High Tech High Graduate School of Education
How to Make a Comic Book (Project-Centered Course)
High Tech High Graduate School of Education

How to Make a Comic Book (Project-Centered Course)

Taught in English

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals

Patrick E.  Yurick
Christopher O'Keeffe

Instructors: Patrick E. Yurick

4.6

(264 reviews)

15 hours to complete
3 weeks at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

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There are 6 modules in this course

For the first week we will get you everything you need to know before starting to create your comic book. Then we will focus on idea creation for your comic story.

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10 videos3 peer reviews3 discussion prompts

In part 2 we will be looking specifically at how to script your comic for publication

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5 videos2 peer reviews1 discussion prompt

Part 3 will have us constructing thumbnail (aka small sketches) to plot out the look of our final comic book.

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4 videos2 peer reviews1 discussion prompt

Part 4 will have us concentrate on producing the actual pages of art for our comic by penciling and lettering our pages.

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4 videos2 peer reviews1 discussion prompt

Part 5 will have us creating the inks (aka the dark lines that will appear when copied) for our comic.

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4 videos2 peer reviews1 discussion prompt

Get ready to hit the comic conventions with your finished comic book copies!

What's included

7 videos1 reading2 peer reviews2 discussion prompts

Instructors

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4.8 (33 ratings)
Patrick E.  Yurick
High Tech High Graduate School of Education
3 Courses83,868 learners
Christopher O'Keeffe
High Tech High Graduate School of Education
1 Course62,055 learners

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