Drawing American Manga Superheroes

by Andy Smith and Andy Smith

For years, American comic book artists have been inspired by the style of Japanese manga artists. Manga has transformed the work of cutting-edge American comic-book artists so much that a new term has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823029786
• ISBN13: 9780823029785
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

American Manga Superheros.

I had to buy a copy of this book after checking it out from the library and not wanting to give it back. The tips are very helpful for anyone who wants to draw comic books or even just draw your own RPG characters.

Don't read the above critic

It does show about drawing. It shows the basic block body and how you build off of that pose (block body is a step above stick figure drawing. Both work, but block body, you can build up the drawing better b/c it uses like the width of a leg or arm or upper body, so think of like a robot.) Anyway after that it shows some GREAT EXAMPLES of what a comic book drawing body should look like which i need to be able to draw. It shows the difference b/w a manga drawing of this popular character vs. American manga drawing (which is basically a comic book superhero look vs. big glassy eyes). Another of the basics is it shows hands in different poses and the head shape and how to draw that. the guy above is correct, this should be comic book in the title and not really manga, unless you add realistic manga to it. But on the same token, comic book artists are adding manga elements to comic books so, it's sorta misleading but sorta not. on one token you see manga hair for the comic book look then on another page, you'll see old school comic book hair with the little red/green/blue lines that emphasize detail (like girls of archie, or old school mary-jane's from spiderman.) Good book for what i need, but it has most of the basics in it