Introduction to Digital Comic
Planning the story, how do we tell it?
A course by Albert Monteys Homar , Illustrator and Comic Book Writer
Joined September 2018
About the video: Planning the story, how do we tell it?
Overview
“With the script already in mind, and before attacking the final art, we are going to ask all the narrative questions that can make our comic read comfortably, or enhance what we want to tell. ”
In this video lesson Albert Monteys Homar addresses the topic: Planning the story, how do we tell it?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Digital Comic. Learn to create, publish, and promote a graphic novel for digital formats.
Partial transcription of the video
“Planning the story How we tell it We already have a script, we have the characters, Now we will plan the story. For you to understand, so far we did what a screenwriter does in cinema and now we will do what a director would do, which is to choose plans, how to tell the story, the rhythm that you will have. Cinema and comics share elements, but they are different, especially the scene in each vignette. Yes we can take as a reference to the cinema, but the narrative is different, now we will see. As I have already told, In the world of digital comics, it is not a problem to add pages. I have...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Digital Comic
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Comic, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Albert Monteys Homar
A course by Albert Monteys Homar
Albert Monteys is a Spanish cartoonist with more than 25 years of experience illustrating and writing comics. While starting out, he self-published his comics, which led him to collaborate for 18 years on the Spanish humor weekly El Jueves, a publication that he also directed for four years.
His passion for narratives led him to venture into the digital world, collaborating on the humor magazine Pride and Satisfaction and the science fiction comic UNIVERSO!
He has been nominated for the Eisner award at the 2016 Comic-Con, USA and won the award for Best National Comic at the Salón del Cómic de Barcelona, Spain in 2019.
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