Make Comics Like the Pros
The Inside Scoop on How to Write, Draw, and Sell Your Comic Books and Graphic Novels
Author: Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente
Takes readers step by step through the comics creation process from idea to finished work, and along the way offer examples and insights from their own careers as well as their collaborators'.
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Takes readers step by step through the comics creation process from idea to finished work, and along the way offer examples and insights from their own careers as well as their collaborators'.
Description
A step-by-step guide to all aspects of comic book creation--from conceptualization to early drafts to marketing and promotion--written by two of the industry's most seasoned and successful pros.Discover the Secrets of Your Favorite Comic Book CreatorsDo 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.
Critic Reviews
“"A must for every would-be comics makers library--and probably for every working pro as a brush up." -Publisher's Weekly”
"A must for every would-be comics makers library—and probably for every working pro as a brush up."
—Publisher's Weekly
Make Comics Like the Pros is an excellent resource for those wanting to break into writing comics… The writing is engaging, entertaining, and informative, and the book is full of insights from other comic pros.
—Josh Begley, The Fandom Post
“Make Comics Like the Pros, of all the How To books I've reviewed in recent memory, is the best. If you can read only one, make it this one.”
—Augie De Blieck Jr., Comic Book Resources
About the Author
Greg Pak directed his first feature film "Robot Stories" which has played nationwide and won over 30 festival awards. With clients including Nike and Marvel Comics, he edits FilmHelp.com and AsianAmericanFilm.com. One of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 Filmmakers to Watch, Greg studied political science at Yale, history at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, and film at NYU's graduate program.
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