What NEEDS to Be In The FIRST PAGE Of Your Comic, Manga, Or Webtoon Story
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- čas přidán 19. 07. 2019
- If you are a comic, webtoon, graphic novel, or manga artist I'm sure you've run into a situation where you struggled to determine what was worth putting on your very first page. In this video, I go over a few tips for your very first page and how you can nail it on your first go! I hope these storytelling tips and tricks helped you out!
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I'm so excited to watch this video !
Next should be the importance of the cover art
Laughs in webtoon artist
Agreed
Me: agrees with everything in this video and puts a lot of effort into my first pages.
Me in a bookstore: Never looks at the first page of a comic. I just read the synopsis flip through it randomly to see if I like the art. Might just be me cause I don't mind spoilers.
it be like that sometimes lol
@@MonitorComics Still think is a good idea to put a lot of effort into the first page cause a lot of people will either read your comic on line(if you put it on webtoons, tapas etc) or buy it in digital form where the first page is all they have access to.
Same the synopsis is the main thing and I read a few random pages
Writers: Always start with a conflict.
Berserk: Sex scene.
Writer: What?
Berserk: Sex scene. Protagonist goes clapclap on lady and lady turns into a lizard.
Writer:....... ok....
Berserk really did go for that shock value introduction LOL. It was a risky move, I might have made the first page something like an epic fight scene, but nahhh Berserk had to be Berserk lol. It ended up paying off though with how successful its become lol
SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT 😂😂😂😂😂
I definitely prefer these first pages with little amount of words and with some shocking action or suspense, combined with surprising hints at main characters' relationships. So like in Berserk, AoT etc.
Monitor Comics: 5:42 "The girl he's sleeping with turns into a lizard boyo. It's been a while since it happened to me."
Me: Oh, sleeping partners turning into lizard boyos seems to be more common than I expected.
But srsly, good job on the video and thank you! Really appreciate the analysis.
My first chapter is fire, I’ve already presented the themes of the Story without showing too much, it’s packed with emotion, and it’s legit a perfect way to introduce the world… I just suck at drawing 💀
same man 💀
I need to remember these tips when writing my first page. Thank you for informing me!
I cant put in words how glad i am to have found this channel. These videos make it easyer for me to make manga and are fun. thank you👌
I'm really glad to hear! Thanks for taking the time to watch!!
Thank you for this video, Monitor Comics!
Of course! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment I really appreciate it!!
See now this is what I needed. I’m over here like “how do I structure my first page”
Super glad to hear that! Thanks for taking the time to watch! I hope it was able to help!
Good stuff fam!! Woot Woot! Those are some critical things needed in the first page!
Much appreciated brother!
The background SpeedPaint is dope. I usually don't like how clean your work is, feels like stickers or something to me personally. I like that gritty messy stuff with hatching and stippling, great work.
Thank you! I used to use hatching and stippling and all of that for a while, but I lost opportunities because of it. I had a publisher straight up tell me I wasn't using my time efficiently and it made the image messier
That's the reason I have tried to shift to a more "cleaner look." Starting to bring back some of that roughness now though because stuff like Chainsaw Man, JJK, and Hell's Paradise made it mainstream!
@@MonitorComics That makes a lot of sense. I feel like my personal love of detail has held me back a lot. I struggle to finish stuff because I keep committing to overly ambitious ideas. And comic pages can take soooo loooong. Working on it tho. I'm hyped to see where your style goes. I love watching artists evolve.
I'm wondering what you think of starting the first page with subverting the readers expectations?
What I'm planning to do is introduce a fantasy world that is being destroyed by a gigantic Demon but then in the next page the camera is pulled back to reveal that its all just a video game?
Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! I actually think that idea is great! It reminds me a lot of the beginning of Toy Story 2 with the video game lol. I think that the first-page concept is more than enough to make your reader go "wtf just happened" and keep reading! I think you nailed what needs to be on your first page, now you're challenge is how to keep them engaged throughout the chapter! Good luck!
Bruh you gave me such a great idea for my story thank you for helping me realize something about my first chapter im planning
All good! I'm happy this video could be useful! Thank you for checking it out and taking the time to leave a comment, I really appreciate it! best of luck with your story!
@@MonitorComics yeah thanks 😁
I'm starting off my story with DnD style fantasy fight of a party fighting a dungeon, before its revealed to be a rpg campaign with banter between the players and the DM. And the idea is to guickly and efficiently let readers know key parts of the characters personality, their roles in the story, foreshadow future events, establish some worldbuilding, subvert expectations, and give readers info that they may miss the first read through thst they can pick up later as the learn more throughout the story.
Now I know how I'm going to start BTW thank you for this video 👍👍👍
Thank YOU for taking the time to leave a comment! I really appreciate it! Best of luck with your project!
I am thinking of this:First page there are monsters attacking this city and buildings are down.Then in the 3rd chapter is where the main character will be introduced.The first chapter will introduce important heroes fighting.
I love your advice
I'm glad my videos could help! Thanks for taking the time to check my videos out and leaving a comment!
Me taking notes: make the reader go "what the shit is dat", got it ✅
I agree completely about hajime no ippo. Greatest 👌🏿👌🏿👌🏿
I'm starting off my wrestling one shot with a homage to one of the most iconic wrestling face offs Hulk Hogan vs Andre The Giant Wrestlemania 3. It's a powerful image that grabs the readers attention
Superman's 1st Page: shows his origin story
Berserk's 1st Page: *shows him balls deep in a demon*
FACTS LOL
Now do please what need to do your last Page in final chapter as end of your story
In my comic , i gave the first panel a quote in black background said by a vulture about its diet (food) . Basically pointing war and genocide .
I thought it would be omoshiroi :3
I don't know how to make the fist page, I think to do something like : we see people charging crates into a spaceship, getting ready to go with 2 guys spying on them
(Neither of them are the protagonist, the group charging the spaceship are pirates and they plan to deliver weapons but we follow them at the beginning, looking like they are good guys and protagonist, the 2 guys spying on them are pirates send to kill them and to get the informations of where the outpost the other pirates are going to deliver is but they don't like close quarter combat so instead they hack the spaceship to desactivate reactors and defenses and give information to a bounty hunter about their locations, this bounty hunter is the protagonist)
(There is things wrong, why the 2 guys are not just hacking the ship to get the coordinate of the outpost and fight while being on a planet ? First they are a bit lazy and want to do minimal work, they are also been told to follow the protagonist by their boss, the boss being the pirate the most hated by the protagonist because this pirate killed his mentor in an operation where the pirate was supposed to be dead, well the pirate is not dead and his mentor is not dead neither and help the pirate (the two being old friend), they want to make grow the lie that the protagonist have been told to crush his motivation of revenge when he learn the truth and recruit him to help them in their revolution to take over a corrupt govermnent)
That is maybe a bit complicated to read but being french it is hard to make a good use of word and organize correctly what I am saying to make it easily understandable and all the plot is a bit complicated too so I hope somebody is not dead trying to read all that ^^'
In my first chapter I introduced two of my main characters, but is it really necessary for the first to have type one story short, with a conclusion in end. Because in my first chapter I included a key speech for the following of the story, the main protagonist childhood, and his almost death. I want the readers to be interested by my protagonist backstory and ask themselves what is happening next? Because the end of my first chapter is like, "the protagonist almost dying". And compared to what I'm planned for the next chapters the begening looks peaceful. Is it too much or I'm going in the right Way.
Im writing my own comic but how it starts is by showing the main character get out of a car and going to his job and meeting his mentor. Hearing this makes me unsure if i should change it
I'm starting a comic foreshadowing a battle at the end of the chapter with a face off between two powerful characters for 9 pages, then I will rewind to an hour before and end the chapter at the same place plus a piece of the battle leading into chapter 2 if that makes sense. Is this a good start? The first page is an explosion and people clamoring in fear...... 😬
Thank you for taking the time to share! I think this sounds pretty good for a start! The explosion and people clamoring in fear especially works as a good hook! Shock factor can work wonders. I also think it's good you're starting the story with an epic fight because it'll keep your reader interested I wouldn't include any more of the fight from the first chapter in your second chapter, I'd try to delay it for a bit while you develop and introduce your characters. Once your reader learns a bit more about the world and the people in it, they'll care a lot more when they see that fight happen again! Hope that helps! Best of luck!
@@MonitorComics THANK YOU❗❗❗
@@libravick3004 have you started it yet I wanna read it if you're fine with it 😆
5:33 death by snu snu
Is tradition now, I'm first comment
Oh my god, you are the legendery "First Commender!"
@@HeliumCry Indeed I am
Someone please answer. If a manga started off with someone(main character)crying would you continue reading btw it is battle manga.
Thank you for commenting! I think that scene would work well as a foreshadowing event. I'm sure everyone reading would wonder what's causing this character to cry. If you show something shocking like demons around them, corpses, an unsettling location, etc. it may increase the effect you're going for. That way you can backtrack and your first chapter could show what leads up to that scene in the very beginning. Best of luck!
@@MonitorComics Thank you for the advice. I’ll take it under consideration!
Tfw I did the first page before seeing this video
I got to make a Manga comic
Nobody:
Monitor comics: what the shit is that?
5:40 uhh wym hasnt happnd in a while 😳🧍🏽
Hot facts I spit that my manga I hit that them views I Earned That!
boutta end shounen jump's career.
Monitor Comics Damn right
Berserk’s first page is just… raw
STOP WHISPERING
Sorry about that, it was something I was experimenting with early on. All of my newer videos do not have that anymore. Hope you can still enjoy the video and learn something! Have a great day!
Liitttle tip:can you make the audio LOUDER not super loud but slightly louder
Thank you for the feedback! This video is 3 years old now so that has been addressed! My newer stuff has a lot better audio and editing!
5:56 what did I saw just now !! Ouch
That's Berserk for you lol
But did guts finish???
Can you make a manga if you are American?
Yes! I actually have a few videos covering that topic! I hope you can check it out! czcams.com/video/Sn2RHh6R5Xw/video.html and czcams.com/video/vmRsKjo_23U/video.html
@@MonitorComics Tysm for answering my question!
Manga
0:56 aint no way boi aint no way
LOL
DON'T YOU DARE TALK BAD ABOUT SAWAKO 🔫 🙂
I'm making Amogus manga 💀
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whisper shouting isnt funny if you do it every 3 minutes...
This video is about two years old LOL. Don't worry, I gave up on that bit a WHILE ago and most of my videos dont have it