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Writing for Comics

Scheduled

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Time

7 pm EDT / 4 pm PDT

Duration

2 Hours

Cost

$35.00

Subjects

Publishing, Screenwriting

Topic

Craft

In this session with comic writer and founder of Avina Comics John Avina you will learn how to tell stories in a sequential manner, and write for not only your audience but also for an artist.

John will cover panel layouts, budgeting space for dialogue and telling a character arc across one issue. The goal is to get you on your keyboard and ready to take your idea from a thought to a completed comic.

  1. Introduction to sequential storytelling:
    • Taking a look at Familiar Dungeons
    • Pacing a page
    • Design
  2. Scripting:
    • Looking at Familiar Dungeons Script
    • Laying out a page
    • Description
    • Dialogue
  3. Completing a narrative:
    • Looking at Familiar Dungeons arc
    • How many pages should your comic be?
    • Does it tell a full story?

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Host

John Avina
John Aviña is a comic book writer from Chicago and was recently nominated by the Chicago Reader as the best comic book writer in Chicago. John has been writing comics since 2020 and writing scripts since 2013 when he attended Tribeca as a screenwriter. John has traveled all over the states to many different conventions […]

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