Comic scripts, anyone?

In exploring the possibility of turning some of my longer stuff into Graphic Novels, I found it to be a very competitive and expensive speculative proposition...Even more so IF you don't do your own illustrations. That said, I'm sure there are exceptions. All the best. 

I've done graphic design work for comics/graphic novels. So what I'm about to say is from direct experience. I'm not trying to be the bearer of bad news, just stating facts.

Comic scripts and film/tv scripts are two different animals. I know, they're both called scripts and there are similarities artistically speaking, but completely different. The absolutely worst for an artist is to have a writer ask to do all art for their 400 page story for free (happened to me once, true story). The ideal is the other way around. Write stories based on art. Once a partnership is formed, then pitch like mad to comic companies and hope against hope someone says yes. Comic companies often have high rejection rates and no on ever buys comic scripts.

I don't know your goals, but if you just want to get a comic made, as a personal project, be prepared to cut your word count to a minimum, a few sentences per page ideally, consider the possibility of self-publishing, and search for comic book artists. There are many comic book artists for hire all over the internet.

Oh!! Misunderstanding. :)

As far as I know, there aren't any comic writers on ScriptRevolution. TV and film only.

There are some comic scripts, good or bad, to read at various sites, but I don't think there's anything free that became a success. That has more to do with corporate ownership of scripts. I think, just off the top of my head, I've seen some ebooks with comic scripts for sale on Amazon.

You're the only one I've noticed thus far, John. Perhaps an underserved area of the market, I'm not sure. I've always assumed it's writers who employ the services of illustrators and not the other way around. If we feel there's a role for Script Revolution within this industry, I'd love to investigate it.

It's a completely different market lol. Only two ways. Either writers hire artists, make comics independently. Or, artists are hired by big company to work with a writer/artist team that was accepted based on the pitch. It's all about the art. There's been only a handful of writers, in all of comic history, who went on to have writing careers outside of comics. I could probably count them on one hand. The comic industry doesn't care much about the writing. People read for the pictures.

Neil Gaiman is a rare expectation. I've read his comic scripts from when he worked on Sandman graphic novel. A lot of what he does is online. Here's a sample. http://aboutcomics.blogwyrm.com/?p=404

I guess you could say that theoretically comic scripts are most similar to treatments or scriptments with the addition of specifying page and panels. It's all about talking directly to the artist (s). Some writers go into to detail like Gaiman, many more will write much simpler scripts such as, bar fight scene full page have fun. It's highly dependent on the story and the team.

I'm not sure introducing comic scripts here is such a good idea. The artist in me screams nooooooo recipe for disaster! Mainly because most, if not all TV/film script writers, are writing for the purpose of getting someone to bring their ideas to life. But it's the opposite with comics, writing to inspire artists to come up with ideas. I'm not saying it's hopeless. It would just have to be handled very differently.