The Working Writer's Guide to Comics and Graphic Novels

The Working Writer's Guide to Comics and Graphic Novels
Author: Nick Macari
Publisher:
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2015-12-21
Genre:
ISBN: 9780692577103

The definitive writing manual for writing comic book and graphic novel scripts. Everything the writer needs to take their outline to successful comic script. Suitable for all writers, novice and professional.

The Art of Comic Book Writing

The Art of Comic Book Writing
Author: Mark Kneece
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2015-09-08
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1607747510

A practical guide for beginner and advanced comic book writers that outlines the steps needed to successfully craft a story for sequential art. With this latest book in the SCAD Creative Essentials series from the esteemed Savannah College of Art and Design, comics writer and instructor Mark Kneece gives aspiring comic book writers the essential tools they need to write scripts for sequential art with confidence and success. He provides a practical set of guidelines favored by many comic book publishers and uses a unique trial and error approach to show would-be scribes the potential pitfalls they might encounter when seeking a career in comics writing. Supported by examples of scripting from SCAD's students, faculty, and alumni,The Art of Comic Book Writing strips away the mysteries of this popular artform and provides real-world advice and easy-to-follow examples for those looking to write for the comics medium.

The Complete Guide to Figure Drawing for Comics and Graphic Novels

The Complete Guide to Figure Drawing for Comics and Graphic Novels
Author: Dan Cooney
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2012
Genre: Cartooning
ISBN: 9780857621030

Suitable for all abilities, from complete beginners to experienced artists. Covers all essential elements of making sequential art, including concept and composition, characters and backgrounds, expressions, emotion, atmosphere and action. This book gives

Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel

Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel
Author: Dan Cooney
Publisher: B.E.S. Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780764146299

Presents guidance for creating graphic novels, beginning with establishing characters and continuing through storytelling, drawing technique, composition, inking, coloring, lettering, and strategies for getting the finished product published.

The Color of Earth

The Color of Earth
Author: Tong-hwa Kim
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2009-03-31
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1596434589

Contains graphic sexual topics.

Wires and Nerve, Volume 2

Wires and Nerve, Volume 2
Author: Marissa Meyer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2018-01-30
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250078288

When rogue packs of wolf-hybrid soldiers threaten the tenuous alliance between Earth and Luna, android Iko joins up with a handsome royal guard to hunt down the rogue leader.

The Writer's Guide to the Business of Comics

The Writer's Guide to the Business of Comics
Author: Lurene Haines
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Total Pages: 168
Release: 1998
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780823058778

Provides an overview of the comic book industry, tips to improve writing skills, ways to prepare writing samples, and tips on approaching potential employers

The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics

The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics
Author: Dennis O'Neil
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2013-07-09
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 077043455X

For any writer who wants to become an expert comic-book storyteller, The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics is the definitive, one-stop resource! In this valuable guide, Dennis O’Neil, a living legend in the comics industry, reveals his insider tricks and no-fail techniques for comic storytelling. Readers will discover the various methods of writing scripts (full script vs. plot first), as well as procedures for developing a story structure, building subplots, creating well-rounded characters, and much more. O’Neil also explains the many diverse formats for comic books, including graphic novels, maxi-series, mega-series, and adaptation. Of course, there are also dozens of guidelines for writing proposals to editors that command attention and get results.

Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels
Author: Paul Gravett
Publisher: Harper Design
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2005-11-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780060824259

Graphic novels, long stories told in comics format, have enjoyed the fastest-growing sales of any category of book in the U.S. over the last four years. This modern renaissance of comics has produced a library of substantial works, whose subjects are not confined to superheroes or fantasy but are as varied and sophisticated as the best films and literature. Graphic Novels presents an accessible, entertaining, and highly illustrated guide to the diversity of contemporary comics in book form. Featuring striking graphics and explanatory extracts from a wide range of graphic novels, the book examines the specific language of the comics medium; the history and pioneers of the form; recent masterpieces from Art Spiegelman's Maus to Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan; the impact of Japanese manga and European albums translated into English; how artists have overcome prejudices towards the genre; and the ambitious range of themes and issues artists are addressing, including childhood, war and survival, politics, the future, sexuality, and the supernatural.

Comic Book Encyclopedia

Comic Book Encyclopedia
Author: Ron Goulart
Publisher: It Books
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2004-10-26
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780060538163

A 4–colour, illustrated best–of–the–best of the comic book world – with writers/creators who launched an industry (Jack Kirby, Stan Lee), amazing graphic novels (Preacher, The Watcher), legendary artists (Jim Lee) and characters as wide–ranging as Archie, The Gay Ghost, Batman, Blue Devil and the Fantastic Four. Never before has there been a single volume of superheroes, graphic novels, strange comic icons, legendary writers and artists of the comic world. Comic Book Encyclopedia is the multiverse of comic legend and lore for every comic–book fan, and for everyone who wants to understand the characters, history, and universal appeal of this world. Collected into a single volume, this is the best–of–the–best of comics. From the 1930s to today, it includes everything a young, budding comic reader – or an experienced pro – needs to know and/or read.