For more in-depth and current resources, see my Comic Book Creators page. My writing guide is intended for newbies, and parts of it may need a little updating. And if the process images on this page caught your eye, they’re from the “Creative Chaos” presentation I did with Paul, which shows different types of comic book plots, scripts, and art. If you like bulleted lists, you can also download the slides I made for a different version of my writing workshop. (The HTML version is more up to date, while the PDF has some additional visuals.) You can read the HTML version below, or download it as a free PDF. Friends in the comics business tell me they regularly send students to read it, so I’m keeping it available online and supplementing it with recommended books and resources. I created a concise comic book writing guide for a workshop I taught some years back, and I’ve used it many times since then. “Good comic book writers think in pictures as well as words.” -Anina Bennett

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