Comics Are Great! 62 - Writing Visually with Dan Santat
Channel: Jerzy Drozd
Date: 23/08/2012

As counter-intuitive as it may seem, illustration is only one small part of the overall effort in making comics. What really defines what a graphic novelist, cartoonist, or comics artist does happens at the thumbnail level. It's there that you decide on the panel sizes, compositions, moment choices, character acting, and pacing of your story. A lot of visual writing happens when you're thumbnailing! We're lucky to be joined by Dan Santat (http://dantat.com ) this week, who offers some of his process and thinking that happens during this trying part of the comics-making procedure.

Erin Helmrich of the Ann Arbor District Library shows up later to share some more book recommendations and comics events happening in the Southeast Michigan area.

For links to sites and books mentioned in this episode, visit http://comicsaregreat.com/cag62

Recorded live at the Ann Arbor District Library
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