This is the first in a series of tutorials on using the free vector image editing software, Inkscape to make comics. This series of comics will be specifically for use in making a comic out of anime screenshots, but the same information can be applied to photograph comics and hand- or computer-drawn comics.

This series of tutorials expects a very basic understanding of Inkscape, but should be understandable to a patient newcomer to Inkscape who’s ready to explore the software a little to find what’s written about here.

This tutorial is written using Inkscape 0.46.

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In the world of free(dom) and open source software, there’s one type of application that’s missing. Well, technically there’s a lot, but there’s one that I’ve oft wondered why there is no open source software for: making comics.

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I mentioned recently that I’ve switched from the “In Series” plugin to the “Organize Series”. Aside from my already using the “/series” URL, and needing to change it to something else (it would be nice to see that as an option in the settings interface for the plugin), I did find one other issue that needed taking care of.

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A recent post on アニ・ノート brings up the topic of copying DVDs to ones hard drive. Actually, I’ve copied some DVDs to my laptop recently, to watch while I’m staying in San Diego for Comic-Con.

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