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OverviewA step-by-step guide to all aspects of comic book creation--from conceptualization to early drafts to marketing and promotion--written by two of the industry's most seasoned and successful pros. Discover the Secrets of Your Favorite Comic Book Creators Do you want to break into the comics industry? There are many creative roles available-writer, penciller, inker, colorist, letterer, editor, and more. Each creator serves a vital function in the production of sequential art at companies such as DC, Marvel, Image, and Valiant. In Make Comics Like the Pros, veteran comics creators Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente team up with a who's who of the modern comic book scene to lead you step-by-step through the development of a comic. With these two fan-favorite writers as your guides, you'll learn everything from script formatting to the importance of artistic collaboration to the best strategies for promoting and selling your own sequential art masterpiece. Pak and Van Lente even put their lessons into practice inside the pages of the book-pairing with Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Colleen Coover (Bandette) to produce the swashbuckling, adventure comic Swordmaids, and giving you front row seats to their creative process. Make Comics Like the Pros provides all the answers you've been seeking to take your comic book-making dreams all the way to professional-level reality. Full Product DetailsAuthor: G Pak , Fred Van LentePublisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Imprint: Watson-Guptill Publications Inc.,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 27.60cm Weight: 0.644kg ISBN: 9780385344630ISBN 10: 0385344635 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 09 September 2014 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Big Secret Chapter 1: Writing for Pictures Chapter 2: Visual Storytelling for Artists & Related Tradespeople Chapter 3: I Love It When a Team Comes Together Chapter 4: Pitching Makes Perfect Chapter 5: D.I.Y in Print and Online Chapter 6 Finding Your Audienceand Keeping It! Afterword: The Problem with Breaking inReviewsA must for every would-be comics makers library and probably for every working pro as a brush up. Publisher's Weekly Make Comics Like the Pros is an excellent resource for those wanting to break into writing comics The writing is engaging, entertaining, and informative, and the book is full of insights from other comic pros. Josh Begley, The Fandom Post Make Comics Like the Pros, of all the How To books I've reviewed in recent memory, is the best. If you can read only one, make it this one. Augie De Blieck Jr., Comic Book Resources A must for every would-be comics makers library--and probably for every working pro as a brush up. --Publisher's Weekly Make Comics Like the Pros is an excellent resource for those wanting to break into writing comics... The writing is engaging, entertaining, and informative, and the book is full of insights from other comic pros.--Josh Begley, The Fandom Post Make Comics Like the Pros, of all the How To books I've reviewed in recent memory, is the best. If you can read only one, make it this one. --Augie De Blieck Jr., Comic Book Resources A must for every would-be comics makers library--and probably for every working pro as a brush up. --Publisher's Weekly Make Comics Like the Pros is an excellent resource for those wanting to break into writing comics... The writing is engaging, entertaining, and informative, and the book is full of insights from other comic pros.--Josh Begley, The Fandom Post Make Comics Like the Pros, of all the How To books I've reviewed in recent memory, is the best. If you can read only one, make it this one. --Augie De Blieck Jr., Comic Book Resources A must for every would-be comics makers library--and probably for every working pro as a brush up. -Publisher's Weekly Author Information"GREG PAK is an award-winning comic book writer and filmmaker currently writing Batman/Superman and Action Comics for DC Comics, Turok Dinosaur Hunter for Dynamite Entertainment, and Eternal Warrior for Valiant Comics. He directed the award-winning feature film Robot Stories, wrote the epic ""Planet Hulk"" and ""World War Hulk"" comic storylines, and co-wrote (with Fred Van Lente) fan-favorite Incredible Hercules for Marvel Comics. FRED VAN LENTE is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Marvel Zombies, Incredible Hercules (with Pak), Odd Is on Our Side (with Dean R. Koontz), and the American Library Association award-winning Action Philosophers. His original graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens (co-written with Andrew Foley) was the basis for the major motion picture. Van Lente's other comics include The Comic Book History of Comics, Archer & Armstrong, and The Amazing Spider-Man. Pak and Van Lente are both residents of New York City." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |