Making Comics by Scott McCloud

If you’ve ever felt there must be something more to making comics than just copying drawing styles then this is the book for you.

In Making Comics, I do my best to cover the storytelling secrets I don’t see any other books talking about, including:

Choosing the right moments to make into panels; what to include, what to leave out.
Framing actions and guiding the reader’s eyes.
Choosing words and images that communicate together.
Creating varied and compelling characters with inner lives and unforgettable appearances.
Understanding body language and facial expressions.
Creating rich, believable worlds for your readers to explore.
Picking the tools that are right for you, and understanding how those tools evolved.
Navigating the vast world of comics styles and genres.

Whether you want to draw graphic novels, superheroes, neo-manga, comic strips or webcomics, you’re going to be putting one picture after another to tell a story. This is the book where I do my best to show you how.

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About Making Comics: If you’ve ever felt there must be something more to making comics than just copying drawing styles then this is the book for you. In Making Comics, I do my best to cover the storytelling secrets I don’t see any other books talking about, including: Choosing the right moments to make into panels; what to include, what to leave out. Framing actions and guiding the reader’s eyes. Choosing words and images that communicate together. Creating varied and compelling characters with inner lives and unforgettable appearances. Understanding body language and facial expressions. Creating rich, believable worlds for your readers to explore. Picking the tools that are right for you, and understanding how those tools evolved. Navigating the vast world of comics styles and genres. Whether you want to draw graphic novels, superheroes, neo-manga, comic strips or webcomics, you’re going to be putting one picture after another to tell a story. This is the book where I do my best to show you how.	"Scott McCloud's brilliant treatise on the inner workings of cartoonists will delight amateur artists and curious fans alike." -- Salon "Only Scott McCloud could organize his thoughts on comics like this. Scott's talent as a cartoonist not only makes him intimate to insights no outsider can see but also gives him the power to show it to the world. Will it be controversal? Does it live up to the promise of Understanding Comics? Happily, the answer to both questions is yes!" -- Jeff Smith, Bone [Starred Review] "Every medium should be lucky enough to have a taxonomist as brilliant as McCloud." -- Publishers Weekly "The best how-to manual ever published." -- Kevin Kelly, Cool Tools "In this, McCloud's third nonfiction book about comics, he was produced his most significant achievement to date, and that's really saying something." -- Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing Chapter Five and a Half. An online extension to Making Comics' Chapter on Tools, Techniques and Technology. Remembering the Adventure: The Tour Blog. Our Livejournal community where the whole family posted accounts of our travels and photos from the road. Tour Page. Where we went. The McCloud Family Podcast and The Winterviews Our occasional podcast from the road and a video interviews with comics creators around the country conducted by Winter (age 11) and edited by Sky (age 13). Presented by Comic Book Resources.

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