SUPPORT THE SITE / RESOURCES

SUPPORT THE SITE

You can throw us some cash to cover the cost of the site and some costs involved in going to conventions etc via paypal to IrishComicNews at gmail dot com.

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RESOURCES

Some recommended sources for comic-makers

Books (We recommend ordering from your LCS)

• Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
• Making Comics by Scott McCloud
• Words for Pictures by Brian Michael Bendis
• Share Your Smile – Raina Telgemeier’s guide to telling your own story
• The anatomy of story by John Truby
• The Animator’s Survival Guide
• Bryan Hitch’s Ultimate Comics Studio
• Make comics like the pros
• Patricia Highsmith’s How to Write Suspense Fiction
• How Comics Work

Online / Digital

• Jim Campbell’s Comic Book Lettering Blog http://clintflickerlettering.blogspot.com/
• CreatorResource– provides tools and resource for comic creators. http://www.creatorresource.com/
• PJ Tips (Twitter)– PJ Holden shares his knowledge about drawing comics on this Twitter account https://twitter.com/pjhtips
• PanelxPanel – a monthly comics magazine featuring a rotating set of writers ranging from critics to professionals, fans and comic stores. http://panelxpanel.com/
• How to think when you draw tutorials- the Etherington Brothers http://theetheringtonbrothers.blogspot.com/p/every-how-to-think-when-you-draw.html
• Jim Zub’s tumblr– helps with writing and understanding business side of comics https://jimzub.tumblr.com/
• Mark Crilley’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/markcrilley
• Kurt Michael Russell YouTube channel and website https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCps08eOJfFRm00TE5LStIIg https://www.comiccolor.com/
• Framed Ink by Marcos Mateu-Mestre
• Mike Hawthorne has a select of PDFs for those interested in illustration
• Tips from Jesse Hamm (Twitter account) https://twitter.com/jesse_hamm
• Ryan K Lindsay’s Patreon – good resource for comic study guides https://www.patreon.com/ryanklindsay
• The Big Bang’s Twitter feed offers advice to creators on the business side of things including how to deal with stores https://twitter.com/TheBigBang_