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Oct 22, 2008
RANDALL MUNROE (XKCD) ON MAKING COMICS
According to this article, Munroe says there are 3 ways he makes XKCD:1. starting from the punch line and working backwards
2. setting up a situation and letting it play out
3. drawing a panel somewhere in the middle and working to both ends of the strip
On using personal experiences for material:
Two years is about the time it takes to stop being emo about things and make it funny.
Munroe giving a talk @ Google:
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Dec 25, 2007
“ I also think a comic, because of repeated images, can create an atmosphere of a place. There are certain things going on in the background that you don’t have to mention over and over again. If you’re writing about how much graffiti was on the wall in prose, you write it once, you don’t write it every paragraph. Whereas in comics, it can be in the background on every panel so it sort of sinks into the reader’s consciousness.
Nov 12, 2007
Nov 06, 2007
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