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Comic Book Artist
A
comic book creator is any one of a number of people working to create a
comic book by one of the major
comic book companies in the U.S. can involve a writer, a penciller, an inker, a colorist, and a letterer, typically overseen by an editor.
Depending on the type of production, the different roles can be taken on by different persons:
In most alternative and small press comics, the same person will write and illustrate, although it is still common for a separate person to produce the color separations, and sometimes the lettering.
Within the major US
comic book publishing companies, (for example, DC
Comics and Marvel Comics), a different person is generally assigned to each task, although exceptions - particularly in writing/pencilling or pencilling/inking - do occur.
In Japan, a mangaka usually writes and pencils his own work, and lets his assistants ink and editor letter.
In other cases, typically in most European comics, there are usually two or three artists involved: a writer, an artist who provides lettered artwork, and a colorist where necessary.
Editing houses will employ letterers when translating work, and it is not uncommon for them to utilise artists to retouch artwork to make it
for my gcse i have to think and draw an create a character for a comic book, it has to be aimed at 7-11 year olds n the character has to have a "revellious streak" whilst helping kids to adopt a healthy and safe lifestyle. im brainstorming ideas at the moment i would like to see what u think? xxx waht would u create?
btw i mean rebellious, im not stealing ideas im listning to others than building on that to create my own ideas
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I'm currently a teen and eternally a writer, at this point writing fiction (short stories and novels), but at some point I'd like to write for comic books. Particularly, the big superhero comics. Yeah, I had to choose the ambitious route.
So, how does one break into the industry? Also, is there any way to make the transition from traditional writing to comic book writing, say, if I wanted to start out my career doing novels and then move on to comic books?
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I have ALOT of comic books, but most of them didn't come with the typical protective plastic comic book bags (with the white cardboard inside) to preserve them. Where online can I buy plastic comic book bags (with the white cardboard inside) for my comic books?
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