Compared to other literary forms like novels or short tales, comic books often have considerably more compelling images and a stronger concentration on the story and characters. This is why the process to create one can seem tiring, but these 10 free online courses can help your imagination become a reality!

ClassCentral.com – Comic Book Creation for beginners

This free course by Patrick Yurick is destined to help you create a four-page minicomic. This project-based course is intended for students of all ages who want to learn how to create a comic book but have never finished one before.

Skillademia – Over 3 hours of Comic Book Creation

Thanks to this three hour and a half video course, you will learn everything there is to know about comic books as well as digital Photoshop painting. You will be guided step-by-step through the process of designing shapes, rendering, making cartoon characters, drawing from perspective, and finishing your own comic book page.

Canva – Comic Book Creation!

This short and straightforward video explains very well how to create comic strips using Canva. This type of tutorial would be useful for beginners, as it shows how to create appealing pages using already existing templates.

Stan Lee and John Buscema – Draw Comics like Marvel!

Here is the pdf format of Stan Lee and John Buscema’s book. Thanks to this, Marvel enthusiasts have access to 138 pages of information on how to draw comics using Stan Lee’s art style. The examples are mainly from Marvel comics, which is perfect if you’re looking to draw dynamic scenes!

Alison.com – Comic Book Creation in Photoshop

You will learn how to utilize Adobe Photoshop to draw your comic book, from character designs to backgrounds and props, in this content creation course. It initially goes through the fundamentals of Photoshop and assists you in organizing your workspace. The process of saving your documents to your computer or Adobe’s cloud service is also explained.

Skillshare.com – Everything about Comic Book Creation

This website consists of hundreds of tutorials. You get to study the anatomy of the human body, proportions, backgrounds, and many more. You can choose the style you want to study and the duration of the course, in order to find what works best for you.

HowToDrawComics.net – Free Resources on Comic Book Creation

Here we have another website with numerous tutorials. Check out these free drawing lessons to learn the skills you need to advance your comic art.

Jazza – Impactful Comic Book Creation

When it comes to comic book creation, composition is one of the most important aspects of it. It is a little bit more complicated than it seems, so this is why we chose to add a video entirely focused on this aspect. This 40-minute video provides all the information that you need for you to create comic book pages that will keep the reader interested!

Gerimi – Comic Book Composition

Last but not least, here is a 53-minute video that will take you from start to finish on how to write a comic book. Although it was posted 7 years ago, this video still attracts viewers to this day looking to start their comic book journey. Gerimi explains concisely and is straight to the point. You too can begin writing the comic book that you always wanted, right now!

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