Courses
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Coloring: Color Theory and Application to Comics
Add to cartIn this course, you’ll learn not just what color theory is, but how it applies to comics specifically. Comics are rarely just one illustration or image, they are comprised of multiple images on a page, that all have to have balance within themselves and with all the other images.
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Coloring: Tools, Art Preparation and Flatting
Add to cartIn our earliest coloring course, you’ll learn what tools are needed to color comics, how to use them for that purpose, what your art should look like and how to prep it for coloring.
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Professional Best Practices: The Art of Being a Working Comic Creator
Add to cartBreaking 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.
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Coloring: Special Effects
Add to cartIn this special micro-course, Chris Sotomayor teaches how to add on special effects to your colored pages. Special effects aren’t always necessary, but when you need one, or have the right place for one, they can really help a piece pop and sell the the page.
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Express Course Bundle: Business of Comics Fundamentals
Add to cartYou want to start your comics business or self-publish your comic, but you don’t have an MBA! Not to worry, we’ve got you. In this Express course bundle, we cover the basic fundamentals of running a comics business.
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Express Course Bundle: Comic Book Contracts Pack
Add to cartThe concepts of intellectual property generate billions of dollars for companies like DC, Marvel, and Viz. If you want to benefit from the business and legal power of your comics, you need to understand what the publishers do. This bundle pack of our Community Pro Lessons will get you started by highlighting the basics of copyrights, trademarks, and the contracts that define them.
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Express Course Bundle: Comic Book Distribution Pack
Add to cartYou could create the greatest comic ever known, but if you readers can’t get it, then they can’t enjoy it. The COMMUNITY PRO LESSONS bundled here are taught by comics business consultant and attorney, Gamal Hennessy and introduce the different types of comic book distribution and how to take advantage of them.
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Express Course: Conventioning Like a Pro
Add to cartComic cons might seem like a chaotic blend of cosplayers, fans, noise, and merch, but underneath the excitement is an environment where comic creators can build their careers. But success at a convention requires purpose, planning, and patience. This course teaches you what to do before, during, and after the con to make the most of the experience.
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Express Course: The Business of Comics Fundamentals II
Add to cartIt takes more to being a comic professional than being a wonderful writer or an amazing artist. To have a long career in comics, you need to understand the business just as much as, if not more than, the creative side. These four advanced lessons will give you a leg up on the competition and put you in place to succeed.
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Express Course: Understanding Comic Book Contracts II
Add to cartYou understand copyrights. You understand trademarks. You know the basics of comic book contracts and what goes into a page rate. You are now ready for the next level. Different creative relationships require different types of contracts. This starter guide will help you understand which contract will be the best fit for your comic book project and help you understand what goes into each agreement.
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Express Course: Understanding Comic Book Contracts I
Add to cartYou have an amazing idea for a comic. You found the perfect team to realize your vision. You are excited to get started. But before anyone writes a script, draws a character or does anything else to bring this comic to life, you need to understand the legal realities of making comics. This starter guide will help you understand how to own and control the characters and stories you worked so hard to create.
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Express Course: How Comic Book Distribution Works II
Add to cartComic book distribution goes far beyond your local comic book shop. The most successful creators leverage various distribution channels to maximize their reach. The five lessons bundled here are taught by comics business consultant and attorney, Gamal Hennessy and explain the different types of comic book distribution and how to take advantage of them for your comic.
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Express Course: How Comic Book Distribution Works I
Add to cartYou could create the greatest comic ever known, but if you readers can’t get it, then they can’t enjoy it. The five lessons bundled here are taught by comics business consultant and attorney, Gamal Hennessy and introduce the different types of comic book distribution and how select the right one for your comic.
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Express Course: How to Succeed with Creator-Owned Comics
Add to cartIt’s very difficult to create and publish your own comics. But for many creators, owning their creations is essential to them. That doesn’t mean that you can’t get a publishing deal. In this Express course, you’ll get a handle on how creator-owned and creator-driven publishing works and how to make it work for you.
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Express Course: Comic Book Marketing
Add to cartYou’ve made your comic, but now comes the hard part–you’ve got to get the word out and sell it! Most creators are spending their lifetime honing their craft and creating incredible works of art and stories to blow the imagination, but very few of them are also spending their time learning the ins and outs of marketing. This starter guide will help get you on your way!
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Express Course: The Business of Comics Fundamentals I
Add to cartIf you don’t want to go back to school to get an MBA to run a comics business, then we’ve got a treat for you. For less than 1% of what you’d pay for that masters degree, you can get access to these six lessons that will get you started with confidence! No weapon is greater than knowledge!