Cartoons are significantly popular as a means of expressing humor, political ideas and art. Currently, cartoon books have gained much acclaim as effective formats for numerous topics topics. Thus, from comedy to politics, these books present individuals with a visual means of reading and following the creator's sense of humor and story. Creating your own cartoon book can be a great way to express your own ideas and sense of humor.
Instructions
1. Choose an topic for your cartoon's story-line. Research other cartoon books or comic strips to develop an idea for your theme.
2. Create an outline of the story/comedy you wish to tell. Just as any other book, the cartoon book must be carefully outlined before the author can actually begin writing. You may choose to continue one story or make a series of short comedy skits for the book. Consider how humor will play a role as you outline the story.
3. Write the full story using your outline as a guide. Remember that each part of the story must be integrated with a corresponding image. For instance, if the story takes place in a park, you would need to draw the park area in a box.
4. Sketch your characters to develop an idea for your story. You may even want to create sketches that correspond with their behavior in the story. If you are unfamiliar with cartoon animation, you may want to take a course or research cartoon images to understand the simplified form of cartoon drawings.
5. Segment your writing into numerous blocks. Consider your visual sketches to evaluate the most ideal segmentation for illustrations.
6. Research other comic books (and possibly graphic novels as an additional stylistic reference) to choose your book layout. You can either retain the plain series of boxed in art/text or you could also allow the images or text float outside the boxes. For instance, Carl Barks was known for allowing portions of the setting/characters to appear as if they could not fit in the page. Thus, a fishing pole might extend an inch or so outside its designated cartoon box.
7. Draw numerous blocks along your paper in accordance to your chosen layout. Each will represent the segment, thus leave ample space for text and drawings
8. Write in your segments into the blocks.
9. Draw a visual cartoon animation for each segment of the book. Place these inside the blocks.
10. Add any additional elements you decided to add for an adequate layout. For instance if you chose to include small flowers between boxes, include those now.
11. Outline everything in permanent marker.
