The Writer and the Artist

Writing a comic can be both exciting and challenging.  Since there are many ways to actually write a script, the best advice I can give on that (in this post anyway) is to make sure it is clear and thorough enough for an artist to have an understanding of what's going on.  How do you do that, you ask?  Just follow a few pointers I'll give you here and then modify it as you go along.  First thing is to know what you want.  To do this, you have to have everything to the furthest point possible and be ready to answer the visual or story questions you may not have addressed.  The story, the characters, the setting, and the world should all be developed BEFORE you seek out an artist.  If it’s someone you know it’ll probably work differently.  Also, make sure you are far enough along in the story arc to avoid any major changes.  The last thing you want to do is upset the artist with an avoidable error and delay the production, bloat the budget, or lose the “talent”.  Finally, know what you want.  Research, research, research.  Get visual examples for the artist, they are visual beings, and learn what it takes to complete each part of the comic.  If you know what you want and you know what it takes, your needs will be clear, realistic, and you should have fewer chances at miscommunication (at least in the process).