Drawing Words and Writing Pictures

Drawing Words and Writing Pictures

Author: Jessica Abel

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2008-06-10

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 1596431318

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A course on comics creation offers lessons on lettering, story, structure, and panel layout, providing a solid introduction for people interested in making their own comics.


Mastering Comics

Mastering Comics

Author: Jessica Abel

Publisher: First Second

Published: 2012-05-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781596436176

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A new course of material to accompany First Second's widely acclaimed 2008 comics textbook. In their hotly anticipated follow-up to 2008's comics textbook Drawing Words & Writing Pictures, School of Visual Arts cartooning professors Matt Madden and Jessica Abel bring their expertise to bear on the "second semester" of a course of study for the budding cartoonist. Covering advanced topics such as story composition, coloring, and file formatting, Mastering Comics is a vital companion to the introductory content of the first volume.


Mastering Comics

Mastering Comics

Author: Jessica Abel

Publisher:

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9780329934835

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Presents instructions for mastering the creation of comic books and graphic novels, providing guidelines for the intermediate cartoonist on technique, story generation, narrative tools, and business and industry insights.


Talking, Drawing, Writing

Talking, Drawing, Writing

Author: Martha Horn

Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1571104569

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"The book's lessons are organized by topic and include oral storytelling, drawing, writing words, assessment, introducing booklets, and moving writers forward. Based on the authors' work in urban kindergarten and first-grade classes, the essence and structure of many of the lessons lend themselves to adaptation through fifth grade."--Jacket.


Drawing from Memory

Drawing from Memory

Author: Allen Say

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 0545176867

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Caldecott medalist Allen Say chronicles his experiences as an artist during World War II, and describes his relationship with his mentor Noro Shinpei, Japan's leading cartoonist.


Making Comics

Making Comics

Author: Scott McCloud

Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks

Published: 2006-09-05

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780060780944

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Presents instructions for aspiring cartoonists on the art form's key techniques, sharing concise and accessible guidelines on such principles as capturing the human condition through words and images in a minimalist style.


Writing with Pictures

Writing with Pictures

Author: Uri Shulevitz

Publisher: New York : Watson-Guptill Publications

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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Anyone wishing to create children's books will learn how to tell a story visually; build a storyboard to plot the flow of a book; prepare pages for a printer; and go about finding a publisher. Step-by-step sketches provide insights into drawing characters and developing settings. The works of such renowned illustrators as Beatrix Potter, William Steig, and Maurice Sendak are used to demonstrate a visual approach to storytelling. 10 color and 600 b & w illustrations. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.


Words for Pictures

Words for Pictures

Author: Brian Michael Bendis

Publisher: Watson-Guptill

Published: 2014-07-22

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0770434363

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Best-selling Marvel Comics writer Brian Michael Bendis reveals the comic book writing secrets behind his work on The Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man, All-New X-Men, and more. Arguably the most popular writer in modern comics, Brian Michael Bendis shares the tools and techniques he uses to create some of the most popular comic book and graphic novel stories of all time. Words for Pictures provides a fantastic opportunity for readers to learn from a creator at the very top of his field. Bendis's step-by-step lessons teach comics writing hopefuls everything they'll need to take their ideas from script to dynamic sequential art. The book's complete coverage exposes the most effective methods for crafting comic scripts, showcases insights from Bendis's fellow creators, reveals business secrets all would-be comics writers must know, and challenges readers with exercises to jumpstart their own graphic novel writing success.


Ice Haven

Ice Haven

Author: Daniel Clowes

Publisher: Pantheon

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 9

ISBN-13: 037542332X

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The author of Ghost World presents an offbeat tour of the sleepy Midwestern town of Ice Haven and its unusual inhabitants, including Random Wilder, the narrator and would-be poet laureate of the town; his arch-rival Ida Wentz; the lovelorn Violet Van der Plazt and Vida Wentz; Mr. and Mrs. Ames, a detective team; and others. Mature.


Sunnyville Stories

Sunnyville Stories

Author: Max West

Publisher:

Published: 2014-03-01

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9780989069601

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Rusty Duncan and Samantha Macgregor continue their adventures in a small town called Sunnyville.