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Quicklinks
Click on the links to visit the recommended websites.
Tips for drawing comics
Websites to visit
Draw characters from simple shapes
Cartoon zombie, pirate, monkey and more
Simple step-by-step guides to how to draw funny characters.
Quick drawing lessons
Find out how to draw a kitten, a monster and lots more.
30 cartoon faces to draw
Click on the playlist for more examples.
Speech bubbles
A cartoonist shares his tips on how to make word balloons for your comics.
Draw some action poses
Watch a superhero animation and pause the video to draw different poses.
How to plan a comic strip
For video tips, click on "Fridge door comics", then download "Fridge door template".
Design a superhero
Print out the PDF and fill in the comic strip panels.
Comic strip panels
Download more panel layouts to use for your comics.
Online comic makers
Websites to visit
Guardians of the Galaxy
Choose backgrounds, characters, speech bubbles and more to create exciting superhero posters. Click on the play button.
Superhero comic strip
Design a comic strip online, and create action poses to help with your drawings. (This activity works best on desktops and laptops.)
What happens next?
Choose what happens next in interactive comic strips. (This activity uses Flash and may not work on all browsers.)
Online storyboard creator
Click on "Scenes", "Characters" and other headings at the top.
Comics to look at for inspiration
Websites to visit
Scooby Doo, Looney Tunes and more
Click on "Comics" in the top menu.
Charlie Brown and Snoopy
Read Peanuts comics strips. Click on the arrow button at the bottom right of each strip to read another comic strip.
The Avengers and other superheroes
Click on a comic, then "Read Now".
Batman, Supergirl, Teen Titans and more
Tom and Jerry cartoon antics
Watch a cartoon to inspire your drawings. Pause the video to draw different poses.
Time-travelling mouse
Click on a comic then "download and print".
Lots more comics to read
Click on a dot to find another comic.
Important!
Internet safety
Children, make sure you follow these three simple rules when using the internet:
- Always ask an adult's permission before using the internet.
- Never give out personal information, such as your name, address, school or telephone number.
- If a website asks you to type in your name or email address, check with an adult first.
For more tips, see Internet safety for children.
Adults - we recommend that children are supervised while on the internet. The content of a website may change at any time and Usborne Publishing is not responsible for content on sites other than its own.
For more on internet safety, see Internet advice for adults.
Using a tablet or smartphone?
Websites with interactive content may not work on your tablet or smartphone, but you can view them on a computer. Find out more…
About this book
Write your own...
Write and draw your own comics
- Kapow! Boom! An awesome activity book for budding comic artists to imagine and draw their own comic strips.
- Simple step-by-step instructions, with lots of handy tips and hints, show children how to create graphic stories using all the devices employed in 'real' comics.
- Includes ideas for characters and storylines, sample comic strips and drawing tips.
- With stickers to add to comic strips for extra colour and detail.
Press Reviews
Creative types will love Write And Draw Your Own Comics with tips and ideas for pictures and stories.
The Sunday Express
This wonderfully designed and incredibly easy-to-follow book helps budding cartoonists to imagine and put together their own comic strips.
Lancashire Evening Post
We absolutely loved the spiral-bound "lay-flat" presentation of "Write and Draw your Own Comics"... Having sets of stickers to use was fun too, and it's so full of brilliant advice (even stuffed into the margins) and great artwork and presentation, that we couldn't fault it at all... This would be the perfect book if your children are slightly younger, and haven't had a go at creating comics yet. There are so many nifty little tips and shortcuts in it that will get them off to a cracking start.
Read It Daddy
A fantastic manual on all aspects of comics-making.
Neill Cameron
A superb way to encourage imaginative creative writing. Broken down with simple step-by-step instructions, the topic is never daunting but makes children believe that they really can write comics. A practical spiral binding makes the book easy to use and children can produce an end result of which they can be really proud. Excellent.
Parents in Touch
This is another really superb educational book from Usborne which not only gives children a fascinating insight into the world of comics, but also encourages them to get creative themselves...just brilliant!
First4Dads
A fabulous book to work at, especially over the next months when indoor activities are needed more.
County Down Spectator
Budding Botticelli or stick figure doodler? Never again be stumped by a blank page.
Metro London
Lots of advice on storylines... and stickers to help the blank pages become something to show off with pride.
Newbury Weekly News
Reader Reviews
write and and draw your own comics
coooooooooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHANDA m MORSE, 20th November 2017
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