Draw Out the Story
Subtitle: Ten Secrets to Creating Your Own Comics
Publisher: Owl Kids
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Toronto, Canada
Language: eng
Format: Print book
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781926973838; 9781771470032
Description: From single-panel jokes to long graphic novels, comics come in endless shapes, sizes, and styles. But when you think of it, they all do one thing: tell stories.

And it's storytelling—and the ways in which comics can do it best— that Draw Out the Story is all about! This book boils cartooning down to ten tried-and-true secrets that will inspire a novice and challenge a budding young master. Whatever cartooning style you want to use, this one book explains it all: from the drawing and the writing to even the most powerful techniques of metaphor, color, placement, and so much more.

Bursting with nearly 200 illustrations, engaging do-it-yourself exercises, and countless methods to spark your creativity, this is the only guide to making comics you really need.
Notes: Includes index.
International Reading Association, Children's and Young Adult Award for Intermediate Nonfiction, 2014.
Table of contents: label: Comics let you show & tell; label: There are 3 parts to presenting a comic; label: Simple art doesn't equal simple stories; label: Details make the difference; label: Let the personality shine; label: Take it one moment at a time; label: Know your tools; label: You need more than one good idea; label: There are 2 ways to build a story; label: Go beyond the normal