How do you take your comic book idea from concept to four-color reality?

Compared to comics, book pitches are easy! When it comes to a book, all you need is a query letter and some sample pages. Maybe a synopsis.

For a comic, though—do you need a script? Artwork? How many pages? What format?

And once you're done, where do you send it?

We've recruited Alex Segura, an editor at Archie Comics and its genre-defying Dark Circle Comics imprint, to walk you through the basics, from tightening up your concept, to whittling down what you include, to getting your pitch in the right hands.

Alex is the author of Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall and the Pete Fernandez series of Miami crime novels. He has also written a number of comic books, including the best-selling and critically acclaimed Archie Meets Kiss storyline, which USA Today called "a thoroughly entertaining (and wonderfully bizarre) story", as well as the “Occupy Riverdale” story and Archie Meets Ramones. His latest series, The Black Ghost, was named a comic to watch by The New York Times in 2019.

And he's here to offer his years of experience in the comic book industry, so you can take your idea and take steps toward making it a reality.