Drawing Words & Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond

by Matt Madden and Jessica Abel

Book Overview

"A gold mine of essential information for every aspiring comics artist. Highly recommended." --Scott McCloud

Drawing Words and Writing Pictures is a course on comic creation - for college classes or for independent study - that centers on storytelling and concludes with making a finished comic. With chapters on lettering, story structure, and panel layout, the fifteen lessons offered - each complete with homework, extra credit activities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596431318
• ISBN13: 9781596431317
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: First Second
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 12.1" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 15 to 20 years
• Grade Range: Grade 10 to Postsecondary