NOTE from site: This post was written by David den Ouden, who’s worked on all 3 of the Doe Het Niet Zelf Dutch Graphic Novel weekends. It has not be further edited by the site…
I don’t believe there’s one right way to do anything — but I do generally believe that there are things we can do that will make it easier to achieve a 48 hour graphic novel…
I will go into these topics much more in depth through out this webpage, but I wanted to write up a list of what I believe is necessary at the minimum to make a 48…
The concept of a graphic novel goes back quite a while, but there first person to use the phrase in its current form, I believe, was Will Eisner in relation to his book “A Contract…
The basic structure for a 48 hour graphic novel team is based around making sure everyone has a clear role in the process. The writers work together as a team. They plot out the story,…
Everyone who does a 48 hour graphic novel is probably going to do it differently, and more importantly, should do it differently and make it their own. But when you plan out the event, you…
The first graphic novel weekend was held in Utrecht in May of 2019 – here’s a nice video of the event. We held this event over 3 days: a short period on Friday evening, all…
We totally dropped the ball on having a digital team in the first GNW. Arnoud from Doe Het Niet Zelf and I thought we’d be able to manage the digital production work in addition to…
Always work in two page increments – they can be two page spreads or two individual pages that go together. You can work with another team so that each team creates one page in this…
From a creative project perspective (be it a film, a book, a work of art, etc.) the most important thing is having proper credit. This is what makes it easier for creators to get additional…
