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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 Creators
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.
Make Comics Like the Pros The Inside Scoop on How to Write, Draw, and Sell Your Comic Books and Graphic Novels
by Pak, Greg; Van Lente, FredFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2014-09-09
Publisher(s): Watson-Guptill
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Author Biography
GREG PAK is an award-winning comic book writer and filmmaker currently writing Batman/Superman and Action Comics for DC Comics, Turok Dinosaur Hunter for Dynamite Entertainment, and Eternal Warrior for Valiant Comics. He directed the award-winning feature film Robot Stories, wrote the epic “Planet Hulk” and “World War Hulk” comic storylines, and co-wrote (with Fred Van Lente) fan-favorite Incredible Hercules for Marvel Comics.
FRED VAN LENTE is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Marvel Zombies, Incredible Hercules (with Pak), Odd Is on Our Side (with Dean R. Koontz), and the American Library Association award-winning Action Philosophers. His original graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens (co-written with Andrew Foley) was the basis for the major motion picture. Van Lente’s other comics include The Comic Book History of Comics, Archer & Armstrong, and The Amazing Spider-Man.
Pak and Van Lente are both residents of New York City.
FRED VAN LENTE is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Marvel Zombies, Incredible Hercules (with Pak), Odd Is on Our Side (with Dean R. Koontz), and the American Library Association award-winning Action Philosophers. His original graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens (co-written with Andrew Foley) was the basis for the major motion picture. Van Lente’s other comics include The Comic Book History of Comics, Archer & Armstrong, and The Amazing Spider-Man.
Pak and Van Lente are both residents of New York City.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Big Secret
Chapter 1: Writing for Pictures
Chapter 2: Visual Storytelling for Artists & Related Tradespeople
Chapter 3: I Love It When a Team Comes Together
Chapter 4: Pitching Makes Perfect
Chapter 5: D.I.Y in Print and Online
Chapter 6 Finding Your Audienceand Keeping It!
Afterword: The Problem with Breaking in
Chapter 1: Writing for Pictures
Chapter 2: Visual Storytelling for Artists & Related Tradespeople
Chapter 3: I Love It When a Team Comes Together
Chapter 4: Pitching Makes Perfect
Chapter 5: D.I.Y in Print and Online
Chapter 6 Finding Your Audienceand Keeping It!
Afterword: The Problem with Breaking in
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