What website can i use to create a series of comics?

Question

i want to start a comic series but i can't seem to find a site to do it so if anyone could help me it would be much appreciated.

Answer 1

Why don't you just use one of the established webcomic hosts that have features already set up to make it easier as well as automate uploading, displaying, and archiving webcomics?

Here's a site that list some webcomic hosting sites. It also has mini-reviews and a list of features that each site has.

http://www.wayfarerwings.com/free-webcom...

These sites don't have any tools for actually making the comics, just for hosting them online. You'll still have to make the comic yourself before uploading to a site.

There are any number of ways you can make a comic strip, from drawing it entirely with a pen or pencil on folded pieces of paper, to drawing it and then scanning and doing clean-up digitally, or doing the entire thing digitally. You can use any tools to string together sequential images in any way to make a comic. There are no rules, there are no limits.

If you're really interested in making a comic, you should definitely buy or take a trip to the library to take out Scott McCloud's "Making Comics." It's a great book and sequel to his "Understanding Comics" which not only goes over some of the tools and techniques of making comics, but deconstructs the concepts, theories, standards and practices of visual storytelling.

Best part is, the book about comics is a comic book itself!

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001...

Also, any Digital imaging suite like Adobe Photoshop can be used to make comics. Some free alternatives are Paint.NET and Gimp or Gimpshop.

http://www.getpaint.net/

http://www.gimpshop.com/

Kazu Kibuishi has a step-by-step tutorial on how he makes his webcomic, "Copper," on this site:

http://www.boltcity.com/workshop/copper_...

There are also some programs you can use that try to help making comics easier. Manga Studio is a popular choice for black and white comics. However, it's pretty pricey.

There's also TokyoPop's Manga Creator:

It's much much cheaper than Manga Studio, and easier to use. The dowside is that it has less features. It's up to you what you'd want to spring for.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/t...

There's also Comic Book Creator 2, which is fairly cheap. Which usually means, easy to use but low on advanced features:

http://www.myplanetwide.com/products/det...

It's up to you to find out exactly what these programs can do and decide whether it's worth paying for that extra functionality.

If you're on a Mac, there's Comics Life. It should already be on your Mac, I think. If it's not, you can download a demo here:

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/im...

Answer 2

deviantart is a good place to let people see your work. i wouldnt know about getting you a definite comic book deal but hey. each step is a step