Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels

I could get so much insight from this book. It's unlike other 'How to ...' books. Highly recommend it!!

a lot of depth and study gone into cartoning, excellent book.

I bought this as a gift for my sister, who is a prolific and talented (entirely self taught) illustrator looking to refine her technique. Incidentally, the book had also been recommended to her by a very senior design professional. She absolutely loved the book - she found it very useful. It is also beautifully drawn. The guide is comprehensive and would be great even for a novice.My fear with buying books online is paper quality. This book is more than satisfactory on that count! Cover as well as inside paper, printing - all great quality!

Its a must read book if you want to learn how to write a comics...its not only comics...you can apply the knowledge in story telling, film making and any kind of visual story telling.

Book is no doubt awesome and very helpful, but the book was not in a good condition while I received plus packaging is not satisfactory. That's why not giving it 5 stars.

Excellent!

This.Is.Great.Now let me explain why:I remember picking up this book ages ago, taking one look at the cartoony interior and putting it back on the shelf. I was very much unimpressed with the drawing style inside and it was far beneath my discerning tastes.Of course...I was an idiot back then.Now being a little bit older and a lot wiser, I've finally cottoned on to what exactly this book is about.It's not there to teach you how to draw, there are a gazillion other ways to learn how to do THAT, this is here to teach you how to 'draw words and write pictures' and it delivers on that promise and then some.You can take this book in two ways. You can either; a) dip in here and there and extract the bits of information that you need (though i would recommend reading it all once through at least once) or b) take it as it was intended and work through it as you would any other course. Each chapter is similarly laid out to a tutor's lecture and it followed up with a set of 'homework' assignments.Sounds boring and a lot of hard work but -hey- if you're doing comics, hard work is the way to go. The effort is worth it. Nearly everything in this book is just the sense your mother raised you with but you will find yourself reading it and saying "oh, RIIIIIGHT...". It makes sense of things that can otherwise be undefinable and helps you learn things that you might otherwise have dismissed as being purely instinctive and impossible to learn.I could go on like this for quite some time, but i do beleive there is a word limit, so i shall finish with this:If you're serious about getting into comics and learning the art for what it is -seemlessly combining good writing with good art- then you need this book.BUY IT!

An excellent book for understanding visual storytelling and comics. A great follow up to Understanding Comics. I highly recommend both books, even if you aren't an artist / maker.

Overall pretty happy with my purchase is a very informative book!

Si vous avez aimé "Understanding Comics", du même auteur, vous adorerez le troisième livre de la série (je ne possède pas le deuxième tome, ce n'est pas forcément nécessaire). C'est en anglais, mais les références culturelles utilisées sont généralement connues, et d'ailleurs parfois européennes ou manga. L'auteur maîtrise son art et ses connaissances culturelles sont pour le moins solides. L'auteur est agréable a lire : tout est en BD, par exemple. Un très bon livre pour fans de BD, mais aussi pour toute personne souhaitant renforcer ses compétences en graphisme et composition d'image.

How come it's never occurred to me that the best way to teach is by demonstration? Scott McCloud is so effective in balancing the visual and verbal in this book, providing examples and key ideas about the art of creating comics that make complete and total sense! A lot of the "how-to-make-comics" books out there are decent, and occasionally provide a paragraph or two that has some good insights into the medium, but none of it truly made sense to me until it was applied in a visual format—a literal comic, no less! While other books focus on the "how-to" part and provide an occasional visual example or step-by-step of how it's done, Scott demonstrates every aspect of comics creating he discusses in each page and panel so that the reader isn't left with any question on clarity about the information being presented—clarity being a big point in comics writing that is a recurring theme in the world of comics creation. I especially love that he ends each chapter with some optional exercises to try that helps even a beginning/aspiring comics creator to see if they have what it takes to make their own comics by applying the skills and understanding that Scott discusses throughout each chapter into short-form comics. I know that I benefitted a great deal from testing my mettle with some of the exercises in the book.I usually end up discussing what could be improved upon when it comes to product reviews, but in the case of this book, I have nothing critical to say about it. It is criminally underrated and underread for those looking to go into the world of comics creation. I am practically devouring this book like a textbook, taking notes and marking with page flags all the key takeaways that I've gained from Scott's advice and experience in comics creation—much of which was highly researched and full of thought for any kind of comic creator, whether someone wants to write a superhero comic, a webcomic, or even a manga. Hands down, *this* book has reached the top of my list of best comics-creation resources. I highly recommend this as required reading for anyone dipping their toes in the realm of writing or drawing their own comic!