The Comic Book Writer
B. Clay MooreWriter B. Clay Moore's thoughts on the art and business of writing for comics, as well as updates on projects, general news and pop culture inspirations.
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The Lettering Pass
Hey, Comic Book Writer! What about the letters in the balloons?
A “Word Balloon” with its “Tail.”
A “Word Balloon” with its “Tail” and “Letters” inside.
So, I recently stumbled across a typically pointless online debate, between a wel...
Ripping off Mike Mignola and Roy Thomas...
I was going to post this as a note, but thought I’d expand on it with two examples from the same book.
I recently saw someone post about similarities between something Mike Mignola is working on and a book of their own. The problem with th...
The Writing Process
SO, EVERYBODY HAS A PROCESS FOR WRITING…
I recently had a couple of different writers’ Substack newsletters land in my mailbox, both describing their basic processes when it comes to writing. While I’ve addressed script formatting bef...
Ignited: DISPATCHED announced, joining the Ignition Crew at Planet Comicon.
Last week Ignition Press announced my next book, which will debut in June, roughly halfway through the first twelve issue run of BLOODLAND (also an Ignition book, of course).
DISPATCHED, illustrated by Daniel Gete, with color by Lee Loughr...
BLOODLAND #1 is out this week!
This Wednesday sees the release of BLOODLAND #1, the first issue of an ongoing political horror series by myself and Mack Chater, from Ignition Press. We are elated to finally see this book out in the wild.
Since one of the primary goals...
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Writer of comics, generator of ideas, general writer of things to read. Pop culture obsessive. Collaborator with artist Mack Chater at Dead Echo Press. The Comic Book Writer on YouTube. Out now: BLOODLAND, from Ignition Press. Next up: DISPATCHED.
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