Hey everyone, so I’ve been spending a lot of time looking at the comics section in Kickstarter, goodness me, there are a lot of amazing comic projects up there at the moment. Too many that it would be impossible to fit into a single tweet, so I thought I’d take some time out here to […]
And then I wrote a comic book and hit the bestsellers list
Hey everyone, finding time for hobbies can be quite a challenge, especially now with work and family challenges during lockdown. I wanted to share with you my passion for writing and the creative arts. I have been writing for about 20 years now, which include screenplays and working on some pretty high end movies I […]
Digitopia Lego Character Reveal
Hi there, so a while back I was offered a special opportunity to have one of the characters from Digitopia the Comic turned into a one special off Lego character. Needless to say I jumped at the opportunity. I thought long and hard about which character I would like to have made into a Lego […]
Exploring Character Arcs: Jay gets back into Digitopia
Hi there, I thought I’d quite like to explore the idea of a character arc of the main protagonist in ‘Digitopia 1.0 – Displaced Dreams‘. The main protagonist and the hero are not always the same thing. I started writing Digitopia with Jay as the main protagonist in my comic book, at the time […]
Whether your comic book should have a trailer or not, and if so how to do it?
So quite a few people have asked me about trailers for comic books, what is the benefit of having a trailer, what does a trailer for a comic book look like and whether they need a trailer for their specific comic book. As with many complex questions like this the answer comes in parts. The […]
How to develop a growth mindset
Before you can learn how to develop a growth mindset we have to understand what the difference is between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset. Fundamentally the teaching differences between a fixed and growth mindset isn’t something that is taught in schools.
How comics can change the world
So this week I was honoured to be part of a select group invited to a talk at the Asia Lit Festival called ‘Communicating Through Comics’. Where two speakers Ben Dix and Asia Alfasi spoke about how they found their way into creating comics. You see comic books are more than just about caped superheroes […]
How to Write a Comic Book – Advanced Editing and Layout
Hey everyone, you know the funny thing is that people say that the real work begins after the successful Kickstarter launch. Make no mistake about it that running a Kickstarter is a tremendous amount of work – delivering the book is a different beast altogether. That’s a huge obligation, after all many people pledged to […]
Creativity versus discipline
So I managed to sit down with Clay Adams and Will Allred to answer two reader’s questions in this video What’s more important discipline or creativity? Are comic book creators writers who learnt to draw or artists you make a plot Clay and Will are both comic book writers themselves and have a wealth of […]
How to Write a Comic Book part 4: The Budget and the Team
Hey everyone welcome how to write a comic book, the series for anyone interested in how to write comics. In part 1, we spoke about how you need to know your ‘why’ before you even begin. In part 2 we talked about the plan, in part 3 we went through the script itself and understand […]