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Titan Comics Sample Script Format Opt 3

This document provides a sample script template for comic book scripts. It includes guidelines for formatting descriptions, dialogue, sound effects, thought balloons, and captions. Descriptions should be brief and focus on a single frozen action per panel. Dialogue is typically in all caps. Sound effects and captions are not numbered. Balloons should separate different breaths or thoughts of a character. The maximum words per balloon is 28 to keep dialogue and panels uncluttered.

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Titan Comics Sample Script Format Opt 3

This document provides a sample script template for comic book scripts. It includes guidelines for formatting descriptions, dialogue, sound effects, thought balloons, and captions. Descriptions should be brief and focus on a single frozen action per panel. Dialogue is typically in all caps. Sound effects and captions are not numbered. Balloons should separate different breaths or thoughts of a character. The maximum words per balloon is 28 to keep dialogue and panels uncluttered.

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NAME OF SERIES, #1 PAGE 1

TITAN COMICS

SAMPLE SCRIPT TEMPLATE – OPTION 3

PAGE 1

1. Description goes here in regular type. This is where you tell your artist (and colorist,
letterer and editor) what happens in the panel. Keep it brief, pertinent, and to one
frozen action per character, per panel.

You may find a conversational style works best for you – if you can communicate
your ideas clearly to the artist, it doesn’t really matter what’s in the description, as it
won’t see print!

CHARACTER A
ALL CAPS FOR DIALOGUE IS FAIRLY
STANDARD FOR US COMICS,
but feel free to use sentence case if you prefer.

CHARACTER B
CHARACTER B RESPONDS, WITH AN
EMPHASIS! AN EMPHASIS WILL
BE BOLDED IN THE FINAL LETTERING.

2. Description goes here. Between three and six panels is probably the most
comfortable rhythm for a page, but many creators have worked wonders on a nine-
panel grid, or even higher. Just remember that the more panels you have on a page,
the less information – visuals and dialogue – you can fit into each one.

CHARACTER A
CHARACTER A RESPONDS. NOTE
HOW THE LETTERING IS ARRANGED, TO
AID THE LETTERER IN TERMS OF WHERE
TO BREAK EACH LINE

CHARACTER A
CHARACTER A HAS A SECOND
THOUGHT. THE BALLOONS ARE
JOINED WITH AN INTERNAL TAIL.

3. Description goes here. A maximum of 28 words in a balloon is a good yardstick to


keep your dialogue moving and your panels unstuffed.

SFX: BZZZT BZZZT - SOUND EFFECTS ARE NOT NUMBERED.

CHARACTER C (RADIO JAG)


CHARACTER C IS CALLING
OVER THE RADIO/PHONE!

NAME OF WRITER, CONTACT EMAIL PAGE 1


NAME OF SERIES, #1 PAGE 2

4. Description goes here. Different writers treat balloons in different ways, but a good
way to think of them is as separate breaths, or separate thoughts. Every time your
character would take a breath, or change tack mid-thought, split it into a different
balloon.

CHARACTER A (LARGE, JAG)


CHARACTER A EXPRESSES SURPRISE!

5. Description goes here. Thought balloons have largely fallen out of fashion in the
industry, in favor of the voice-over caption, which fulfils much the same purpose. But
see what suits the style of your project.

CHARACTER A V/O CAP


HMMM, THIS IS WHERE MY
INTERIOR MONOLOGUE WOULD GO,
IF I WERE CHARACTER A.

NARRATIVE CAP
OR PERHAPS YOU’D PREFER TO
TALK ABOUT CHARACTER A IN
THE THIRD PERSON, IN WHICH
CASE I’M YOUR BEST BET.

PAGE TWO

1. And all the numbering resets. Lather, rinse and repeat until you hit 20 or 22 pages,
and your issue is complete!

CHARACTER A
THANK YOU.

NAME OF WRITER, CONTACT EMAIL PAGE 2

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