Indy Comics Writer

Writing comics can seem like a lonely endeavor. Most of the time you’re holed up in your office — or wherever you do your writing — coming up with ideas, writing captions or scripting dialogue. Unless you’re working directly with an artist or editor, it’s a fairly solitary endeavor.

But there are some wonderful online resources that allow comic creators — artists, editors, inkers, letters, colorists and writers — to connect. These forums offer creators a place to test out ideas, post samples from scripts, ask questions about breaking into the industry and debate the merits of comics currently on the stands.

They also provide evidence that you’re not alone out there. There are plenty of others aspiring to breaking into the comics world. (I suppose that can be viewed either as good or bad news, depending on how you look at it.)

Here are some of my favorite stops when I’m looking for a comics-industry connection:

1. Digital Webbing: This is my first stop. It has an extremely busy forum, one filled with creators of both veteran and newbie status.

2. Pencil Jack: Here’s another nice forum for creators, though it’s weighted a bit more heavily toward writers than others.

3. Girl-Wonder Forums: Just discovered this one. It’s quite a fascinating place. Visit it and you’ll see what I mean.

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