Make Beliefs Comix
Updated 9/20/21
Getting Started
Click the picture to get started:
Ask your instructor for help if you need it.
If this is your first time, be sure to view the demo before creating your first comic strip.
- Click here to view a demo on how to create comix: DEMO.
- Use the Previous/Next buttons on either side to view all the pages of the tutorial. Be sure to read the captions below!
- After viewing the demo, press Create Comix! along the top menu bar to get started creating.
- Before you can get started, you will need to login or register for an account. If you already have an account, you can log in with it here. Otherwise, at the bottom of the pop-up, press Register.
- Your username should be an animal followed by a 4-digit number (ex. cobra7531, tiger8935). Your password should be the reverse of your username, number then animal (ex. 7531cobra, 8935tiger). You may enter your own email address if you wish (but you don’t have to). Then press Register and Sign In.
- Do not go any further until you have recorded your username and password. If you are participating in person, ask for a Student Login sheet from your instructor if you haven’t already been given one. Use the form below to submit your login details electronically.
- Now, take your time to create an interesting story using as many as 18 panels. Add backgrounds, objects, characters, bubbles, etc.
- Don’t wait too long before you press the Save Comic Online button to preserve your work. You will need to name your comic and enter your name as the author (nicknames are OK). You can continue editing until you are completely happy with your creation. Be sure to make a final save before leaving this page.
Have fun!
Watch Me!
What should I do?
Here are some ideas to help you get started creating. You can find many more HERE.
Each of us has at one time finished reading a book and said to ourself, ‘’I wish this book never ended,’’ and hoped for more pages or a sequel. Now, with MakeBeliefsComix.com you can create a comic strip and continue the story of your favorite characters. Did they live happily ever after? What new adventures or problems did they encounter? What happened to them after they grew up? Did everything work out as it was supposed to? You be the author-creator now as you build your comic strip. Have fun!
It’s time to think of a woman in history whom we admire and would even like to meet and exchange thoughts if we could. Which woman captures your imagination? What would you want to say to her or ask her? Why does she have meaning for you?
There are so many female characters on MakeBeliefsComix.com. Choose one to represent a woman whom you admire and create a comic strip about her life. Your hero may be someone who lived in another time or is among us today. She may be someone you know or want to know.
Take a moment to recall the happiest time in your life so far. When was that? What made it so special?
Now, keep that memory alive within you as you go about your day and deal with all the problems ahead. The memory will keep you going.
You are riding the bus and looking at the people who come on board. You suddenly find you have the power to read the thoughts of others. Someone sits down across from you, you close your eyes and read their minds. What stories do you hear? What surprises do you uncover? What do you learn?
Working with your best friend, you’re designing a computer program to do something miraculous, something never done before. It will answer a basic need all people have. What does your computer program do?
Other ideas
- Practice new vocabulary words
- Create a comic strip about your own life
- Create a daily comic strip diary
- Create your own comic strip hero and write a series of stories about him/her/it
- Create an illustrated poem or song