Product Description: Learn from the pros, as Write Now! Magazine editor (and Spider-Man scripter) Danny Fingeroth and Draw! Magazine editor (and Batman artist) Mike Manley join forces for the ultimate “How-to” book on creating comics! Begun as the groundbreaking Write Now #8/Draw! #9 crossover, Danny and Mike show step-by-step how to create a new comic from scratch; developing a new character, then going from script and roughs to pencils, inks, and colors—even lettering! There’s also a section that guides you through the process of getting your comic printed and distributed, and the finished 8-page full-color comic is included, so you can see the final product! This redesigned and expanded version also features over 30 new pages of all-new material, including: The script written in the two most popular formats (“Full-script”, in which art and script is described for each panel, and “Marvel style,” where the artist works form a plot outline and the text is added later)! A critique of! the character and comic from an editor’s point of view! New tips on coloring! New and expanded writing lessons! Plus listings of important resources, insights into the world of webcomics, and more!
Complete. This is a very complete guide to making a comic book quite literally from start to finish. The authors actually create an actual original comic and take you through the entire process start to finish. Brainstorming concepts and characters, story, concept sketckes, script, sequential art, inking, coloring, lettering, printing, even marketing and distribution is covered. The examples provided are very worthwhile. They show the script and right next to it the comic page to show you how it goes from words to sequential art. Each step is very detailed: considerations for writing and drawing, options for script formats, what tools to use and how to ink, the steps involved in using Illustrator to do the lettering, etc. It's all here.
The perfect 'how to' introduction manual In a newly expanded and redesigned edition, "How To Create Comics: From Script To Print" by magazine editor and 'Spider-Man' scripter Danny Fingeroth and 'Draw!" magazine editor and 'Batman' artist Mike Manley have collaboratively worked out a complete 'how-to' book for aspiring artists wanting to create a new comic complete with original characters, then going from script and roughs to pencils, inks, colors, and lettering. Of special interest is the chapter devoted to the process of getting a comic printed and distributed. From offering a critique of characters and comics from an editor's perspective, to tips on coloring, to writing lessons, to resources lists, insights into the phenomena of web comics, "How To Create Comics" is the perfect 'how to' introduction manual for anyone who aspires to create and publish a comic of their own either in print or on the internet.
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