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Itching to pick up a pen and pencil and give this whole comics thing a try? Here are some great resources to help you understand comics, from the first line you draw or line of dialogue you write to the ways comic storytelling works on your brain and heart.
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Balloon Tales
One of the first texts, by the grandmaster himself, to consider comic art and attempt to explain its format, inner workings, and style. |
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A companion to Comics and Sequential Art, this volume concentrates on how to tell a story in visual forms, drawing information from comics to filmmaking. |
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Ever wonder just what the differences are between how to draw manga and how to draw American comics? The answers are in this book, along with great guides for traditional characters and movements. |
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An informative guide to all the ins and outs of the most overlooked art of comics -- inking. |
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A great guide for drawing comics in the traditional American style. Especially good for learning about the variety in cross-hatching and just what makes a superhero different, visually, from an ordinary guy. There are actual quite a few titles in this series, all of which
offer great insight into specific parts of comic art: |
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In the same series as The Art of Comic Book Inking, this time author Stradley, one of the best editors in he business, gets into the nuts and bolts of how to write for comics. The book includes perspectives from such top authors as Kurt Busiek, Peter David, Ron Marz, John Arcudi, Dave Gibbons, Mark Waid, and Steven Grant. |
Comics and Sequential
Art
Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative
Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics
Understanding Comics
After Eisner's Comics
and Sequential Art, Understanding Comics is a must-read
for anyone curious about how comics work -- as art and as a way
to tell stories. Just why do we care so much about a mouse? Or a
superhero? Reinventing Comics goes into how the comics industry
has been changed by technology.
The Art of Comic
Book Inking
Drawing Dynamic Comics
The Art of Comic
Book Writing 
Jinxworld Dixonverse A Distant Soil Will Eisner Warren Ellis Christian Gosset Scott McCloud Mike Mignola Mark Millar George Pratt Alex Ross Art Greg Rucka Eric Shanower Kevin Smith Matt Wagner Bill Willingham Judd Winick |
The Comic Page The Comics Journal The Comics Continuum Comic Book Resources Comics2Film Popimage Sequential Tart |
Art Bomb Nowhere Girl |
Art Bomb The Comics Get Serious Diamond Comics Bookshelf Graphic Novels: An Annotated List Graphic Novels Recommended
Graphic Novels for Public Libraries |
The Comics Journal's guide to the Industry Awards 2002 Eisner Awards The Harvey Awards |
DC Comics Dark Horse Comics Image Comics Marvel Comics Oni Press Viz Media TokyoPop |
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