 
Pham:
HI. I'M THIEN PHAM.
YOU CAN CALL ME
MR. PHAM, THOUGH.
I'M A SUPER-FAMOUS CARTOONIST.
I'M PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS
PERSON YOU'RE GONNA KNOW,
BUT TODAY, YOU GUYS,
I'M GONNA TEACH YOU GUYS
HOW TO DO YOUR OWN COMIC.
NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT
DRAWING COMICS IS VERY HARD,
LIKE, THEY'RE LIKE, "MAN,
DRAWING ALL THOSE SQUARES?"
BUT DRAWING COMICS
IS REALLY EASY,
SO WHAT I'M GONNA
SHOW YOU GUYS TODAY
IS HOW WE'RE GONNA DRAW
OUR OWN FOUR-PANEL COMIC.
SO, THE FIRST ONE --
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS,
WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SETTING,
WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE
THE CHARACTERS,
AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE HERE,
WE'RE GONNA INTRODUCE
SOME TYPE OF CONFLICT,
LIKE SOME TYPE OF PROBLEM, OKAY?
AND AT THE END HERE
IS CALLED THE RESOLUTION, OKAY?
AND WE'RE GONNA SOMEHOW
RESOLVE THIS CONFLICT
IN THIS THIRD PANEL.
AND AT THE END,
THIS IS THE LAST PANEL,
AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE
AN EXTRA PANEL
THAT WE LIKE TO ADD ON.
IT'S CALLED THE EPILOGUE.
IT'S SORT OF LIKE
WHEN YOU STAY LATE IN THE MOVIE,
YOU KNOW, AFTER THE CREDITS,
THEY HAVE THAT ONE EXTRA SCENE.
THAT'S WHAT THE EPILOGUE IS FOR.
IT'S JUST A FINAL,
FUNNY KIND OF ENDING, OKAY?
SO, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD
AND START.
SO, WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS
I LIKE TO COME UP WITH
THE CHARACTERS FIRST
BEFORE I EVEN START
DRAWING MY COMIC.
SO TODAY, I STARTED PENCILING
SOME CHARACTERS FOR OUR COMIC.
I'M GONNA DRAW
WHAT I LOVE TO DRAW,
AND THAT IS ROBOTS, NINJAS,
AND SCIENTISTS.
SO, I ALREADY BEGAN
PENCILING MY COMIC,
AND HERE IS MY FOUR-PANEL COMIC,
ALL RIGHT?
SO, IN THE BEGINNING HERE,
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS
YOU WANT TO HAVE A PLACE WHERE
THE STORY TAKES PLACE, OKAY?
YOU HAVE TO INTRODUCE
THE CHARACTERS, OKAY?
AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS
THIS THING CALLED THE LONG SHOT,
AND THE LONG SHOT IS WHERE
YOU PULL THE CAMERA WAY BACK
AND IT'S A LONG SHOT,
AND IT'S SHOWING YOU
A LOT OF THINGS, OKAY?
AND THE REASON
YOU WANT TO USE THE LONG SHOT
IS YOU WANT TO SHOW EVERYTHING.
HERE'S MY LONG SHOT, OKAY?
RIGHT THERE.
AND YOU CAN TELL
IN MY LONG SHOT,
I DECIDED THAT THIS IS
GONNA TAKE PLACE
IN A LABORATORY, OKAY?
AND THE CHARACTER IS THIS
NINJA HERE AND THIS ROBOT HERE,
AND THIS ROBOT, YOU CAN TELL,
IS SLEEPING
IN HIS RECHARGING STATION.
IT'S SORT OF LIKE
THE iPOD RECHARGING STATION
THAT YOUR PARENTS OR YOU HAVE,
BUT IT'S A RECHARGING
FOR ROBOTS, OKAY?
AND SO ONCE I PENCIL THAT,
THEN I PENCIL THE NEXT PANEL,
AND THE NEAT THING ABOUT COMICS
IS NOT THE PICTURES
THAT ARE IN THE BOXES.
IT'S WHAT HAPPENS
IN BETWEEN THE BOXES, OKAY?
AND THIS IS CALLED
THE TRANSITION.
AND IN COMIC TERMS, THIS LINE
RIGHT HERE IS CALLED THE GUTTER.
AND YOUR MIND IS SMART ENOUGH
TO CONNECT THE TWO,
AND BASICALLY, WHAT IT DOES IS
YOUR MIND WRITES THE STORY
IN BETWEEN THE LINES, OKAY?
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS,
THE ROBOT RIGHT HERE
IS COMING IN THE DOOR,
AND THEN THE NEXT SCENE,
THE NINJA IS TOUCHING THE ROBOT.
IT'S TRYING TO START THE ROBOT.
SO THE SCIENTIST COMES IN
AND CATCHES HER, ALL RIGHT?
AND SHE'S GONNA SAY, "WHY ARE
YOU TRYING TO START MY ROBOT?"
OKAY?
SO THIS IS THE CONFLICT,
SO RIGHT HERE
IS THE PROBLEM, OKAY?
AND THEN, FINALLY,
I HAVE A RESOLUTION.
SO REALLY, THOUGH,
THE NINJA REALLY DIDN'T WANT
TO STEAL THE ROBOT.
THE NINJA JUST WANTED TO SEE
IF THE ROBOT WANTED
TO COME OUT AND PLAY.
THEY'RE FRIENDS.
SO THAT'S WHAT THE NINJA'S
EXPLAINING TO THE SCIENTIST.
AND SO THAT IS CALLED
THE RESOLUTION.
SO WE HAVE RESOLVED
THIS CONFLICT, ALL RIGHT?
AND AT THE END,
WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN EPILOGUE,
AND IN MY STORY,
THE EPILOGUE IS THEM PLAYING,
AND I TRY
TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING FUNNY
FOR THE LAST PANEL,
SO, FOR EXAMPLE,
HERE, I WAS TRYING TO SAY,
WHAT IS THE FUNNIEST GAME
A NINJA AND A ROBOT CAN PLAY,
RIGHT?
SO I THINK, OKAY,
WELL, NINJA AND A ROBOT --
WELL, NINJAS ARE GOOD AT HIDING,
AND SO MAYBE HIDE-AND-SEEK
WOULD BE A FUNNY GAME,
AND HERE I HAVE
THE ROBOT SAYING,
"I HATE PLAYING HIDE-AND-SEEK
WITH YOU, NINJA."
BECAUSE THEY'RE SO GOOD
AT HIDING. GET IT?
HE'S UP HERE. SEE THAT?
YOU CAN HARDLY SEE HIM.
ALL RIGHT, SO, ONCE I DRAW ALL
THE PENCILS AND ALL THE BOXES,
I'M GONNA GO BACK IN
WITH MY PEN,
AND YOU GUYS CAN SEE,
IF YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING CLOSELY,
THAT MY PENCILS ARE
VERY, VERY MESSY
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE LINES,
AND A LOT OF THESE LINES,
I DON'T WANT,
BUT I'M TOO LAZY
TO EVEN ERASE THEM,
SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS
I'M JUST GONNA INK, ALL RIGHT?
SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS
I'M GONNA PUT THE INK ON TOP,
AND BECAUSE THIS LONG SHOT HERE
HAS A LOT OF SMALL DETAILS,
INSTEAD OF USING THIS BIG ONE,
I'M GONNA USE THIS SMALL ONE.
IT'S GOT A SMALLER TIP
FOR THE PEN
SO THAT IT'LL LET ME DRAW
MORE DETAILS.
SO I'M GONNA USE THIS,
AND I'M JUST BASICALLY GONNA
FOLLOW THE LINE.
WHEN I'M INKING, YOU GUYS,
I DON'T WANT TO DRAW
ANY OF THE LINES I DON'T LIKE.
I'M JUST DRAWING
THE ONE LINE THAT'S RIGHT.
SO I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD
AND INK THIS RIGHT HERE.
AND HERE, MY ROBOT IS SLEEPING.
AND I'M GONNA GO AND INK HIM.
AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW,
IF I HAVE A LOT OF WORDS,
I WANT TO KEEP
THE WORDS STRAIGHT,
SO I'LL TAKE A RULER, OKAY,
AND I'LL DRAW THESE LINES
SO THAT I MAKE SURE THAT I WRITE
ON TOP OF THESE LINES
INSTEAD OF JUST WINGING IT.
THIS WORD BALLOON HERE
IS GOING TO BE BIG ENOUGH
FOR ALL THE WORDS
AND GIVE ENOUGH ROOM
ALL THE WAY AROUND, OKAY?
YOU DON'T WANT THE WORDS
TO TOUCH THE BALLOON AT ALL.
ALSO, WHEN YOU DRAW
YOUR WORD BALLOON,
YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE IT TOUCH
THE PERSON'S MOUTH.
YOU CAN JUST HAVE IT POINT
TO THAT PERSON THAT'S TALKING.
THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.
OKAY?
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD
AND JUST TAKE THIS
AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD
AND INK IT.
NOW, WHEN WE INK THIS, YOU GUYS,
I WANT YOU GUYS TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE GONNA CHOOSE
JUST THE RIGHT LINES AGAIN.
OKAY, AND YOU GUYS WILL KNOW
WHAT THE RIGHT LINES IS
BECAUSE YOU'VE MADE THEM
A LITTLE DARKER
THAN THE WRONG LINES.
SO, BEFORE YOU START
WRITING IN THE LETTERS IN INK,
MAKE SURE YOU CHECK
THE SPELLING, OKAY?
THERE'S MANY TIMES
WHERE I'VE DONE THIS,
I DIDN'T CHECK THE SPELLING,
AND THEN I WRITE IT IN INK
AND THEN IT'S REALLY HARD TO
FIX IT AFTER YOU PUT IT IN INK.
SO, NOW, AFTER THAT,
YOU CAN ERASE THIS.
SO I'M JUST GONNA GO IN
WITH MY ERASER.
I'M JUST GONNA ERASE IT.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS, ALL
THE LINES THAT I MESSED UP ON,
THAT I WAS TOO MESSY ON
DISAPPEARS, OKAY?
AND THE ONLY LINES THAT ARE LEFT
ARE THE LINES THAT I INK,
'CAUSE INK DOESN'T ERASE, RIGHT?
SO WATCH.
I ALSO HAVE THIS AWESOME TOOL.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE BRUSH,
AND IT CLEANS MY ERASE CRUMBS.
NOW, I'VE NOTICED
THAT THIS NINJA IS NOT BLACK,
LIKE I ORIGINALLY DRAW HER,
SO I WANT TO COME BACK IN
WITH MY BIG PEN.
I'M GONNA COLOR HER IN.
OKAY? AND WHEN I COLOR HER IN,
I'M JUST GONNA OUTLINE IT FIRST.
JUST LIKE COLORING WITH CRAYONS,
YOU'RE GONNA
OUTLINE THE CHARACTER,
AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA
COLOR HER IN, LIKE THIS.
OKAY.
SO WE KNOW THAT SHE'S A NINJA.
ALL RIGHT.
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