While working with george on another book project, i once asked if we could adapt his rough draft. Making a comic pt 02 breakdown the basics rough draft tips. The latest photos from the glasgow set of the batman have got fans talking, and one of the things theyre saying is that the latest glimpse at matt reeves version of the dark knight detective. For anyone interested in the development of an idea, i think youll find these comic books useful as the starting point from which lucas began his journey to star wars final product with a lot of helpful feedback and script doctoring from others. Making a comic part two breakdown the basics, what makes up a comic book, panels, gutter and other. This is the facebook page where you can find chapters of kings gear, pantera and many more just check the albums. As noted in the title, this is based on george lucas rough draft of star wars and george lucas, for all his success at world building, is a poor writer on his own. Book 1 by john lewis, andrew aydin, and nate powell, a story originally published in 20 but is set in 195960 during the early stages of the civil rights movement and lunch counter sitins. First draft, it was considerably rewritten into the adventures of the starkiller, episode i. The star wars comic read the star wars comic online in. Also, it will be easier to reference later when working on your final product. The script was begun in the winter of 1973 as an expansion of the original the star wars. Get a first look at dark horses highlyanticipated 8issue comic book adaptation of the star wars, george lucas original roughdraft screenplay. Excerpt from march, book i for your reading and response this week i am having you look at an excerpt from march.
Return of the jedi almost had obiwan and yoda fighting. A companion to the eightissue adaptation of the star wars, this is an exclusive peek behind the scenes at the designs that have brought a newyet incredibly familiargalaxy to life. Original george lucas script the star wars gets comic. Stephen king talks about writing with the door closed or door open in his book on writing which i can highly recommend. The batman suit compared to greg capullos zero year design. From there, create a rough draft before drawing, inking, and coloring the final comic itself, and publish your. Scott mccloud spends the first nine pages of his groundbreaking work.
Batman is one of the worlds bestknown and mostloved superheroes. Use cheap pens and paper during this step, you will probably discard a lot of this material. For any inquiries, commission requests or studio visits, please contact rough draft comics today. Comic books are a blast because they merge written. Doing this will help you keep the correct pace of your comic book and determine how you write the script. Because i chris come from a film background, im more comfortable writing in screenplay format with the final draft screenplay. This would also become my first editing point, as often in copying something out i find it. With the first solid draft done, you can start to think about how youll design the book. A summary of the comic book 23 paragraphs, along with an analysis of the comic book 23 paragraphs, as well as an overall evaluation of the comic book 1 paragraph. Based on george lucass original rough draft screenplay for star.
In this workshop well concentrate on writing for linear, narrative comic books. Making a comic pt 01 how to split your story into panels. The star wars the second draft over the summer and. Composition 1 where rhetoric and composition meet comic.
You will be using readings from nortons field guide to writing 4 th ed. So you are ready to write the first draft of your comic script. Rough draft was written as a full rough draft by george lucas in may 1974. Yes, you, the one looking away right now, wondering what exactly a comic book script is. Years later, with dark horses invaluable help, we showed him a few drawn. How to write a comic book script and other more important things. Dark horse comics has released the star wars deluxe hardcover collection, which compiles the star wars comic book mini series. Once this rough first draft was complete, i would type it up.
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