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You Can Do a Graphic Novel: Comic Books, Webcomics, and Strips

by Barbara Slate

A practical guide to building comics from character to page

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A practical guide to building comics from character to page

Barbara Slate organizes comic-making around the interplay of words, images, character, and story. Drawing on her work across comic books, strips, webcomics, and graphic novels, she covers finding an artistic approach, developing attention-holding characters, shaping plots and dialogue, and arranging pages to carry a narrative forward. The book also addresses sustaining creative momentum and entering the professional side of comics, with additional perspectives from 20 industry professionals. Its broad format focus makes it relevant to creators considering print comics, serialized strips, or web-based work.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Aspiring cartoonists seeking step-by-step guidance on comics craft
  • Writers and illustrators developing characters, dialogue, and visual storytelling
  • Creators interested in comic books, webcomics, or graphic novels

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Comics craftVisual storytellingCharacter creationPage layoutCreative careers

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Book overview

Putting together words and pictures produces a compelling medium for story telling. Whether it's a comic book, strip, or graphic novel, veteran cartoonist Barbara Slate guides you through the process.

Barbara shares the insight and skills she learned creating characters for Marvel and DC Comics and perfected over the hundreds of comics, strips, webcomics and graphic novels that defined her successful career. She shows you how to:
- Find your own artistic style.
- Create characters that get people's attention...and hold it!
- Develop a great plotline and write believable dialogue.
- Lay out your pages to keep the story moving forward.
- Keep those creative juices flowing with her top creative tips
- Break into the Biz

And there's advice from 20 Pros in the field!

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