I’ve broken down the stage play into seven sections. Then, section by section I adapt the stage version into the comic book issues, adding visually what’s in the past been described in dialogue, trimming the dialogue to its bare essence, and also finding new comic-book-appropriate ways of telling the story (for example, there are a lot more action scenes in the comic book, which in the radio drama would have sounded like pure cacaphony).

Then, Tim and I meet to talk through the entire script and he sketches out the thumbnails, making sure that what I wrote actually works on the illustrated page. Once I approve the thumbnails, Tim draws the book in a mix of blue pencil (which doesn’t show up on his scanner) and ink (which does). He scans the final pages into his computer to send to the colorist who picks it up from there. Once the book is colored, I go back through the dialogue and tweak and tease it to make it really tight with the visual storytelling. Then we send it to the letterer who adds that final, cool step.

Voila! A comic book!

Here are a couple of the thumbnails and you can check out the whole thing HERE.