Objectives

The fundamental objective of this course is to provide students with the necessary tools to create a comic book script. The specific objectives are as follows:

1. Understand the specific characteristics of a comic book script.

2. Assimilate the flexibility that exists in scriptwriting in a hybrid medium such as comics.

3. Learn how the profession of comic book scriptwriting has evolved throughout history.

Learning Modules

• Introduction to comic book scriptwriting
• Nonfiction comic writing
• Genres and intermediality in comics
• Final course project

Methodology

The course will be taught entirely online, with classes held once a week from October to January. For the assessment of each of the first three modules, a series of activities will be conducted, which will be discussed at the beginning of each module. Finally, each student will complete a comic book script project from February to May.

Faculty

• Francisco Sáez de Adana Herrero

• Gerardo Vilches Fuentes

• Antonio Altarriba Ordóñez

• David Muñoz Pantiga

• Miguel Ángel Giner Bou

• Jose Pablo García Gil

• Susanna Martín Segarra

• Salvador Rubio Gómez

• Pepe Gálvez Miguel

• Marta Rovira Amigo

• Santiago García Fernández

• Carlos Villarreal Colunga

• Enrique del Rey Cabero

• ARGH! Asociación Profesional de Guionistas de Cómic

Tuition fee

• 450 euros

Application 

• Course registration will be available during September and October 2025.

Course dates

• The course will begin on November 10^th, 2025, and end on June 30^th, 2026.

Credit recognition

• 15 ECTS