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Drawing words & writing pictures : making comics : manga, graphic novels, and beyond / Jessica Abel & Matt Madden.
- Title
- Drawing words & writing pictures : making comics : manga, graphic novels, and beyond / Jessica Abel & Matt Madden.
- Author
- Abel, Jessica
- Publication
- New York : First Second, 2008
- ©2008
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| Text | Request in advance | NC1764 .A24 2008 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Madden, Matt
- Description
- xxi, 282 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 x 31 cm
- Summary
- 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 and supplementary reading suggestions--provide a solid introduction for people interested in making their own comics. Additional resources, lessons, and after-class help are available on the accompanying website, http://www.dw-wp.com. --From publisher description.
- Alternative Title
- Drawing words and writing pictures
- Subject
- Comic books, strips, etc. > Technique
- Cartooning > Technique
- Writing
- Illustrated books
- Graphic Novels as Topic
- Books, Illustrated
- Dessin humoristique > Technique
- Écriture
- Livres illustrés
- writing (processes)
- illustrated books
- Tecknade serier > praktiska handledningar
- Cartooning > Technique
- Comic books, strips, etc. > Technique
- Genre/Form
- Illustrated works
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Comics (Graphic works) – Technique.
- Pictorial Work
- illustrated books.
- Graphic novels
- Young adult non-fiction.
- Ouvrages illustrés.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-265) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Building blocks -- Every picture tells a story -- The strip club -- Bridging the gap -- Penciling -- Getting on the same page -- Lettering -- Inking the deal -- Structuring story -- Getting into character -- Setting the stage -- Constructing a world -- Black gold -- Comics in the age of mechanical reproduction -- 24-hour comic -- Appendix A : Supplies -- Appendix B : Homework critiques -- Appendix C : Story cards -- Appendix D : Comic book book report -- Appendix E : Making minicomics.
- ISBN
- 9781596431317
- 1596431318
- 9781439564981
- 1439564981
- LCCN
- 2007044125
- OCLC
- 177069457
- SCSB-11198365
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library