Jan 04 2010
Popular Themes in Comic Book Covers
We provide advice about how to write novels, comic books and graphic novels. Most of my content applies to fiction-writing in general, but we also provide articles specifically about superhero stories.
Characters doing a usual activity in a way or setting that is unexpected.
- For example, someone would look pretty mundane smoking a cigar, but what if he were smoking right next to a corpse? Probably much more interesting.
- Holding an iPod is boring, but Thor holding an iPod raises an interesting contrast between tradition and modernity.
- Many badass detectives and criminals carry guns, but it’s distinctly more disturbing if it’s a kid holding a massive sniper rifle… with a Kennedy campaign button.
- A guy holding a briefcase is the epitome of dullness. But a guy handcuffed to a briefcase or a mutant alligator holding a briefcase is more striking.
