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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abel, Jessica, author.

Madden, Matt, author.

Contributor:

Comics Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comic books, strips, etc--Technique.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Cartooning--Technique.

Cartooning.

Physical Description:

xvii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 x 31 cm

Edition:

First Edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : First Second, ©2012.

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 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.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781596436176

1596436174

OCLC:

751250538