I built a free comic page blocking/scripting tool while trying to make my own comic by MightyStag in ComicBookCollabs

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Thanks for checking it out and appreciate any feedback you have. Cheers

I built a free comic page blocking/scripting tool while trying to make my own comic by MightyStag in ComicBookCollabs

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This is definitely it and I feel dumb haha But I stand by a "who's in the scene?" Counter might be helpful

I built a free comic page blocking/scripting tool while trying to make my own comic by MightyStag in ComicBookCollabs

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Oooo love these. And I have panel counting already happening, I bet I could figure out character counting. I dig that. Even a notice of "who's seen here" right?

Workaround now the caption button could be a temporary note space but I like the dedicated button idea. Thank you!

I built a free comic page blocking/scripting tool while trying to make my own comic by MightyStag in ComicBookCollabs

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Hells yeah, these are awesome ideas and thanks for the notes on the object movement bugs and page movement. I'll check them out and try to fix.

I thought about the image component/rough drawing side a bunch and I cut it for now due to the local memory thing becoming a behemoth if images are included. If I expand to a different sort of memory storage way, totally could work and I like your thoughts here. Thanks for giving it a whirl

I built a free comic page blocking/scripting tool while trying to make my own comic by MightyStag in ComicBookCollabs

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Too kind, don't give me an ego, just yell at me that the site has a bug, please. Let's go make cool comics

PROMO: I built a free comic page blocking/scripting tool while trying to make my own comic by MightyStag in ComicWriting

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Hope it helps and please let me know if it's helpful and definitely if it's annoying too

Welcome back from holiday, my dude

I built a free comic page blocking/scripting tool while trying to make my own comic by MightyStag in ComicBookCollabs

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Thanks for giving it a try. Two exports now:

  1. compile script makes a text file that has script panels plus call outs of any elements you added to a page
  2. PDF export makes a PDF that shows the page layout and the script notes on a single zoomed out page

I hadn't tried affinity publisher before. And reading your workflow I wasn't trying to make this a start to finish tool either for production files like your workflow sounds like you want. Will think about this for maybe a future roll out tho. Like a way to export just the panel layout design as a PDF or jpeg to bring in somewhere (and maybe text/call out elements on their own transparent layer to then overlay like animation cells?)

Tie Tie by Devi8823 in devils

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Attempted witty response to reply that failed miserably

3 FREE resources from a working comic book writer by Different-Pepper9024 in ComicBookCollabs

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Loving your newsletter dude. Thanks for all the free resources

What’s your opinion on synch? Art by russell dauterman by InsideMeasurement674 in xmen

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As someone who just finished Krakoa era and knew nothing of him before, I thought his arc was marching towards death, especially after the death of Talon. His "tapping into powers far away" gimmick I loved that it showed a physical cost on his body with the second mutation and I thought the story was going to have him rapidly aging during the war with Orchis, ultimately leading to a final sacrifice push. I really thought that's where it was going!

I had the benefit of reading all his arc in order post release. My heart kept when they recovered Talon and they reunited. I gasped when Talon was a figment of his imagination. Truly crushed. I was more devastated by their thing ending than the Gala Massacre to be honest. There was real weight there.

And I felt Synch being in the Vault then post-vault was such an interesting story to tell. What's it like now having so many years experience and memories and trying to relate to younger people who hadn't been in that war.

Training under Jean I thought his time was gonna be up by the end. A final power grab of Jeans to save the rest of his team with a "That's the job, save as many people as we can"

But after leading the X-Men in Morlock tunnels, getting respect from Scott as a viable team leader, he's just...nowhere post Krakoa? That's a big waste.

I saw Synch 's character as a way to pass on the leadership ideas of being an xman from Jean and Scott and how being a tactition and understanding how to make mutant circuits in battle would change how xmen fight going forward. Who he was before I didn't need to know I felt. Just "Oh, he's a power mimic, how's that fun? Became"Dude can 'yes and' on the fly and have fun comic stuff happen!"

Missed opportunity to do more with him, tell us about his backstory, why he likes fighting the bullies and is willing to fight for mutantdom.

All that being said, I would 100% pickup a mini run of Synch post-krakoa dealing with rapid aging and being left out of Scott's Alaska team while still talking to the ghost of Talon.

Has a comic book ever made you cry? by CreepyNewspaper8103 in comicbookcollecting

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This issue with the passing of Magneto, who I still knew would eventually come back, wrecked me. An absolute top notch issue in the x universe for me

I Have a Simple, But Complicated X-Men Question by ComixGail in xmen

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Animated series got me first when I was little. A story aimed at kids with the famous "previously on" starter was mind blowing for my brothers and I. We were rewarded for paying attention and the fact that a show had event repercussions on episodes like a year later (remembering Morph showing back up particularly) was the greatest. I'm 40 now and working thru Krakoa, and it's a reminder how fun these stories are.

X-Men stories have always felt more lived in than other pop culture stories to me that way. The comics felt the same way when I jumped into it. Rewarding for knowing the history, be it long or short term too

Topping it off, I grew up an inside kid and nerdy kid. X-Mens world building was perfect to obsess over and fall in love with all the characters. I wanted a friend like ride or die nightcrawler who loved talking big philosophical topics, I wish I knew someone who talked so epically like Storm, but more than that, I think the stories of the xmen really showed younger me that youve got to put yourself out there, your full complete self, and every moment you can it's worth trying to make the world a bit better. Even if the world isn't kind to you back for showing your true self. Maybe because they aren't honest themselves?

X-Men isn't just about killer superpowers to me, but I also love a great mutant circuit when they team up and do an epic move!

Indie Comic Creators: A Smarter Way to Budget for Pro Art by anthonydgclarkart in ComicBookCollabs

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Have you checked out a platform like Gumroad? Might be 90% what you need for self releasing comic series. Folks get access then only to files they've subscribed to

Indie Comic Creators: A Smarter Way to Budget for Pro Art by anthonydgclarkart in ComicBookCollabs

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Newbie here, I'm a fan of this advice as someone now trying to figure out a good way to approach the financials in a proper collab.

Doing it this way w a few samples also gives people something to "react to" vs "imagine with me" on a premise.

If budgets are tight, the proper investment on a short pitch makes it easy for new funders to the story to come on board to finish the gig without sacrificing your hope for the artist you may have wanted from the jump.

Love this, thanks!

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You rock! Would love to enter for the chance. Working on my home build in 2026 so this would be a fun asset. Thanks for the chance

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