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Create your own Marvel Comic Books online!
Apr 30, 2024
(This video was originally posted on Aug. 6, 2018 and was re-uploaded to correct information for the sponsor). Try Marvel: Create Your Own now! : https://marvel.taptapcomics.com Today we’re taking a look at a brand new web app from comic book giants, Marvel. where you can create your own comics from scratch without having any artistic talent and in next to no time. Follow us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/cultofmac Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cultofmac Instagram: https://instagram.com/cultofmac/
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What's up guys Stephen Goddard Mac here and today we're taking a look at a brand new web app from comic book Giants Marvel
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Where you can create your own comic book from scratch right in your web browser in next to no time at all
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So let's roll that intro and get started Let's roll the intro
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You Marvel have recently teamed up with games developer tap tap to roll out a website where you can create your own comic book online called
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Marvel create your own That's right. You can design your very own Marvel story with the most popular characters in original stories and situations
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It looks like it will give fans a host of options to create a comic book masterpiece
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Have you ever dreamt of being Stanley or Frank Miller but struggle to draw a convincing stickman
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Well, that's no longer an issue Thanks to this site as it gives you a range of Marvel characters backgrounds and speech bubbles
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Meaning you only have to concentrate on telling a killer story After you've signed up and picked your pen name. It's really simple to start your first Marvel project
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There's a spider-man story already started for you when you open the page so you can get stuck in right away
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If you're like me, you'll want to build your Marvel words straight away But there will be tutorials which are in the top right hand side of the my stories tab that are really useful when you need
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To find out exactly how everything works You can even have a read of the other comics that have been created by clicking on the read button on the main page
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To get some inspiration for your graphic story creations as well What's great about designing your story is that the characters are fully maneuverable 3d models that you can shift spin and rotate
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Into the perfect position for your ace new comic strip It's pretty impressive the level of detail you can get with their positioning by selecting the page thumbnail
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You can pick your pose before making use of the tilt zoom and rotate sliders to get your superhero
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climbing jumping and swinging just the way you want them to It can be a little bit tricky to begin with
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Working through the wealth of poses and positions you can put the characters into But once you get to grips with the controls it gets much easier as you go along
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Once your character is in place, it's simple to change the background to match the action of your character
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There's lots to choose from like a cool cityscape or an action-packed explosion to get your creative juices flowing
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The speech bubbles can be moved around to fit the visuals so you can get them to say exactly what you want when you want
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If you need to take it to the next level There's the option to split the page layout and put a series of images on one page or give your characters a close-up shot
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if you need to There's also a host of other standard features to help you out including auto saving drag and drop layers layer locking and a preview mode
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All in all there's plenty of options to get you working like a true Marvel Pro To start you off this five demo pages, but you can create up to 24 full pages on site
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This would usually take the guys over at Marvel around six weeks to create a single comic, but you can do it in next to no time
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There's a solid range of characters to choose right from the beginning such as spider-man the Hulk and Captain America to name a few
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But you can build up your collection by buying one of their reasonably priced character bundles
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The website is currently offering up to 50% off when you want to unlock new characters
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So it's worth a real look at what you want to buy I reckon the ultimate villains bundle is a great shout to give your superheroes some real bad guys to save the world from and
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There's plenty more characters for you to look forward to adding to your comics with around 100 extra schedule to be on site in time
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for Christmas and Of course, there's a handy share button that will allow you to show off your new creations to the world
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At the moment. It's only available as a web application on Safari and Google Chrome
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But all of you iPhone addicts can rest assured as this plans to create iPad and iPhone apps for the platform in the near future
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It's a really powerful weapon in the battle for comic book supremacy and up to this point
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There are 30,000 plus stories already out there in the Marvel create your own fiction universe
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if it gets more people interested in the art form of comic book illustration and
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Encourages people to try their hand at doing it for real Then that's only a good thing in our book and who knows it might be giving the next Alex Ross or Neil Gaiman
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The first shot of becoming a comic book legend Well, that is it for this video
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But make sure to let us know your thoughts on the Marvel create your own platform in the comments section down below
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I've had a ton of fun playing with my favorite Marvel superheroes over the past two weeks, and I'm sure you will too
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Thanks to the guys over at Marvel for sponsoring this video I will make sure to leave all of the links you need in the description below
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But if you enjoyed this video, please support us by hitting that like button subscribe if you haven't already and I'll catch you in the next one
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