The opening page of a comic sets up everything that comes after it, for good or ill.
Carla Speed McNeil (
Finder),
Jen Van Meter (
Hopeless Savages),
Greg Rucka (
Stumptown), and moderator
Douglas Wolk discuss great first pages of comics and the way they can instantly pull their audience in and establish the tone and themes of a story.
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