Mastering Comics : : Drawing Words and Writing Pictures Continued : a Definitive Course in Comics Narrative
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Building stories. Drawing pictures -- The horror of the blank page -- Writing words -- Sharpening focus. Getting some perspective -- Comics in books, comics on screens -- Style tells a story -- Black & white and color; On paper and on screen. Webcomics. But first, a bit of lettering -- Thinking about inking -- Gray areas -- Color comics 1: computer coloring -- Color comics 2: hand coloring -- Self-publishing and getting yourself published. A book and its cover -- Measure twice -- Cut once -- Taking it to the streets.
"In their hotly anticipated follow-up to 2008's comics textbook Drawing Words & Writing Pictures, School of Visual Arts cartooning professors Matt Madden and Jessica Abel bring their expertise to bear on the "second semester" of a course of study for the budding cartoonist. Covering advanced topics such as story composition, coloring, and file formatting, Mastering Comics is a vital companion to the introductory content of the first volume."--Provided by publisher.
Presents instructions for mastering the creation of comic books and graphic novels, providing guidelines for the intermediate cartoonist on technique, story generation, narrative tools, and business and industry insights.
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PUBLISHED
New York : First Second, [2012]
Year Published: 2012
Description: 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 31 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781596436176
1596436174
032993483X
9780329934835
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Madden, Matt.
SUBJECTS
Comic books, strips, etc. -- Technique.
Cartooning -- Technique.