Comics and Graphic Novels
Remember the science comics or books that inspired you as a kid? Your research can be one of them. We make short and long form comics.
Our Services
Overview
Comics and graphic novels have great power to show complex stories of research and science.
From how Richard Scarry showed us What People Do All Day, to the humour of XKCD, and the powerful science stories of PAGES Horizon, the medium of comics perfectly combines image and text to help us understand deep scientific concepts.
Cooked Illustrations specialises in using comics and graphic novels to tell research stories for multiple publications and contexts. Comics are not just valuable creations for magazines, but can increase interest in science stories on social media, high impact reports, and even act as graphical abstracts of research posters!
Comics and graphic novels also present ways through which your research can be commercialised, creating new avenues to fund your research.
The opportunities that arise from creating scientific comics and graphic novels comics are many:
Developing of a character opens branding opportunities
Characters can be commercialized, opening new sources of revenue for a laboratory or individual researcher through merchandizing
Translating research into a narrative for general audiences brings research directly to those communities
While we often think that comics are most effective with children aged 6-14, comics can be powerful tools for all ages and aspects (Widening Engagement article)
Explaining scientific processes that are unfamiliar to us (Dumbarton Oaks articles or Sandy)
If you’d like to see our comic work, go here.
Considering how varied an approach comics are, we treat each project as a bespoke solution.
However, for convenience and ease, we offer some starting options. But if none of these fit your project, you can always contact us here.
Process:
Step 1
Book a video call to discuss the specifics of the project – up to 30 minutes. You can book a call on this link, or you can give us more details of your project via email or using this form.
We may require access to the report text at this stage to give an accurate quote.
Step 2
We will provide you a Project Proposal and Quote for the service.
Step 3
We will provide you with colour sketches for any illustrations required for the report, and design options for the style and look of the final document via email.
Step 4
We have a 30 minute video call to review and apply any feedback.
Step 5
Our team will apply changes to the illustrations and design approach.
Step 6
We will deliver First Draft of the Report Document. At this stage you can request minor changes and point any corrections required. After this stage no illustration or images can be changed without incurring an additional cost.
Step 7
Our team will deliver a Second Draft. Minor changes are allowed, such as changing position of images, text, colours on individual pages.
Step 8
Final product delivered in multiple formats.
