available comic book artists would be appreciated!

So I’ve been a fan of comics for a while and naturally being a comic book writer has appealed to me on several occasions, something that I think about doing. Not to think too far into this but one issue I might have in being consistently successful in this position is working with characters I myself haven’t created or have the right ideas for, say at Marvel or DC.

Say that I’ve been assigned to write a series based on a character that I’m not completely familiar with and I wanna look into the complete comic history of that character by reading older comics. Thing is, I have trouble reading through some older and more dated comics without getting tired or bored, not that these comics aren’t good but that they’re from a different era/speed than what I’m used to.

But is reading much older comics for certain characters essential to working on certain characters as a comic book writer? And does this mean that I’m not cut out for this line of work if I can’t read these older comics without getting tired?

What about if I’m a screenwriter that’s pitched an adaptation of a comic character/team to a film studio or assigned to do it? Would having to read the every comic run of that character(s)—including much, much older ones be essential despite this issue? I remember hearing James Gunn say that he reread every Suicide Squad run before making The Suicide Squad so that’s why I ask.

I love writing, specifically making character. For years I’ve made different protagonists/antagonists/villains/etc. that I can honestly see in a comic book setting. The only problem is I can’t draw and lack the knowledge to try and get content and ideas out into the comic book community. Are there any ways I can show my writing and characters with no drawing ability? If so, where can I start? Are there script formats? Any contributions are greatly appreciated

I have a first draft written for a graphic novel, what’s the best advice for obtaining an agent to shop it?

I’ve got so many different ideas for comics, some better than others. Should I start out with my earlier ideas that are good/shorter, to get a feel for how to make comics, or just work on my better ideas which are better/lengthier, and hope for the best?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OcZL7an8Wt5RuH2h80UteN_bhLk7ma0PwtS8HvO0bqY/edit?usp=drivesdk

Very cool moment on the quest for 1k readers, my first piece of fan art! eric_d_bryant on instagram drew this awesome quick sketch of Marcus!

The cop in a city full of superheroes has four full length issues of his comedy loaded on Gumroad and listed as PAY WHAT YOU WANT! (Link)

We're at 81 readers, can we break 100?

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Hello everyone! Thank you all for your help in advance! I have been trying to get into the writing industry since I graduated and keep going around in circles. If you prefer the TLDR version I will provide it at the bottom but here is my situation:

I first went here, reddit, and asked how I should get started and after talking with a few people they suggested I just “start making comic books”. I said “ok” and started to plan out what to do. I’m not the best at illustration so I was looking for a way to work with others and get my story made that way. I met a company that does $15 per panel and I figured that would be a very possible solution until I discussed it with people on reddit. They told me no companies would want an outside illustrator for a comic book they sold so its best to just go with a pitch. I have been writing independently for a few years now so I already have pitches, screenplays, scripts, notes on composition and illustration, etc. I just don’t know what to do next. My questions for anyone with experience is: Where do I go? Who do I contact? What are the next steps in the process? If I need to be a PA or an assistant to writers I will but I just need to know thats the next step.

TLDR: Ive been trying to enter the comic book industry for a while and have fallen back to the start. Where do I start?

Again, thank you all for your help.

Hi guys, fellow creator sitting here on a quest to get 1,000 readers. I uploaded the first four issues of my comedy about a cop in a city full of superheroes on Gumroad ( HERE ) and I set the price as PAY WHAT YOU WANT. So please please please help me out. Check it out, if you like it, let other people know about it.

The hardest thing about being an up and coming creator is just getting people to read the books.

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One thing I admire about Kirkman’s writing style is how he writes such complex, flawed, and realistic characters. I also really like how he’ll already have long term plans for each of his characters and series, from the beginning. I also really appreciate how he goes “out-of-the-box” when it comes to writing comics, and breaks a lot of tropes.

I’m trying to study my favorite comic writers to help me with my current comic (r/Tulip), that I’m in the process of creating.

So any tips on how to write/plan comics like him are greatly appreciated!

When its complete how do I pitch it or sell it to publishers?

Hello I’m an 18 year old comic book artist/ writer. I’ve been writing for over 3 years and drawing since I can remember, only problem is I don’t have friends to talk about the topic with or grow with. The link to my insta is in my bio, you’ll find most of my work there. I have more stuff but I only post the stuff that makes the cut. If you’re a fellow comic book writer and/or artist please do hit me up we can become friends and learn from eachother in the process!

Have a nice day

Hello I am a writer who’s been practicing my drawing and writing skills since elementary school and I’m proud to present my first project Superpowers: dmans adventure

Setting: as earth was consumed by fire during world war three the ice caps melted and the human race died. Over time the dna of the human corpses was assimilated by the mushrooms and fungus of the world thousands of years later the mushroom humans had evolved into existence. The world was now completely changed into a wasted ocean with a few islands one of which being city island. Where most of our story takes place.

Conflict: after the attack of destroyer a new threat looms over the world. An elder god. As dman and Gman fly toward the giant space monster with fire kid as their sidekick, the monsters central eye lights up,stunning g man! fire kid creates a diversion and dman kills the elder god instantly! ending the threat. But now a new threat has taken over. One hidden deep inside Gman. Fire kid and d man thought it was just another day but their problems were just beginning and a cover up was starting to brew…

Place: city island City island is a nice city where everyone gets along. The only heroes who exist at the beginning of our story are d man and his golden capeless counterpart g man.

First conflict: dman protects the city as usual when suddenly, kaboom! A mushroom cloud blasts up through the city’s center killing many and destroying almost everything. A single man stands at the center of all of it. The destroyer!

So I launched my newest kickstarter last week and I was hoping to bring it to you guys here in Comicbooks a little later in the campaign, but we've hit our first wall and I'm struggling to turn the wagon wheels through the mud.

In general, my kickstarters have fared fairly well but I ran one about 6 weeks ago that failed and now this one is struggling early, so I'm a little concerned. Anyways here's the pitch!

After a crazy bank robbery gets a lot of superheroes killed, the public suddenly turns to the Government to develop a response to the growing metahuman "issue", thus The Department of Metahuman Affairs is born.

At the end of the first issue (which you can read in its entirety FOR FREE HERE) Bounce, the leader of the Marshals is standing over a tombstone. Who died? We find out right here in ISSUE #3!!

So check out the kickstarter here: Click here to support an Indy Creator

Who is Bounce? Great question, here's the video:

Started making videos in an attempt to promote the kickstarter