How To Write A Comic Book - Donald F. Glut
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- Donald F. Glut has been active in both the entertainment and publishing industries since 1966. Don has had a long and varied career. He has been a professional musician, actor, film director, executive producer, photographer, magazine editor, proofreader and (very briefly, for an advertising agency) copywriter, but is mostly known for his long career as a freelance writer. He has written and directed feature-length motion pictures, documentaries and music videos, authored approximately 80 fiction and non-fiction published books, myriad TV scripts (live action and animation shows, network and syndicated), comic-book scripts, short stories, magazine articles, even music and theatre. He has been involved with numerous popular franchises such as Star Wars, The Monkees, Tarzan, Spider-Man, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Vampirella, Masters of the Universe, The Flintstones, Jonny Quest and many others, and created original comic-book characters for Gold Key, Marvel and DC. Arguably Don is best known for his novelization of the second "Star Wars" movie The Empire Strikes Back (#1 Best Seller). Don currently executive-produces, writes and directs "traditional-style" horror for his company Pecosborn Productions, and writes scripts for The Creeps horror comics magazine. Also, he is a Southern California representative of Las Vegas Talent Agency. Note: Any motion picture titles that may be listed prior to Dinosaur Valley Girls (1997) are of amateur movies, the first of 41 of which Don Glut made when he was nine years old.
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Great to see graphic novels represented.
Comic books
Graphic novel is just an elitist terminology for a guy to see themself as educated and serious.
They don't talk about graphic novels in this video, just comic books.
Comic books are like tv shows, short stories or episodic. Graphic novels are like a movie, one long story. Different terms for different styles of storytelling.
Also he specifically states if it was comic books or graphic novels that he worked on.
I'm watching this because I'm making one.
Don is perhaps the most prolific living comic book writer. Heed his words! The bit about making the last panel on the bottom right be the "page turner" is deceptively simple, but so many writers miss it.
this is the first thing I swore to have in my own graphic novel series GH057 STORY and I still do my best to have those page turners everywhere I can.
@14:01-15:12 This story had me howling. For those who might not already know: Donald Glut's old friend from Jersey, Jim Steranko, is a famous comic-book artist/writer, in his own right. His runs on _Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD_ and _Doctor Strange_ in the 1970s, have some of the most imaginative, inventive stories in comics. If you get the chance, definitely check out Steranko's work.
Anyways, just thought I'd share that. All the best, everybody.
Awesome, thanks!
As a person who’s writing and illustrating a Noir comic, this helps a lot.
What's it called
@@ghosttactician403 Balance and Stormy
Guy just sitting casually next to a t-rex skull
I think it’s fascinating how a whole story usually blooms from imagining just one scene
Thank you so much for uploading a comic focused video, there´s a lot of videos on "How to draw comics" but very few in how to write them, as a Comic writer I´m so happy to watch this.
I hope to see more comics on the channel.
Hugs from Mexico
You don't have to mention the dinosaur skull in the background... but please, somebody... acknowledge the dinosaur skull!
"The dialog should never restate what's in the panel."
He's living by his own rules.
@@sarahhirsch8919 That's a new rule to me, but yes, stating the obvious is just in bad taste. Apologies all around.
@@mildheadwound No worries! I was just making a joke because I thought it was hilarious that they didn't do the thing in the interview that they said not to do. That's a lot of commitment because I WOULD BE ASKING ABOUT THE T REX SKULL. 😆
I’ve been watching your videos for a while now to pick up writing tips for comics. Seeing you interview comic writers is a welcome addition.
Likewise. I'm a comic writer/self-publishing and Film Courage has been a great help :)
Same!
Thanks for adding in graphic novels! This was great.
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@filmcourage Oh I didn't say I enjoyed it. Painful, drawn out learning experience it was.
But that's writing.
What do you think about this video? Please leave a comment below.
It's inspiring and I got 4 more to go on my story structure
By all means, please interview more creators of comic books and graphic novels - especially the independent comic book creators who are not linked to massive corporate publishers.
More please
It is really inspiring, maybe in future IF you could add this questions, 1, What the writer will do if they really can't come up with and idea but the deadline is near 2. First thing a comic writer needs to grasps before writing a comic book.
I'm glad tyrranosaurs are gone.
I am currently writing my first graphic novel and all tips and tutorials are welcomed. I may have made the mistake of creating a world too large and including way too many characters and way too many ideas. But I can't throw it away. I have to finish it. I've gathered so much information over the internet and most of it is good and helpful. But after a while of trying a couple of things I've learned is that you need a dedicated quiet space and you have to be consistent and work on it all the time for a long time.
Same here, I'm far too deep into it to turn back now!
Let's gooo! 😄
@@lumiauroras6741 Good luck!
You too!
Have you finished it?
Same here. Cheers!
Good to see someone representing (sorta) comics here. Now I want to see a game developer.
Good interview. It's nice to hear from someone who actually understands how comic books work, rather than just seeing them as a way to get their movie greenlit.
I like how he referred to Jim Steranko, one of the most innovative and exciting comic book artists of all time and only, as an escape artist!
I am writing and drawing my own graphic novel this is great
How’s it going? You finish yet? 👀
@@Epicsavant2 1st one finished drawing and writing it
I only clicked the video because I saw a bit of the Stephen King’s creep show comic book, and I actually am glad that I did click on the video. Thanks for the advice
I'm working on a graphic novel and I have to thank you and other people who said it- the talking heads and torsos problem.
Only thanks to channels like yours and Nerdrotic, Ya boi Zack.... Have I learned that that's BAD, nobody else talks about this!
And I try to not paint the novel that way to make it more interesting, funnily enough it's more interesting for me to paint now as well!
It's one of those things you never think about and then someone says it and you're like "...How did I not think of this before?! "
How is it coming along?
When he said he had a friend who is an escape artist, I knew immediately he was talking about the great Jim Steranko. I had the pleasure of meeting the guy in 1990 something. He was a very cool dude. And a fantastic artist. He was the guy who did the original Nick fury agent of shield comics in the 1960s. Also, he is describing what is now called the golden age of comics from its inception in the 1930s to about 1955. Then we go into the silver age of comics which lasted until the mid 70s. The creators in the methods he’s describing are the basis for western now all those things have changed tremendously.
You get the art first and then you write a story around it? This has got to be the coolest job out there.
Right?! Goals 🎉
As someone who's writing a comic series right now. This was very inspirational and helpful!
What are you writing?
Mr. Glut's stories combined with some phenomenal artwork in the latest Shudder Magazine series are superb. It's great to put a face to the name I've seen many times in the magazine. Thank you for this interview. Great behind the scenes information.
Thanks for posting!
Excellent insights on the craft of making comics. Too many modern pros break all these rules on Marvel and dc books
Nice interview. This guy is old school Hollywood. Imagine all that he's seen in his life. Amazing.
Yoooooo finally! Been waiting years for comic book writing videos!!! Thank yooouuuu
I appreciate hearing this.
Writing my comic for my portfolio and am putting a huge emphasis on visual storytelling.
The T-Rex skull is crazy lol
Okay sure, but I guess no one is going to address the fact that he's sitting next to a bigass frickin' dinosaur skull?
You did
Very beautiful tyrannosaurid
I always watch this channel to help me make stories for my comics, even before this video, it's very inspiring.
Sage advice from a master, fantastic content 🙏💙
So much good stuff to be gleaned from this interview. If you're paying attention, it's as valuable as many online pulp fiction/comic writing courses you pay for ...if not moreso.
This was an interesting video and topic. Beautiful questions and the narrator didn't interrupt the speaker which shows a lot of respect. All the narrator in your career.
More comic book writers, please. Thanks ✏📖🖋😉
Really enjoyed this…great interview! 🙏🏻
Thank you Bo!
One of his credits is X-men the animated series. 😃
Holy... Really???? WOW!!!!
Thank you for everything this helps me from making scars i will later regret in life this video helps me not do any of that thank you, you helped me through my childhood and everything thank you
This is truly inspiring😌
Very interesting.
Would like to see more comic book writers...
Very helpful!! thank you so much!!! Really really fantastic interview and so informative; I rewatched this many times. Thank you!!
Love to hear this!
This is incredibly helpful for a 10 part comic book series I'm writing. I just finished #2 and before I submit it to my artist I will be making some adjustments!
Awesome, awesome video. You’re so genuine and humble 🙏🏽
That T. Rex be vibing
Thanks guys!! ❤💯
Beautiful
14:52 Jim Steranko reference! 👏👏
Thank you for sharing your knowlage!
We need more of this WRITING INFO FROM PROF
I would love to watch more videos about comics/graphic novels/visual storytelling! ❤
Great channel! Been following for a while.
"Yes, I have great things to say but have you seen my giant dinosaur head?"
Love this.
As I’m writing my Void Beast story for kickstarter this is amazing and super helpful!
Best of luck!
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Thank you for this video. Im retired and I dream to create a comic book. ❤
Best of luck!
I was wondering, when your writing a comic series with protagonist that arch’s where in the three act structure do you end the first book.
it probably depends on how many books you want the story to have.
If you think that every act has its own three acts, and each of those have their own three acts and so on down to three acts of a scene, then you can decide where and how to structure your first book. I don't think there's one way to do this. And definitions change for everyone. The three acts look like this to me: Act I Desire. ACT II Foil. ACT III Inner Conflict + Resolution. The story as a whole has this, and each scene and sequence can be broken down into this. To illustrate, this structure works also in a painting. You have a desire, a pathway to navigate through the painting. And then the foil blocks you from leaving the path and directs you to the final conflict, the point of no return. And that point in act three where you have the most conflict. It's the center of interest to direct your eye. And it either resolves at that point or directs you back into itself or (if this painting were instead a comic) into another panel.
I know it's old news, but I write a series called GH057 STORY and every book has little arcs in it. Like this, the characters change, but they're not at their end stage of their arcs. Just map your arcs out before you do your series to avoid doing too much or too little.
Excellent! ❤
I love this dude.
"...and in other news, The National Museum has reported that its priceless Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton has had its skull stolen. Police are appealing to anyone who has any information regarding this theft to report it immediately."
Cool
This is great
This is an amazing interview! Super interesting to see how these things work but also helpful since it can be applied to other types of work.
Narration box: This man is holding an umbrella.
The man's speech bubble: I'm holding an umbrella.
Action in the panel: He is in fact holding a snail.
Now id love if you interviewed the writers of "The Many Deaths of Laila Starr" this is the type of comic book that isnt action based so id be interested in knowing the writers/ illustrators process
This guy wrote X Men the Animated Series!!!!!
Serendipity: I want to submit a story I wrote and drew to “Shudder”. I make an unrelated search for “comic book artist” because I love channels like David Finch and Richard Friend. This comes back as a search result. 💫
Good advice👍
Glad you think so!
Way too cool
New video with Don going up tonight!
"Joey Joe Joe and His Amazing Choppy Chopper" was the name of the comic he had to come up with a story for
Can you get more comic writers! People big in the field. Like Donny Cates
Hold up!!! Steranko was an escape artist?! 😮❤
Jim Sterenko. Worth a google if you don't know who he's talking about
How did he get out of the safe?
How did the hero get out of the safe?
He used Steranko.
06:40
He deffiinately called her yoda
👍
I'd rather hear him talk about Ron Haydock.
How does he get out of the safe?😂
3 days? well crap, I have been wasting so much time.
remember that he is only the writer
This was pointless and answered nothing.
Nobody talking about the T-Rex skull beside him? lol
Always take advice from a guy with a T rex skull in his livingroom.....