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.

Earthling!

Earthling!
Author: Mark Fearing
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2018-10-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1452181217

Every kid worries about making friends at a new school, but when nine-year-old Bud accidentally catches the wrong bus and finds himself launched into deep space, new friends are the least of his problems! At Cosmos Academy, Bud learns that Earthlings are the most feared creatures in the galaxy, and even Earth's location has been hidden! With the help of his new friend, Gort, Bud goes undercover as a Tenarian exchange student. Unfortunately that means everyone thinks he's a pro at anti-gravity Zero-Ball (even though he's really only a pro at watching sports). And with paranoid Principal Lepton threat ening to expel any Earthlings (into outer space) and only Gort's hacked Blip computer to help them determine Earth's co-ordinates, will Bud ever find his way home?

The Breakaways

The Breakaways
Author: Cathy G. Johnson
Publisher: First Second
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1626723575

Quiet, sensitive Faith starts middle school already worrying about how she will fit in. To her surprise, Amanda, a popular eighth grader, convinces her to join the school soccer team, the Bloodhounds. Having never played soccer in her life, Faith ends up on the C team, a ragtag group that’s way better at drama than at teamwork. Although they are awful at soccer, Faith and her teammates soon form a bond both on and off the soccer field that challenges their notions of loyalty, identity, friendship, and unity. The Breakaways from Cathy G. Johnson is a raw, and beautifully honest graphic novel that looks into the lives of a diverse and defiantly independent group of kids learning to make room for themselves in the world.

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.

Caveboy Dave: More Scrawny Than Brawny

Caveboy Dave: More Scrawny Than Brawny
Author: Aaron Reynolds
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2016-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0147516587

A funny graphic-novel series by Aaron Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Creepy Carrots! His grandpa invented fire. His dad invented the wheel. How will Caveboy Dave leave his mark? Dave Unga-Bunga has always been more scrawny than brawny. This is a major problem when your village expects you to become a meat-bringer. At age twelve, all young cave-people must stalk through the eerie mushroom forests for a prehistoric beast the village can feast on. But Dave would much rather invent stuff for a better life—like underwear to make loincloths less itchy and cutlery to make eating less filthy. Can Dave save his group by inventing the perfect defense against a bloodthirsty pokeyhorn? Or will he MEET HIS DOOM? First in a new series, More Scrawny Than Brawny delivers irresistible characters, big thrills, and even bigger laughs. "Imagine a prehistoric version of Wimpy Kid meets Captain Underpants." —Boys' Life

Write Your Own Graphic Novel

Write Your Own Graphic Novel
Author: Natalie M. Rosinsky
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2009
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0756539463

Describes the authorship and illustration of a graphic novel.

The Written Graphic Novel

The Written Graphic Novel
Author: Ben Galley
Publisher: BenGalley.com
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2014-11-03
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 0992787122

Adapted from the best-selling novel The Written by Ben Galley and crowdfunded by the great folks on Kickstarter, The Written Graphic Novel is finally here. Epic, dark, and brutal right down to the very last pixel, this graphic novel tells the tale of Farden - Emaneska's favourite mage - as he unravels a plot to bring the world to its knees. Just think Lord of The Rings meets Sin City, and you'll be on the right track. With words by Ben Galley and art from Mike Shipley, it's a roller-coaster of a graphic novel. ABOUT THE WRITTEN: The Written is the first volume in The Emaneska Series and the debut book of young UK author Ben Galley: His name is Farden. They whisper that he’s dangerous. Dangerous is only the half of it. Something has gone missing from the libraries of Arfell. Something very old, and something very powerful. Five scholars are now dead, a country is once again on the brink of war, and the magick council is running out of time and options. Entangled in a web of lies and politics and dragged halfway across icy Emaneska and back, Farden must unearth a secret even he doesn’t want to know, a secret that will shake the foundations of his world. Dragons, drugs, magick, death, and the deepest of betrayals await. Welcome to Emaneska.

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

Come Again

Come Again
Author: Nate Powell
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2018-07-11
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1684064856

As the sun sets on the 1970s, the spirit of the Love Generation still lingers among the aging hippies of one "intentional community" high in the Ozarks. But what's missing? Under impossibly close scrutiny, two families wrestle with long-repressed secrets... while deep within those Arkansas hills, something monstrous stirs, ready to feast on village whispers. National Book Award-winner Nate Powell returns with a haunting tale of intimacy, guilt, and collective amnesia.