Making Graphic Novels: Behind with Scenes (53:51, 123mb)
Rosena Fung spoke about her schooling, how she got into art and her art journey from doing murals into doing comics, her favourite comics growing up, how Seth’s It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken made a big impact on her,
doing small memoir comics on Instagram which lead to her first Graphic Novel Living with Viola which was about dealing with anxiety, and now her new book Age 16 which deals with her grandmother, her mother and her own
experiences at the age of 16. She also talked about her short story in Today I Am anthology. She also spoke about breaking into comics by doing research into publisher’s submission policy, the current market, reading what’s
being published now and refreshing your portfolio. She went info a Graphic Novel proposal and what it should contain and the process of creating it, how long it takes and what parts take the longest, self-care while making it,
money and royalties.
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