Author: Dave Cook

Video guide: How to write good characters and their dialogue

Video guide: How to write good characters and their dialogue

Posted by | May 4, 2018 | |

Hi guys, Dave here trying out something new with my ‘How to Make Comics’ guide series. I thought I’d try switching to video, just to see if you guys find the format more engaging and useful. In this chapter, I discuss my process for writing fleshed-out characters, and their dialogue – ultimately to make them more relatable, endearing, interesting and to get them feeling more like real people. This can be tricky at first if you’re starting out, but with a little practice and by trying the steps I talk about below, you should nail it! Enjoy, and best of...

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Vessels makes Scottish Book Trust’s top comics list

Vessels makes Scottish Book Trust’s top comics list

Posted by | Apr 4, 2018 | |

Hi guys, Dave here. I just found out that our dark fantasy comics series Vessels has made the Scottish Book Trust’s list of top diverse and inclusive comics. The full breakdown is here, and it’s pretty ace to see our series running shoulders with the like of Paper Girls, Descender and my favourite series of the last five years Low, by Rick Remender and Greg Tocchini. Here’s the list in full: http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading/book-lists/10-diverse-and-inclusive-comics If you haven’t come across Vessels yet, it’s a dark fantasy saga set in a dying medieval world, where the fabric of reality is eroding to breaking...

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How we marketed our £16k comic Kickstarter success ‘Killtopia’

How we marketed our £16k comic Kickstarter success ‘Killtopia’

Posted by | Mar 31, 2018 | , |

This is the 6th part of our ‘How to make comics’ guide series. If you’d like to check out our guides on script writing, making a Kickstarter and more – click here. Hey guys. Dave here. So, a crazy thing happened back in February: our sixth Kickstarter campaign, for our cyberpunk comic series Killtopia, made over £16,000 in 30 days. Since then a lot of people have messaged me asking for advice on how we did it, and how I could help give their Kickstarters a little boost before they ended. I felt it was only fair to write...

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Dave talks Killtopia and comic writing on the Major Spoilers podcast!

Dave talks Killtopia and comic writing on the Major Spoilers podcast!

Posted by | Mar 31, 2018 | , |

Hi guys, Dave here. I hope you’re all having a kickass weekend! I was recently a guest on the awesome Major Spoilers podcast, talking about how our cyberpunk series Killtopia was conceptualised, written and marketed online. It’s useful for anyone who’s looking to get started in comics or on Kickstarter 🙂 Thanks to host Wayne for having me, and you can check out the podcast here: http://majorspoilers.com/2018/03/18/waynes-comics-podcast-321-dave-cook/...

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Killtopia: Caspar Wijngaard guest print revealed!

Killtopia: Caspar Wijngaard guest print revealed!

Posted by | Mar 31, 2018 | |

Hi guys, we thought you’d like to check out the first of our four Kickstarter stretch goal art prints – starting with Caspar Wijngaard, artist of Image Comics series’ Limbo and Angelic. This one is going out to all £12+ backers, and shows one of our anti-heroes Stiletto, in full battle gear. Behind her we see another Wrecker called Screaming Metal, who appears on the first page of Killtopia #1. We couldn’t be more happy with Caspar’s print, which will also be available as an A3 poster exclusively at comic cons starting with Thought Bubble in Leeds this September....

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