Comics, comic books and graphic novels both online and in print are very popular and a legitimate way to tell a story. And comics aren’t just for superheroes anymore. The books in this list offer guidance in learning the craft of writing and drawing comics.
So You Want to Create Comics?
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Alan Moore’s Writing for Comics by Alan Moore
Comics and Sequential Art: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist (The Will Eisner Instructional Series #1) by Will Eisner
The DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics by Mark Chiarello and Todd Klein
The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics by Freddie E. Williams
The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics by Klaus Janson
The DC Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics by Klaus Janson
The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics by Dennis O’Neil
Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist (The Will Eisner Instructional Series #3) by Will Eisner
Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist (The Will Eisner Instructional Series #2) by Will Eisner
How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way by Stan Lee and John Buscema
How to Make Web Comics by Scott R. Kurtz
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels (The Understanding Comics Series #3) by Scott McCloud
Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing An Art Form (The Understanding Comics Series #2) by Scott McCloud
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee
Supergods: What Masked Vigilantes, Miraculous Mutants, and A Sun God from Smallville Can Teach Us about Being Human by Grant Morrison
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (The Understanding Comics Series #1) by Scott McCloud
Writing for Comics and Graphic Novels by Peter David
You can view another version of So You Want to Create Comics? book list complete with my annotations for many of the books at the CLEVNET webcatalog.
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