Make Comics Like the Pros: The Inside Scoop on How to Write, Draw, and Sell Your Comic Books and Graphic Novels

Pak, Greg,Van Lente, Fred

ISBN 10: 0385344635 / ISBN 13: 9780385344630

Published by Watson-Guptill, 2014

Seller Inventory # IN-mon0000050353

Synopsis:

Every aspiring comic book creator wants to know: what separates the beloved comics of major publishers like Marvel, DC, Valiant and Image from all the rest? Fan-favourite comic book writers Greg Pak and Fred Van Lente reveal the secrets of comics' top talents in Make Comics Like the Pros. The authors take 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'. Not only that, but Pak and Van Lente also join forces with Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Colleen Coover to produce an original comic inside the book! With its unprecedented level of insider access, Make Comics Like the Pros gives comic book hopefuls the tools they need to reach the next level of sequential arts stardom.

About the Author: 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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Make Comics Like the Pros: The Inside Scoop ...
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: paperback
Condition: New