Description
A gold mine of essential information for every aspiring comics artist. Highly recommended. --Scott McCloud
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures is a course on comic creation - for college classes or for independent study - that centers on storytelling and concludes with making a finished comic. With chapters on lettering, story structure, and panel layout, the fifteen lessons offered - each complete with homework, extra credit activities and supplementary reading suggestions - provide a solid introduction for people interested in making their own comics. Additional resources, lessons, and after-class help are available on the DW-WP website.Author: Jessica Abel, Matt Madden
Publisher: First Second
Published: 06/10/2008
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.71lbs
Size: 8.92h x 12.08w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781596431317
ISBN10: 1596431318
BISAC Categories:
- Art | Study & Teaching
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing | General
- Education | Teaching | Subjects | Arts & Humanities
About the Author
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures was created by comics superstars Jessica Abel and Matt Madden and based on their classes at the School of Visual Arts. Editors of the Best American Comics series and creators of a number of groundbreaking graphic novels including 99 Ways to Tell a Story (by Matt Madden) and La Perdida (by Jessica Abel), Abel and Madden are always at the forefront of the comics industry.