Comments on: Free Comic Book Page Template

By: weasel_word

weasel_word — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:56:20 +0000

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By: Free CNA Training

Free CNA Training — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:46:08 +0000

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By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:49:45 +0000

Correction: I meant to write

“When enlarged, the dimensions are not 10 x 15 (which corresponds to the size of my drawings) but 9.79 X 15, or 10 x 15.3.”

Hope I did not confuse.

By: Otis Frampton

Otis Frampton — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:58:12 +0000

You’re welcome!

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 04:11:06 +0000

thanks for posting this – it’s much appreciated!!

By: Kev Brett

Kev Brett — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 08:54:40 +0000

thanks for posting this – it’s much appreciated!!

By: Otis Frampton

Otis Frampton — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:04:57 +0000

This is for the final comic page. This is not a template for the original artwork.

I don’t do original 10×15 artwork. See this for my process: http://planet-nowhere.com/page-5-process/

I’ve used this template for every comic project I ever worked on that ever went to print. No issues have ever arisen.

-Otis

By: Cannon

Cannon — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:20:32 +0000

Correction: I meant to write

“When enlarged, the dimensions are not 10 x 15 (which corresponds to the size of my drawings) but 9.79 X 15, or 10 x 15.3.”

Hope I did not confuse.

By: Cannon

Cannon — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:19:09 +0000

I really want to thank you for this. But — is this accurate? What I mean is: When enlarged, the dimensions are not 10 x 15 (which corresponds to the size of my drawings) for 9.79 X 15, or 10 x 15.3. I’m guessing that was what the AD at Viper wanted.

I’m also a little concerned about the safety gutter outside the printed area.

I was an old school illustrator, going back to the days of brushes and airbrushes and such, and ADs often told me to include some spillover area, “just in case.” So I’d paint non-essential material beyond the boundaries, maybe half an inch. Quite often, the AD would send the piece back, telling me he wanted to include that extra detail along the edges. So I would paint another half inch’s worth of extraneous stuff along all four sides. (Sometimes that was difficult, because I’d have to use acetate overlays.) Then the AD would say that he liked the additional material and wanted MORE bleed…

This must have happened to me about twenty times in my none-too-glorious career. I sure hope it doesn’t occur in comics!

Again, many thanks. I’m an old dog — old enough to have used the very first iteration of Photoshop — and now I’m having to learn some new tricks.

By: Enigmanaut

Enigmanaut — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:40:49 +0000

You are officially the man. The (definite article) man.