Make a Comic

This four-panel strip depicts the sequential stages of comic creation, following a character from initial idea through finished artwork. Each panel shows a different phase: conception, composition at the drawing table, refinement with props and models, and final assembly with printed materials. The strip employs the visual conventions established by newspaper comics in the 1920s—panel borders, speech balloons, and gestural figure drawing—while treating the act of cartooning itself as subject matter. By demonstrating the mechanics of comic production, the strip reflects the medium's growing self-awareness and the professionalization of newspaper comic strips as both art form and commercial enterprise during this period.