How to Create Action Fantasy and Adventure Comics - Softcover

Alvarez, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1581802447 ISBN 13: 9781581802443

Publisher: North Light Books, 2001

Synopsis

This title provides step-by-step instructions on producing comic art - from drawing characters and backgrounds to writing stories, lettering and inking. Other information includes the business end of comics (industry lingo and pointers for submitting work for syndication) and tips from cartoonists.

About this title

About the Author:

Tom Alvarez creates the daily comic strip Sherlock Holmes, which appears in newspapers around the US. He lives in Port Charlotte, Florida.

From Library Journal:

Alvarez, creator of the daily Sherlock Holmes comic strip and a teacher of comic art, has put together the most substantial book yet on this increasingly popular art. Comics, sometimes known as "sequential art," are a multimillion-dollar business, with their original panels collected like fine art and shown on museum walls. This comprehensive volume covers cartooning elements from human anatomy, clothing and drapery, light, and composition to lettering, inking, and writing the text. Tips from leading cartoonists like Sy Barry (The Phantom) round out a book that dabblers and aspiring professionals alike will enjoy. For a good companion to this, see Lurene Haines's Writer's Guide to the Business of Comics (Stabur, 1995).
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About this edition

• Publisher: North Light Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1581802447
• ISBN 13: 9781581802443
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144