The Gibson & Rori Process Blog! Join us on our journey of making a full-length graphic novel, developing stories, art, styles and more.
Some folks may see thumbnails as just rudimentary pencils, easy to skip over, and if that’s your method and it works, go for it. But I see them as design and essential. In thumbnails I’m capturing the broad strokes of the action, but also pacing, panel layout, dialog flow, etc.
Read MoreFor Wuthering Heights, I set myself some rules that I haven't used before. One, a comic page should be no longer than a single sheet of paper in the script, a single speech-balloon of dialogue should be no longer than a single line in the script.
Read MoreOne of the most important decisions to make about an adaptation is whether you want it to be a faithful retelling or spin out in wild directions. Other authors have different philosophies, but my aim is usually to tell the story differently, but to keep it recognizable.
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