Stan Lee's How to Write Comics: From the Legendary Co-Creator of Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Iron Man

Stan Lee's How to Write Comics: From the Legendary Co-Creator of Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Iron Man

Stan Lee

Language: English

Pages: 193

ISBN: 2:00090159

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Comics icon Stan Lee, creator of the Mighty Marvel Universe, has set about to teach everything he knows about writing and creating comic book characters. In these pages, aspiring comics writers will learn everything they need to know about how to write their own comic book stories, complete with easy to understand instruction, tips of the trade, and invaluable advice even for more advanced writers. From the secrets to creating concepts, plots, to writing the script, the man with no peer — Stan Lee—is your guide to the world of writing and creating comics.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ll do if I’m plotting an issue is to make a bunch of notes on a yellow pad in enough detail so I can break it down page-by-page. Or I’ll make enough notes so I have a sense that this is what happens in the story, and I’ll go to the computer and type up a synopsis and then break that down into pages. Then I take my page-by-page outline and type up a full plot for the artist. When I’m plotting an issue it takes a day or two. Some days, if it goes really well, I’ll rough out the story by one

remarked that this talk about the future issues of Spider-Man sure wasn’t the way I thought of comic books as usually being handled. I was aware that this was quite a bit different from the way Julie Schwartz, say, handled his books at DC, the other main comics in my life at that point. “For the most part, I think you just winged it, but in some cases you seemed to have had a direction in mind. You always thought of Peter as winding up with Gwen, for instance, and never with MJ, which is why

ever get handed a chance to do that, you need to get some work published. These are good ways to go about that: Aim low, and start small. That means forget pitching Marvel or DC right out of the gate. Hit the smaller publishers who might look to hire you for little or no upfront money. Self-publish, an option that gets easier every year now. Getting published in comics can get you into the hands of editors at bigger publishers, and then look to work your way up. Comics, while not offering the

lonely work. But it’s work, and you need to be as good as the competition, if not better, and it’s okay to reach out to others for advice. Writers’ groups and workshops are great ways to help hone your craft. Ultimate Spider-Man #151. Ultimate Spider-Man #153. YOU, THE BRAND Speaking of routines, I asked Brian Bendis what the structure of his day is like. He’s a stay-at-home writer with a prolific output, and here’s what he told me: “I’m a very blessed man in my family life. A normal

would have been otherwise: Roy Thomas, Brian Bendis, Mark Waid, Jerry Ordway, Kurt Busiek, Gene Colan, Richard Starkings, Tom Orzechowski, Ken Bruzenak, Richard Pini, Marv Wolfman, John Romita, Chris Ryall, Andy Schmidt, Shawna Gore, and Chuck Dixon. Stan Lee’s original “how-to” book from the 1940s. Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Acknowledgments PREFACE 1 ORIGINS 2 THE TOOLS 3 THE BASICS 4 GENRES 5 A FULL SCRIPT VS. MARVEL STYLE (PLOT-FIRST) 6 CREATING THE

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