# Where do comic illustrators and comic writers connect? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-comic-illustrators-and-comic-writers-connect/441396 "2008-03-14T20:15:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-comic-illustrators-and-comic-writers-connect/441396/1 "2008-03-14T20:15:26Z")
I’m developing a short story I wrote into a webcomic, and I need to hook up with a good illustrator, so any help would be appreciated. Maybe there’s a discussion forum or a blog or something that does that, I dunno. I thought the comics solons here might know. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-comic-illustrators-and-comic-writers-connect/441396/2 "2008-03-14T20:18:33Z")
Try the Creative forums on Your Mom’s Basement: [Forums](http://yourmomsbasement.com/forums/index.php?showforum=19) And The Comic Bloc (DC Comics writer Geoff Johns’ website): [http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=39](http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=39) You’ll have to register to post on both forums, but they are free. Just be sure you lurk around and get to know the general tone of both boards before you post, just like you would have done here. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-comic-illustrators-and-comic-writers-connect/441396/3 "2008-03-14T20:23:22Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] Try the Creative forums on Your Mom’s Basement: [Forums](http://yourmomsbasement.com/forums/index.php?showforum=19) And The Comic Bloc (DC Comics writer Geoff Johns’ website): [http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=39](http://www.comicbloc.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=39) You’ll have to register to post on both forums, but they are free. Just be sure you lurk around and get to know the general tone of both boards before you post, just like you would have done here. [/QUOTE] Thanks, I will check those out. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-comic-illustrators-and-comic-writers-connect/441396/4 "2008-03-15T01:04:47Z")
There is also [ComicSpace](http://www.comicspace.com) and [Drawing Board](http://www.drawingboard.org). Going there as a writer is a bit like being one of the guys at a swing party who didn’t bring a date (Writers seeking artists outnumber artists seeking writers something like 100 to 1), but some incredible artists show their stuff there. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-comic-illustrators-and-comic-writers-connect/441396/5 "2008-03-15T18:21:22Z")
Thanks, I’ll give them a visit, too. My feeling is that if anyone does the illustration, it should be because they really like the story and think it would make a good webcomic. And they have to be a good artists with a talent for conveying emotion through facial expression and body language. So I figure I’m facing 100-to1 odds as it is.