Make comics like the pros
Subtitle: the inside scoop on how to write, draw, and sell your comic books and graphic novels
By: Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente
Contributors: Van Lente, Fred, author
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780385344630
Subjects: Marketing; Technique; Comic books, strips; Authorship
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the big secret; title: Writing for pictures; title: Visual storytelling for artists and related tradespeople; title: I love it when a team comes together; title: Pitching makes perfect; title: DIY in print and online; title: Finding your audience-and keeping it!; title: Afterword: the problem with breaking in.