How to Create Action, Fantasy, and Adventure Comics

by Tom Alvarez

Book Overview

This title provides step-by-step instructions on producing comic art - from drawing characters and backgrounds to writing stories, lettering and inking. Other information includes the business end of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891346619
• ISBN13: 9780891346616
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Northlight
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.9" x 11.3"

Customer Reviews

A book you should own as an aspiring comic book artist

I didn't buy this book here because I was lucky to find it here in the Philippines. I found this book almost complete in its goal to teach its readers to become comic book artists. The book could have been 100% complete if it had a few pages on muscle structure (male and female), more pointers on drawing hands, foreshortening the human body and coloring. Despite these, I still rate it 5 stars.One particular chapter that I believe stood out was the chapter on Clothing and Drapery. Learn the principles Tom outlined here and you will be able to draw clothing and drapery from memory.It's not the only book you should buy if you want to draw comics but it definitely is a must-own book. I also bought Stan Lee and John Buscema's "How to Draw Comics - The Marvel Way" from the same bookstore. I haven't finished reading it yet because I'm already practicing breakdowns (posing your character using basic shapes prior to filling them in with muscles and covering them with clothes or costumes) as Tom suggested we do for at least a week or better months or a year (what a perfectionist, ey?).

It has EVERYTHING!

I've read this book many times and it has the most info I've seen in a book on how to create comics, by far. It even goes so far to include instructions on drawing clothing! Tom Alvarez gives a two page lesson on the compostion of a comic page, explains different techniques of the inking job, and even gives dimensions of a typical comic book pencilling page with instructions to size it down! There are also many tips he throws in at the end of every chapter to help you get going in every aspect. Like watching some dramatic movies and studying angles to re-drawing an existing comic book. Extremely detailed! No regrets! A must-have for artists!