Once I realized my first idea about the comic book layout wasn't going to work, I got it in my head that it would be cool to see the character's speech scroll by in a word bubble.  However, I also knew that simple HTML wasn't going to enable me to do that.  So I decided it was time to learn JavaScript. The number of books out there on JavaScript is quite horrifying.  However, after some research, I decided to buy JavaScript The Definitive Guide (fourth edition) by David Flanagan.  This book is very different than HTML For the World Wide Web in that the goal is not to hold the hand of the reader and instruct him or her on learning to develop with JavaScript.  While it does start at the beginning (it even has the history of JavaScript), it is more of a very detailed reference guide on every object, property and method there is.  It is the authority on JavaScript.  This book is also well written and contains a wealth of information.  If you have any type of technical background, I suspect you will really like this book.

Since I learned a long time ago, that re-use is one of the best things you can do, I went searching on the Web for a script or applet that would enable my scrolling feature.  As luck would have it, DHTMLCentral.com had just the thing I was looking for...mostly.  It took me some time to play around with the script to finally make the correct modifications, but I got there.  I find playing around with scripts that other people have written a great way to learn.

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