The Bristol Board Jungle
Adult/High School–The Bristol Board Junglefollows the students and professors of a college-level Creating Comics class at the Savannah College of Art and Design. The students learn about storytelling, characterization through figure drawing, effective sequencing, line quality, and other basics. Most of their education comes via the professors' comments on the students' assignments. In between classes, readers also learn a bit about the characters' personal lives and aspirations. Each chapter is illustrated by a different former student of these real-life authors/professors. The bookbelongs in a similar category as Scott McCloud'sUnderstanding Comics(Kitchen Sink, 1993), though it doesn't cover its subject matter with nearly as much breadth or depth. A lighthearted complement to a more in-depth work on comics writing and technique.–J. M. Poole, East Rochester Public Library, NYCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.