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Professional Best Practices: The Art of Being a Working Comic Creator

Breaking into comics is one thing–actually creating a career in comics where publishers, collaborators, and editors want to work with you again and again is something else entirely. Instructor Andy Schmidt is a comics writer, editor and publisher. In all those roles, he’s found common traits that every creator with a career has in spades. This course shines a light on “the Intangibles” of being a working professional and gives you a head start on building a long and successful career.
Starts February 4, 2025

Introduction to Writing Comics

Learn how to craft a comic book story, create great characters, the ins and outs of the industry and tips for breaking in—from professional writer and editor Paul Allor.
Starts February 3, 2025

Introduction to Comic Book Coloring

In this six-week course, pro colorist Chris Sotomayor teaches you all the necessary tools for coloring and using color as a storytelling device.

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I want to learn how to make comics.

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Courses

All of Comics Experience’s writing, art and production courses are taught by industry professionals with proven track records for excellence and great interest and aptitude for teaching.

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Pro Script Critiques

Request a professional critique of your script! The fee is determined by the number of story pages in a script. Community Pro members receive a 10% discount on Pro Critiques.

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Mentoring

In some cases, more personalized attention is needed, either to help a particular creator grow or to help the creator with his or her particular project. This goal-oriented program has proven successful for many creators, and may be just the thing you or your project needs! Community Pro members receive a 10% discount.

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Community Pro

If you want to learn with others like you, then you should consider joining our Community Pro level where you’ll meet tons of other folks into comics and into making them. You’ll have access to professionally led lessons on all aspects of the business and comics creations and more!

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Creative Services

Our trained and seasoned editorial staff can find artists and creators to create a comic for you! If you’ve got a script already, no problem. If you need a script written, we can do that, too! Whatever you need to alleviate that burden, we have done before and can do for you.

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Legal Services

Comics Experience partner Gamal Hennesy’s independent company can handle all aspects of contracts and law that you’ll need to publish your comic, work with others, and make sure all your “i”s are dotted and “t”s are crossed.

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Printing

If you’re planning to physically print your comic, our sister company ONS is one of the best in the business. ONS has printed comics for Image Comics, IDW, Humanoids, and countless more—they even specialize in crowdfunded comics and art books.

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Distribution

In some cases, Comics Experience can help creators get their comics distributed nation wide. This is done on a case by case basis.

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Printing

If you’re planning to physically print your comic, our sister company ONS is one of the best in the business. ONS has printed comics for Image Comics, IDW, Humanoids, and countless more—they even specialize in crowdfunded comics and art books.

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Distribution

In some cases, Comics Experience can help creators get their comics distributed nation wide. This is done on a case by case basis.

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Legal Services

Gamal’s independent company can handle all aspects of contracts and law that you’ll need to publish your comic, work with others, and make sure all your “i”s are dotted and “t”s are crossed.

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Mentoring

If you want to learn how to make these connections or build your own publishing business, we recommend our mentoring program with mentors who can work one-on-one with you to develop your publishing plan and set you on the path to getting it done!

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Community

The Comics Experience Community gets you access to our private Discord where you can join in on conversations about industry topics and new releases! Super fun and informative.

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Community Pro

Community Pro gets you access to everything in Community, PLUS a lot more—live sessions with seasoned professionals, Q&A conversations, Office Hours with Andy Schmidt and Gamal Hennessy where you can ask discuss your project with them and get advice, archived content on all aspects of comics publishing and creation, plus discounts on everything in the Comics Experience store!

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Latest Courses

Introduction to Young Adult and Middle Grade Storytelling

Instructor: Sarah Davidson

Young Adult and Middle Grade graphic novels are not only a booming industry, but also a great way to introduce younger readers to comics and ignite a love of reading. Creating comics for teens and tweens comes with its own set of challenges and standards, and Sarah is here to share her knowledge of the market with you.
Comics Writing: Story Arcs & Ongoing Series

Instructor: Fred Van Lente

Acclaimed comics writer Fred Van Lente takes you through the necessary steps to craft compelling story arcs and ongoing comic book narratives exactly like professional comic book writers do it.

Starting a Freelance Comics Career
Express Course: Starting a Freelance Comics Career

Instructor: Gamal Hennessy

Starting a freelance career is DAUNTING AS HECK! You’ve got to learn your craft, forge relationships, navigate the business aspects, and manage your time and money. These six detailed lessons cover a range of topics to help you navigate the intricacies of the comics industry!
Comic Book Editing & Project Management

Instructor: Andy Schmidt

Find collaborators, manage budgets, timetables, bring the best out of your writers and artists, problem solve, and make a professional-level project!
Introduction to Comic Book Coloring Bundle

Instructor: Chris Sotomayor

Learn how to color comics from a pro! This bundle contains a discounted price for the first three courses in our series to teach you how to color comics from the ground up! PLUS, you get the bonus course on Special Effects FOR FREE!
Introduction to Comic Book Writing Bundle

Instructors: Andy Schmidt and Paul Allor

If you’ve ever dreamt of writing your own comic or wanted to improve your existing skills – this class bundle is for you.

Our Approach Starts with You!

Comics Experience is dedicated to help you achieve your goals. With Comics Experience, you’ve got confidence that you’re in good hands with loads of working professionals who care about you, your projects and your goals.

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The community component of Comics Experience is the beating heart of what we do. We’re all about making connections with other people, be they fans, creators, publishers, retailers! The amazing art form of comics is very much about community—and we want our work (and yours!) to connect with readers.

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Community Spotlight

Members of our community are constantly creating and publishing books! Below are some recent examples!

Superman: Red and Blue

Superman: Red and Blue

Rich Douek

This month our cover star Bizarro leaves the Red & Blue family by not being in a story all about his very own birthday.

Wastelanders: Star-Lord

Wastelanders: Star Lord

Rich Douek

PETER QUILL HAUNTED BY HIS PAST! The legendary STAR-LORD has fallen on hard times. With the GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY disbanded, PETER QUILL returned to Earth to find it a wasteland unlike anything he’s seen across the stars – heroes dead, villains in power.

Knight of the Spider Queen

Knight of the Spider Queen

William Montalvo

Rickard has been a warrior for the feared Spider Queen for almost his entire life. But he has begun to wonder if there isn’t something more to life than being a tool of power.

Opus & Ashes

Opus & Ashes

Brett Simon

Two best friends. One overbearing mother. Trapped with no heat in a cabin during a brutal blizzard. Helena Santos’s struggle for her life and her life’s work has just begun. Read the gripping thriller by Brett Simon and Sergi Domenech!

A Tiger's Tale

A Tiger’s Tale Volume One

Patrick Lugo

All Kan ever wanted was to live in his forest as a tiger should. But when his mother adopted two human foundlings, Kan’s jealousy cost him his family and home.

Breath of Shadows

Breath of Shadows

Rich Douek

It’s the mid-1960s, and Jimmy Meadows should be on top of the world. His band’s most recent album just went gold, and they’re riding a wave to international fame. But Jimmy is driven by only one thing: where to get his next fix.

First Three

First Three

Chris Clark

The age of humanity begins! The first three people on Earth burst out of a rock womb to find themselves in a paradise of talking animals and obedient firewood. But two men and one woman is one man too many, and enough… never is.

The Ineffable N.A.R.L.I.

The Ineffable N.A.R.L.I.

Kevin Michael Rowe

Join the bodacious bot as he takes his drivers test, protects his mom from the diabolical plans of the Nerd and B.O.G.U.S., and witness the debut of what will be N.A.R.L.I’s greatest foe, G.R.O.D.I.!

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