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Credits: The original FAQ was put together by the enigmatic Karl*, with help from Harrison Chua. Additional information, layout, programming, artwork and html by Dudley Bryan Jr.
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Comments by Karl!

I've had the pleasure talking with various professional comic book artists via e-mail. They've given me lots of useful tips on drawing comics. The goal of this FAQ is to retell those small tips that can't be find in ordinary "how to draw" books. I felt these tips should be read by more than me, that's why you're reading this. I haven't got an actual permission by the artists to use their answers in a FAQ like this, but I'm pretty sure they don't mind. If they do, I apologize. These guys are amongst the BEST, and I advice you to seek out whatever they are doing, you won't be sorry.

Some Questions and Answers have been slightly edited to make more sense, since they are taken out from conversations. Therefore all text are not actual quotes. Any comments by me in the Answers is spotted by its appearance in braces.