Comic’s

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History
A comic book portrays a story through a series of sequential illustrations that
incorporate short bits of text containing dialogue, sounds, or narratives.

1980’s
Pop Culture
Heroes
1934
1950’s
The first
Hero to
comic book
horror
company
1910
Sunday
comics
1800’s
Handrawn
illustrations
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Manufacturing
Process

Printing
Colorin
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Drawing

Writin
g

“ASHCAN”
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Writing

• The written plot gives the story its

direction.
• The writer and artist must then decide
how to break up the story to fit each
page.
• Once the story has been refined, the
writer creates a script.

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Drawing
• Makes a thumbnail.
• Continues to fulfill the page.
• Main elements of each scene.
• The overall effect and makes any
changes before proceeding.
• An editor may review the pencil
drawings and make changes.
• Lettering for the dialogue, sound
effects, and narratives that appear in
the script.

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Coloring

• Add colors and prepare the four-color

separation films required for printing.
• Computer-based process.
Photocopy Add colors
Identifying
of the Scan to Hand- to the
four-color
original computer colored digital
code
artwork outlines

• Proof copy

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Printing

• The plastic films for the four colors on each page

are used to produce four aluminum printing plates.
Front side first color plate → circular drum
Back side first color plate → another drum below it
• Water flows over the rotating plates, while rollers
with colored ink press against them.
Chemical dots → ink sticks
Chemical burned away → ink washes off

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Final Step
Stapled / Finishe
Cut to size Stacking Folding d comic
Glued
book

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