Create Your Own Digital Comics Whether You Can Draw or Not

Article by J. D. Biersdorfer.

Even if you can’t draw a stick person, you can still express yourself and tell stories through the time-honored tradition of sequential art.

Got a tale to tell but don’t want to bang it out as a traditional book? Try doing it as a digital comic — and ignore anyone who thinks visual narratives are a lesser art form or basic fodder for Hollywood action movies. The tradition of storytelling through sequential art has a long and noble history, used in ancient cave paintings, Roman carvings, tapestries and woodblock printing.

Even if you can’t draw or paint, you can still construct a comic. Some educators have found the medium to be a good way to entice children into creative writing. […]

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