Now that you've read our collaborative comics stories, it's time to draw your own comic!

As we've seen anyone can draw a comic story, and it can be about anything you imagine. (If you haven't read the stories yet, go back to the main comics page.)

Draw it Yourself Resources

(These outside links will open in a new window. You will be entering the Wild Woolly Web and who knows what is out there. Youngins and their parents should proceed with caution.)

The best way to get ideas for a comic is to draw a lot and see what comes out of your pencil (or pen, brush, marker, etc.). Did you draw someone or something that could be a character in a story? What would they do? What if...? Keep drawing!
Remember, a comic is just a series of pictures that tell a story. You're welcome to draw a story about superheroes or funny talking animals, but you don't have to! For example, some people have drawn comics about their own lives as kids, teachers, or travelers. They have drawn comics about love, science, music, art, math, and much more. There have been comics reporting current events and comics preserving the history of Somerville. So, again, it can be about ANYTHING you imagine! Once you're done drawing your comic (and it can take a long time to draw- don't give up!), you can publish it as a zine. A zine is a home-made book (usually photocopied) made by someone with a passion for their chosen subject, be it comics, poetry, rock bands, vegan recipes, etc. You can give your zine to friends, trade it with other zine makers, or even out it up for sale at a local comics shop. In Boston, and in many other cities, annual zine fairs are held for zine-makers to meet each other and to sell their creations to the public. Around the world, thousands of people are drawing their own comics and making their own zines to express their creative ideas and to share them with others. They do it because they love it, and they have fun doing it. That's important to remember:

Back to
Collaborative Comics Main Page
Curse of the Banana Pirates

General Draw-it-Yourself Resources
TheSmallPress.com
Mini-Comics.com
Zine Book
Zine Guide
Underground Press

Stores That Sell Home-made Comics
Million Year Picnic-Cambridge and Providence
Comicopia-Boston
That's Entertainment-Worcester

Zine Fairs
Beantown Zinetown- not sure if it's still happening...

Self-Published Comics
U.S.S. Catastrophe
King Cat Comics and Stories
Jef Czekaj
Craig Bostick
Dave Kiersh
Souther Salazar
Missy Kulik
Jack Turnbull

Grants for Self-Publishing Comics Artists
The Xeric Foundation
The Massachusetts Cultural Council
The Somerville Arts Council
or check with other local and national organizations that fund grants for visual artists

More links to great resources coming soon!

Really!