The Comic Strip

COMIC STRIPS HAVE BEEN PROGRESSING FOR THE PAST 55 YEAR-THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. AS LONG AS THERE ARE CREATORS WITH VIVID IMAGINATIONS AND A FLAIR FOR WIT AND HUMAR, THE MARKET PLACE FOR THE COMIC STRIP WILL NAVER BECOME CROWDED.

- HEREWITH IS A STRIP THAT SUFFRED THE PANGS OF A POST-WORLD WAR 2 NEWSPRINT SHORTAGE…

- TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT WAS IT HAD ITS LOYAL READERS WHO SEEMEN TO ENJOY

THE ANTICS OF THE ROLY-POLY CAB DRIVER-EX-WRESTLER.

THE PEPRODUCTION ABOVE IS THE SAME AS IT APPEARED DAILY IN THE NEWSPAPERS-

THIS PORITION AT THE LEFT IS THE EXACT SIZE OF THE ORIGINAL DRAWING WHICH WAS MADE TWICE THE SIZE OF THE PEDUCED STRIP

…. TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT “TYPE” OF STRIP WOULD SUIT YOU BEST WORLD IT BE ADVENTURE, GIRL, KIDS, FANTASTIC, FAMILY OR A PANTOMIME STRIP? OR WILL IT BE A “DIFFERENT” COMIC STRIP ?

REMEMBER-EACH OF THESE “TYPE” CAN BE EXXCUTED IN A COMIC STYLE….

WE WILL START LAYING OUT A STRIP, BEARING IN MIND, THAT BOTH THIS PAGE AND THE OPPOSITE PAGE 155 WILL BE TREATED AS ONE SHEET OF PAPER-LET US ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE YOUR CAST OF CHARACTERS…

…IN THIS CASE, THE MAIN CHARACTER, “HAFF NELSON” (PG.112) HAS JUST HAD A TUSSLE WITH HIS ENEMY “PERCH FUZZ”- THIS IS THE SECOND OF A TWO DAY SEGMENT OF CONTINUITY….

THE BEST SOURCE FOR IDEAS IS LIFE ITSELF… KEEP IN CONTENT TOUCH WITH WHAT GOES ON IN EVERY ASPECT OF LIFE. THE ONE PANEL TYPE OF STRIP SHOWN BELOW GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH A GROUP OF NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.

WE WILL START LAYING OUT A STRIP, BEARING IN MIND, THAT BOTH THIS PAGE AND THE OPPOSITE PAGE 155 WILL BE TREATED AS ONE SHEET OF PAPER-LET US ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE YOUR CAST OF CHARACTERS…

…IN THIS CASE, THE MAIN CHARACTER, “HAFF NELSON” (PG.112) HAS JUST HAD A TUSSLE WITH HIS ENEMY “PERCH FUZZ”- THIS IS THE SECOND OF A TWO DAY SEGMENT OF CONTINUITY….

TAKE A FULL SHEET OF 2 OR 3 PLY BRISTOL BOARD-DIVIDE IT TO GET AS MANY STRIPS AS YOU CAN FROM IT… THE STRIP SHOULD MEASURE 16”x4AND HALF ADD AN INCH ALL AROUND FOR A BORDER – NOW DIVIDE IT IN HALF ALLOW PLACE IT ON LEFT SIDE – MARK OFF, AND WITH T-SQUARE, RULE DOWN YOUR GUIDE LINES FOR LETTERING (FIG(A)) START PEN CILLING – IN YOUR ACTION TAKING AS MUCH SPACE AS YOU WILL NEED FOR EACH PANEL… ROUGH IN YOUR LETTERING AS YOU GO ALONG -

NOW THAT YOUR FIGURES ARE PRETTY WELL PENCILLED IN-START INKING. FOR YOUR LETTERING AND OUTLINES OF FIGURES, I WOULD SUGGEST THE ALL-AROUND PEN, HUNT NO. 513… IT WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD EVEN OUTLINE PLUS A GOOD LETTERING JOB. IF YOU HAVE A FAVORITE PEN OF YOUR OWN, USE IT. BE SURE TO INK IN YOUR LETTERING BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE ! INK IN THIS ORDER: LETTERING-BALLOONS-FIGURES-BACKGROUND, AND THEN BORDERS. DON’T HURRY THIS PART… SPEED WILL COME LATER