Everyone Starts Somewhere, What’s The Very First Comic You Ever Made?

[Jophiel]

That's alright ! Progress is still progress. I think seeing the aspects or areas you've improved is already a good step towards the right direction because you know what to improve on and what mistakes you're possibly making (which doesn't come too much in the early stages of creating).

[ButterflyEmpress]

Not my first comic, but the oldest I could find. My first was a magical girl comic based on the Barbie dolls I had (unfortunately it's missing ). This one was called SAS Girls VS JAM Boys Snowball War.

I made this comic when I was around 8-9 years old. It's your typical "girls rule, boys drool" story. The panels are all the same size, in a unique order, with such lovely handwriting.

I used to make picture books a lot when I was a kid since I really wanted to be an author/illustrator.

[Saajing]

I'm also redrawing what I shared! I'd like to make another topic soon about "remakes" so keep an eye out for that too share your diff. versions there too

@nauko This looks digital to me, but I like the second panel lol (never could get into ffxv)

@rifftiff lol, this is cute, good way to keep your brain active

@Shanny8 Before I even read what you wrote, I can already tell the marvel influence was strong, haha. I also took a look at your recent work (link in your profile) and you certainly did improve. For one, you seem to take extra care with your backgrounds now-- the characters certainly feel grounded in their environment-- and the characters themselves aren't as slanted as your older one.
You doing fine

@Bree_Mana That's a very interesting premise and seems like it could go several different avenues. The artwork on its own has improved (and the page layout has seen quite the upgrade) but that typesetting is still lackluster; it seems like an afterthought rather than part of the composition, like you're just trying to squeeze it in. This is a pretty good video on lettering https://youtu.be/LjwFFQlP5OM (watching videos on TYPE in general is a good idea, but since this comic related, ¯_(ツ)_/¯)
Here's to improving more and more

@ButterflyEmpress "The panels are all the same size, in a unique order, with such lovely handwriting."
Lovely

I made picture books a lot too! In elementary we even had a program where we can create and publish or own hardcover books. I think they were placed in the neighborhood public library for a limited time (the library was across the street from our school). It was one of my more memorable school programs, haha

[Bree_Mana]

Thanks for the feedback, i'll take it into consideration!

[thel3tterm]

Oh boy.
The first one I EVER made was when I was in the first grade and it had to do with a time travelling cat that met dinosaurs or something. Sadly I no longer have it.

If we're talking the first comic I've ever serialized and shared on the internet it would be the majestic prototype to Redux which I ran from 2012 to 2014. It was... Ugly, and I was literally making it up as I went, but I learned a lot and my art grew quite a bit as a result. Also, I really fell in love with a lot of the concepts and characters, and swore I'd come back to it someday.

For a comparison, the evolution of the artwork was something like this. (Note, I usually put dialogue at the bottom of pages, kind of homestuck style.)

My current art in comparison is still a bit rough, but its come a long way.

[ButterflyEmpress]

I wish I had something like that when I was in elementary school. I remember there was a Reading Rainbow young illustrator/author contest, but my parents wouldn't let me join. To be fair, the stories I wrote as a kid were poorly written now that I look back on them.

[Berserker]

I made a webcomic over about six months on webtoons. I started traditional but redrew it in digital once I got my tablet.

I'm currently creating a novelization of it on Tapas.

Rock & Rhun

[Saajing]

Is there a reason why you started with a comic and not a novel (usually it’s the other way around, lol)

[Berserker]

I was reading a lot of comic books at the time and also trying to get into art more. But I realized that a good comic needs to have a good story with well written dialogue as well. I was satisfied with this comic but my second Military Sci-fi comic got no traction at all. Because the story didn't resonate with people.

So I decided to focus in on writing more. I felt I could flesh out the world of "Rock and Rhun" better with a novel. Got a few sequels planned.

[unicornfield]

I don't have it anymore but the first comic that I made digitally that I remember (can't remember if I made one traditionally before but I remember my first digital one) was around when I was 12. I don't have it any more, but I remember it was this random comic about a walnut machine that makes you smart.

[Darth_Biomech]

It was crass, mean and vulgar series drawn on pages ripped out of my notebook that satirized life in my school (and dunked on some specific people among both my classmates and the school workers) that I made when I was 14.
Thankfully, it was lost to the sands of time forever ago and nobody will get to witness it.

[Saajing]

Wouldn't it be crazy if you found it right after posting this?

[NickRowler]

I think I was in 3rd grade.

My first webcomic series was something called Akatsuki Babies

https://www.deviantart.com/lilnanny/art/Akatsuki-Babies-85012886

[rajillustration]

A shame I no longer can find my "Sailor Moon but as dogs" fancomic drawn entirely with jelly roll pens on lined black paper.

[Saajing]

Big shame, indeed lol

[Hexigate]

As far as I can remember, my first comic was a story about some dude who went to school but was also some superhero. I took print paper, folded them in half, and stapled the crease so you read it like a book, and I drew it in there. I remember making it in a Pre-K class, then throwing it away almost immediately cus I didn't like it. But then a girl classmate brought it back to me saying it was good. I threw it away again tho.

[thedude3445]

My oldest comic ever was Star Wars Episode VII Part 1, which I made when I was 8 on paper. That's nowhere to be found, so the next best thing is the first digital comic I ever made....

And by that I mean... Sprite Comic!

December 14th, 2005... It's been a long time

[Berserker]

And to think you could have beat JJ Abrams to writing Star Wars VII.

[CursedBeasts]

I remember drawing some comics with a friend at about 6 or 7 years old, but I don't have scans of them.

So that would make this comic about a Dread Master from SWTOR that I created in 2013 the earliest comic that I can actually show. It was a comic that was supposed to introduce the Dread Master character to an OC of a person I was talking to at the time, and serve as a prequel to an RP. The comic didn't really go anywhere, and the RP didn't happen. I kinda ended up deleting a lot of the pages so here's what's still left lol.

[M.ComicFan]

I used to do the same thing as well; making comics in that sort of style I mean. Although while I certainly didn't throw them away, I have no idea where they are.