The DC Comics guide to creating comics
Subtitle: inside the art of visual storytelling
By: Carl Potts ; foreword by Jim Lee
Contributors: Lee, Jim, 1964-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780385344722; 9780606321860
Subjects: Authorship; Technique; Comic books, strips
Description: "Go beyond basic comic writing and drawing lessons with this essential, comprehensive resource that answers all your comic book creating questions.  Comics industry veteran Carl Potts shows you what you need to take full advantage of comics' sequential visual storytelling possibilities.  You'll find examples taken directly from DC Comics, featuring the work of their very best creators and showcasing classic characters like Batman, Superman, and the rest of the Justice League.  This book is a behind-the-scenes guide to the creative process and a comics-making master class that you won't want to miss"--Back cover.
Notes: Includes glossary.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9-12 Medialog, Inc.
Table of contents: title: Part one, The art at the heart of comics - Comics and sequential visual storytelling - Your brain on comics! - Goals and principles of sequential visual storytelling - Part two, Affecting the reader's experience - Reduction, encapsulation, and juxtaposition - All about panels - Pages : the big picture - Where are we? - More ways to enthrall readers - Part three, Narrative + art - Narrative : writing for visual storytelling - Art : drawing for visual storytelling - Part four, Putting it all into practice - A step-by-step process for artists - Watching the pros work.