1. art and entertainment
2. comics and animation
3. comics

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Topic 2
How to make your own comic story
A cartoon tells a joke with one picture, a comic tells a story in a series of pictures.
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Choosing friends
Choosing friends
Torn between ...
1 I t wasn’ t easy to plan the mural but on Saturday
they started work.
Being on time is
not your strong
point, I guess?
I have
a date.
I nearly
forgot!
That blue
colour was
a great idea,
Zach!
2 L ater in a café Jaden felt guilty but Chloé wasn’t
too impressed!
Her
again!
Well, no, I mean
… Sorry, I’m
late, Chloe.
Yeah, Miggie,
but ... . Hey,
where are you
going, Jaden?
OK, but I just
don’t like
wasting time
…
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alf an hour later Sandy rang and said they
needed Jaden’s help.
4 After the call the gang were really mad at Jaden.
What did
he say?
Aw, come on,
Jaden. The gang
needs you!
He isn’t
coming!
No, sorry, I
haven’t got time
right now!
That sucks!
Let’s go,
guys!
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hen Jaden and Chloé left the café, Chloé said she 6 On his way home Jaden saw the mural and
wanted to go to the movies.
had an idea.
The movies?
Er-r, maybe
next Saturday.
OK, Jaden,
if I have time
then. Bye!
Summer camp in Scotland
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What happened
to our work?
What a mess!
Maybe, I can
fix it …
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It can be a long story in a comic book, a short story or a joke in a comic strip (but it can be serious,
it needn’t be funny). Start with a comic strip and if you enjoy making it, you can go on and make a
longer comic.
So what do you have to think about before you start to make your own comic?
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The story:
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The people:
It can be a simple story. Don’t have too many people in it.
hink about things that make them different
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from each other
a) in how they look and
b) in their character,
so that your readers can recognize them
easily in the pictures. Your ‘people’ can be
real or aliens, modern or historical – they
can even be animals.
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The scenes:
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ry to think of the story in scenes so that
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something happens in every picture.
Try to tell the story in pictures without too
many words. Don’t have too many things
happening in it.
One action per picture is enough.
5. When Jaden and Chloé left the
café, Chloé said she wanted to go
to the movies.
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The words:
here are two ways of using words in a
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comic.
a) In a box or empty space in a picture
at the top or bottom. You can use this
to tell your readers when something
happens, or to lead into the next
picture:
The next day … / Later that evening … / But …
3 Half an hour later Sandy called …
… and said they needed Jaden’s help.
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b) Use speech bubbles1 to show what the
people are saying. Make sure that the
bubble for the first speaker is on the
left: Readers look at the speech bubble
on the left first and read from left to
right.
Don’t put too many words into a speech
bubble; you need space for the
pictures!
Aw, come on, Jaden.
The gang needs you!
No, sorry, I haven’t
got time right now!
bubble !*spi:tS +b0bl? – Sprechblase
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The pictures:Use different ways of looking at the same scene, especially if your story stays in
the same place with the same people for several pictures. Look at some of your
favourite comic strips to see the ways the pictures are put together. Also think
about the way a film director uses different shots in a film.
a) You may want to start with a general
picture to show where the people are.
You can put in the first speech bubble
coming from a small figure at the back
or side of the scene.
b) In the next picture you can show this
figure and the people near him or her.
c) After that, you could show just the face
of a person who is talking, or show
his / her reaction to something that was
said in the picture before.
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Drawing the pictures:
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Have fun:
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WOW!!!
ou needn’t be good at drawing, but it helps!
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Remember that you needn’t put in all the details
in every picture. Sometimes you don’t need any
details at all, just the characters. If you aren’t
very good at drawing, try to make a comic strip
with matchstick men2 or any other simple
figures.
ake the comic strip interesting for your readers.
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And have fun doing it!
men !*mxtSstIk +mxn? – Strichmännchen
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