lesson 3 comics and graphic novel production
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Comics and Graphic NovelsProduction Roles
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Aims:• All of you will be able to discuss the
different types of graphic narrative
• Most of you will be able to discuss genres of graphic novels and comics
• Some of you will be able to draw on examples to discuss genres and features of graphic narratives.
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Job Roles in Graphic Narrative• Writers Pencillers Inkers Colourists
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role of writers• Produce the storyline for the graphic novel or
comic book
• Produce the dialogue, narration and sound effects for the graphic narrative.
• It is the writer’s job to set things up like characters, plot, setting, dialog, and other elements like pacing, action, emotion, and closure.
• The writer is the visionary of the team, creating the basic world, who lives in it, and what they do.
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What skills do you need to be a comic book writer?
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What skills do you need to be a comic book writer? • Good Vocabulary•Good at spelling and grammar•Good at editing words•Imagination•Good communication skills
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Frank Miller• Frank Miller burst onto the comic book scene with his work
on Daredevil, for Marvel comics.
• Frank Miller, along with Alan Moore, is credited with helping the birth of the dark and gritty comic book with the graphic novel.
• The Dark Knight Returns, which he wrote and drew. It has been hailed as one of the greatest Batman tales of all time.
• His gritty, dark, and ultimately realistic portrayal of the Batman character paved the way for comic books that would be geared toward adults with a mature theme.
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Role of pencillers/ artist/ illustrator• The pencillers take the script and turn it into
images.
• It is the pencillers job to take words and give them life in a way that makes sense, moves the story along, and with a consistent quality.
• Pencillers tell the story through the emotions of the character, frame/shot choices and the content of the image.
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What skills do you think you need to be a penciller?
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What skills do you think you need to be a penciller?
• Create What Your Mind Sees • Flexibility to change work quickly• Work to a tight deadline• Team working and collaboration• Consistency in your drawings
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Jack Kirby• Jack Kirby is considered to be one of the great comic
book artists.
• His style has been adopted and emulated by countless artists since.
• The speed at which Kirby worked was amazing. During his career, he has drawn around 25,000 pages of comic book art.
• His was a great influence on both Marvel and DC comics.
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Role of inkers• The Inker takes an artists pencils and goes over
them in ink, taking the image and turning it into a finished piece of work.
• The dark ink lines makes the art jump off the page as well as helping to add depth and dimension.
• At one time, inking was mostly used to prepare the comic page for printing, as the printer would pick up the light pencils, but today, the inker is a vital part of the comic creation process.
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Skills needed to be an inker• Artistic skills• Understanding about light• Ability to work fast• Ability to make improvements and
be flexible
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Role of colourists: • Simply put, the colourists job is to apply colour
to a comic book.
• The job is broken up into two parts, flatting and colouring.
• In the flatting process, the basic areas of colour are blocked out so the colourist knows what spaces to colour what.
• In the colouring stage, the colourist applies not only the colour, but adds lighting and shading to help give the three dimensional feel that comic books are known for.
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Skills needed to be a colourist• An understanding of
colour• Artistic mindset• Ability to work fast• Technological skills
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TASK: Write about production roles (at the end of what you have already written last week)
• Writers• Pencilers• Letterers• Inkers• Colourists
• Use examples: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Bob Kane, Will Eisner, Kev F. Sutherland, etc