Comic Speech Bubbles 

I have a big issue with page lay out, but beyond that, in particular with speech bubbles and text within the page itself. There is meant to be a clear flow as to where the bubble lie within a panel and how those panels guide the viewers' eyes through the page. Additionally where you put these speech bubbles and how much text they have can ruin the whole flow of the page if done incorrectly. 

I have looked through a few websites and looked at a lot of youtube videos that give you guidelines on how the page should flow and the science behind the text itself. 

A good website I found that has a lot of information on speech bubbles is Creative Comic Art. They recommended a book, which I got called Drawing Words and Writing Pictures. It is a great book and essentially is a college level crash course into comic art and even has homework sections and activities you can do to develop useful skills.

Blambot also had a great direct set of rules for me to follow and with these basically answered all my questions upfront. It tells you about balloon tails, burst balloons, captions, lettering and more. A real straightforward guide that I really needed. Although, knowing all this I'm sure I'm still going to struggle, especially because I am doing it all by hand.