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Someone recently asked me how to write scripts for comic books. This is purely subjective, as how you write the script is dependent on your publisher's needs, who's working on the project, and so on.

In the case of Peach Fuzz, the script Jared and I wrote only needed to be interpreted by me (and my editor), so fancy formatting or panel notations weren't necessary. All I needed was the dialogue, and a general idea of how the scene played out, and I was off and running. As you can see in the example, this loose approach to scripting gives me a lot of flexibility when it comes to roughing out pages. I'll add, delete, and move around panels for best effect.

I'm not sure it would be a good idea to write scripts like this if someone else is taking your words and illustrating them. For proper formatting, I recommend looking online for sample movie scripts, or better yet, comic scripts from the publisher of your choice, and learn from those.

By the way, the example page comes from Peach Fuzz volume 2, chapter 3, pg 88, and yes, it is available in stores, so be sure to check it out if you haven't read Volume 2 and 3 yet. You can special order them through your bookstore if they don't already stock it.

Description
Someone recently asked me how to write scripts for comic books. This is purely subjective, as how you write the script is dependent on your publisher's needs, who's working on the project, and so on.

In the case of Peach Fuzz, the script Jared and I wrote only needed to be interpreted by me (and my editor), so fancy formatting or panel notations weren't necessary. All I needed was the dialogue, and a general idea of how the scene played out, and I was off and running. As you can see in the example, this loose approach to scripting gives me a lot of flexibility when it comes to roughing out pages. I'll add, delete, and move around panels for best effect.

I'm not sure it would be a good idea to write scripts like this if someone else is taking your words and illustrating them. For proper formatting, I recommend looking online for sample movie scripts, or better yet, comic scripts from the publisher of your choice, and learn from those.

By the way, the example page comes from Peach Fuzz volume 2, chapter 3, pg 88, and yes, it is available in stores, so be sure to check it out if you haven't read Volume 2 and 3 yet. You can special order them through your bookstore if they don't already stock it.