Web comic presentation?
So, as some of you may have noticed, J and I are busy trying to find the time to make web comics. I hope someone laughs a little at them - we're having a great time putting them together, but it's a lot of work to make these things if it's just for our own entertainment.
Anyway, we're rapidly approaching the point of putting together a sort of full-length comic. The first half (yes, it'll be a cliff hanger and all, so you'll get only half at a time) is nearly drawn, according to J, and it's nearing 30 distinct frames - so, if we're lucky, probably in the neighborhood of 10 pages, if it were to be printed.
Therein lies the problem, of course. We're making a web comic, and the web isn't the same thing as the printed page. So, J and I have been discussing ways to sort of blend the two.... "animation", pre-loading, really-long scrolling (one dimension only, hopefully), etc.
But I'm not really satisfied - does anyone have any suggestions for how to make "comic of more than 3 or 4 frames" work in the web browser context?
Comments
Check out scott mccloud's site: http://www.scottmccloud.com/comics/comics.html
he's got a lot about online comics. though I think his theory is quite a bit better than his execution. the stories behind his comics don't interest me very much. his non-fiction (understanding comics) is great though.
Posted by: metamanda | June 28, 2004 10:34 PM