Bibliograph

Mastering comics, drawing words and writing pictures continued : a definitive course in comics narrative, Jessica Abel & Matt Madden

Type

Label

Mastering comics, drawing words and writing pictures continued : a definitive course in comics narrative, Jessica Abel & Matt Madden

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mastering comics

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

751250538

Responsibility statement

Jessica Abel & Matt Madden

Sub title

drawing words and writing pictures continued : a definitive course in comics narrative

Summary

"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 publisherPresents 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

Table Of Contents

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

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