r/ComicWriting • u/Psycho_Rican • 4h ago

Writing stories set in other countries

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I have a catalog of graphic novel scripts Ive written for a number of heroes in my shared universe. Im working on getting some drawn and printed but I'm not sure about one of them.

The story is heavily inspired by Tokusatsu... (Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, old Godzilla type stuff) and involves a team of heroes who start out working for the japanese military. Most of the team are japanese except 1 member due to the nature of how powers are given.

Anyway, I am not japanese, I set it in Japan mostly due to the Inspirations but this is a single draft and I could see it being done in a fictional country with some edits.

My question should I avoid writing a story based in japan with japanese characters since im not japanese. Should I just make all my heroes come from America or fictional locations?

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r/ComicWriting • u/Redblackshoe • 14m ago

I’m about to write a 10 page graphic novel. Any advice?

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