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Post by cadbob on Mar 28, 2024 20:32:30 GMT
Hi all. Hope everyone's having a good day. Quick question for you. We're looking at publishing a graphic novel - something I'm not super familiar with. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or tips on which of the Lulu book formats (i.e. print, photo, comic, etc.) would be best to use for such a project? The book author was thinking something softcover roughly 8.5x11 inch size, but this isn't carved in stone. Any tips appreciated. Cheers.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Mar 29, 2024 0:33:11 GMT
I have no idea what size the Comic option is, but I assume it's the general shape of a general comic? Marvel and DC for example. The Photo option is not at all suitable. I would suggest a 'bog-standard' print option. Graphic Novels come in many sizes, but mostly large format. But if you want to use an ISBN and Distribution, check which ones can have that. Not all can. Check min and max allowable page count too, because they differ. Many Graphic Novels are full-colour, which via POD is very expensive. Ditto for hardback, which many Graphic Novels are .
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Post by potet on Mar 29, 2024 11:21:35 GMT
I wrote a graphic novel illustrated with screen captures of the electronic game The Sims 4. I intended to publish it, but EA, the company owning the game, forbade it. All the same, that was a rewarding experience. I tried various formats, and, eventually adopted the US novel format with colours on white paper. The result is both convenient and excellent. (Sorry, no picture because this forum has exhausted its potential.)
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Mar 29, 2024 15:37:12 GMT
Hi all. Hope everyone's having a good day. Quick question for you. We're looking at publishing a graphic novel - something I'm not super familiar with. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or tips on which of the Lulu book formats (i.e. print, photo, comic, etc.) would be best to use for such a project? The book author was thinking something softcover roughly 8.5x11 inch size, but this isn't carved in stone. Any tips appreciated. Cheers.
Per the article: "Graphic novels can be 6.5 x 8.5 inches, 5.5 x 8.25 inches, 5.75 x 8.25 inches, 6 x 8.5 inches, or larger. Classic floppy comic books are 6.625 by 10.25 inches."
Depending on how detailed the graphics are 8.5"x11" can work. Check which sizes are eligible for an ISBN and go from there.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Mar 30, 2024 0:54:02 GMT
Whatever size you select it's often best to do the page illustrations at least four times the finished size, to the same ratio of course. Then reduce them (in the same art app) to the finished required size.
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Post by cadbob on Apr 15, 2024 1:41:03 GMT
Cheers all for the suggestions and ideas. Really helped me out.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Apr 16, 2024 0:20:02 GMT
You would assume one person puts it all on to paper, but there's a lot of teamwork involved in such things. Not counting all the planning etc., ( www.thetechedvocate.org/how-to-create-a-graphic-novel/ ) someone will ink the outline, for characters etc. Someone else will colour it in (stay between the lines!) another person will add the text in the bubbles created by the outliner. A sort of production line. Often now this is done on a PC, but normally the same way. As I suggested above in another post. Select the page size needed, then in some art/photo app, increase it by around 400% (maintaining the ratio, and potentially being around 150mb when opened.) But note that a powerful PC is needed to do such things. Not least for all the auto-redo saves. Plus cutting and pasting can double the amount of memory in use. It's possible the image while being edited and manipulated can = 700mb. However, when the file is not opened, and is a compressed jpg, it will be a fraction of that. Otherwise uploading to a Wizard will spit it out! (don't compress too much though or it may eventually degrade over time.)
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Post by cadbob on Apr 18, 2024 19:05:38 GMT
Well the person that's doing the graphic novel will be doing everything himself - the writing, the drawing, the coloring, the text, etc.
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Post by potet on Apr 20, 2024 15:02:36 GMT
I did everything to create my graphic novel in the novel format (3x9 inches), and the result was quite good.
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Apr 21, 2024 0:22:10 GMT
Well, I suppose companies like Marvel and DC use different people for each task so the projects don't take as long!
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Post by And Kevin 2024 on Apr 21, 2024 0:23:20 GMT
It's a bit like publishing houses. A person for every aspect. Whereas, myself as a self-publisher does the lot!
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