Topic: Any advice for a first time comic?

I'm putting more focus into a short comic I'm making, and I'm looking for for suggestions to help it go smoother.

(note: this advice is largely based on assumption that this is traditional style of comic rather than panel per page style of comic)

• Before anything, write a script where you write the dialog, what the characters are doing in the comic, and what the scene is like.
• Do rough grayscale thumbnails (ideally under 300px height and 250px width) of the page layouts before starting to draw. This is so that you have right away an idea where the characters will be, where the speech bubbles will be placed, and what the finished comic will look like. Also this allows you to easily change things around drastically without wasting too much time.
• Ideally keep the page count under 10, or even under 5 (comics are a lot more demanding than they may seem, and you don't want to bite more than you can chew. Don't be afraid of leaving your current plans for later and doing something even smaller if the page count swells to double digits so that you can return to it later after getting hang of the process)
• Don't write in speech bubbles, instead write the text first, and then draw the speech bubble around it.
• Order speech bubbles from left to right and from top to bottom based on which order reader is meant to read the speech bubbles.
• Point the tail of the speech bubble towards the speaker's head, and ensure that there is no other characters in between.

I recommend to limit exposition dumping and/or overtexting each image. I have noticed that Fuf's (legendary :3) "Blazing A Trail" comic has an exposition/overtexting issue, meaning that the characters sometimes talk a lot while not doing much. You can think of your comic as multiple pages coming together to form a narrative, instead of trying to force a narrative in 1 page. This keeps your pages (and the panels in those pages) flowy and readable - exactly like a television episode is.

My favourite comic (by far) that I've read, probably even outside of the porn industry, is "Wanderlust". You can learn a lot both in writing and artwork composition. Specifically the switches between more text heavy panels/pages and textless panels/pages feels very natural in Wanderlust. Chapter 4 is especially beautiful on all fronts.

Since you are making a short comic, you can probably plan out the whole plot by writing a script like Ruppari mentions, and as a result get a rough estimate on the amount of pages you'll need. Whether to plan the whole comic by making quick sketch outlines of every page depends on what you prefer as an artist. For a short comic, it probably makes sense to do.

Read Sonichu. Yes, I'm serious. It's a good example of everything NOT to do, including the aforementioned overtexting issue. Massive walls of text in Comic Sans is a bad way to go.

Update. I've posted the cover and 3 pages so those can be used as a point of reference for what to improve. I'm probably gonna wait until the comic is done or until I've done a lot of pages to color it.

I'm not sure how many pages the comic will be. Once Quong starts trying on underwear, that will definitely produce around 5-8 pages maybe more.

I await suggestions and here's hoping the comic goes well.

Thanks for the advice btw.