Creating Comics
A Writer's and Artist's Guide and Anthology
Dr Chris Gavaler author Leigh Ann Beavers author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:28th Jan '21
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
An introduction to the art and craft of writing for comics and graphic novels, with an integrated anthology of example pages by leading creators and practice exercises throughout.
For creative writers and artists, comics provide unique opportunities for expression – but unique challenges, too. Creating Comics brings together in one volume an authoritative guide to the creative process, with practical drawing exercises throughout and an anthology of comics demonstrating the eclectic possibilities of the form.
Creating Comic covers:
· Using images to conceive and develop characters and stories
· The complete range of possible relationships between two images
· The step-by-step structure of visual narratives
· How to approach each page like a unique canvas
· Combining words and images to create new meanings
Fully integrated with the main guide, the anthology section includes work by creators including: Lynda Barry, Alison Bechdel, Jaime Hernandez, Marjane Satrapi, Adrian Tomine, and many others.
Some comics-making texts are aimed at writers who are sure they can't draw, and a few are aimed at artists who are sure they can't craft a narrative from beginning to end. This is the first textbook on creating comics that not only gives writing and art equal weight, but demonstrates that they are inextricable from each other during the creation process. At a moment when comics-making curricula are enjoying a big surge in popularity, a diversity of how-tos (and why-tos) will allow students a necessary diversity of ways into making the better comics they want to see in the world. The brilliant anthology section would be a whole education in itself. The fact that the anthology works are cited and contextualized along different axes throughout the book makes this volume truly indispensable for any scholar of graphic narrative's potential. -- Miriam Libicki, Real Gone Girl Studios, Canada
ISBN: 9781350092815
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 608g
360 pages