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Comic Book Design: The Essential Guide to Creating Great Comics and Graphic Novels

Comic Book Design: The Essential Guide to Creating Great Comics and Graphic Novels

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Comic Book Design: The Essential Guide to Creating Great Comics and Graphic Novels Paperback - 2009

by Millidge, Gary Spencer

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New York: Watson-Guptill. Very Good. 2009. Paperback. 082309796X . Clean and solid. ; Color Illustrations; 4to; 160 pages .
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  • Title Comic Book Design: The Essential Guide to Creating Great Comics and Graphic Novels
  • Author Millidge, Gary Spencer
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Original
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Watson-Guptill, New York
  • Publication date 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 336759
  • ISBN 9780823097968 / 082309796X
  • Weight 1.8 lbs (0.82 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.9 x 10.4 x 0.5 in (27.69 x 26.42 x 1.27 cm)
  • Category Art & Art Instruction
  • Library of Congress subjects Comic books, strips, etc - Technique, Graphic design (Typography)
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2009921478
  • Dewey Decimal Code 741.51

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From the publisher

With film adaptations of legendary comic books and graphic novels hitting the bestseller lists, the medium of comics has never been more popular. To create your own comic book or graphic novel, you need to know the techniques, rules, and tips exclusive to the comic trade.
In "Comic Book Design," Gary Spencer Millidge, the award-winning creator of the Strangehaven comics, guides you through. . .
-Creating story line concepts and original designs
-Designing characters and creating background locations
-Drawing in pencil and ink or digitally
-Page layout and grid structure
-Lettering, word balloons, and Color
-Covers and publication design
With profiles of leading comic artists such as Chris Ware and Chip Kidd, and examples right from the most successful comics on the market, "Comic Book Design" is the must-have for every beginning comic book artist.

About the author

In addition to his self-published "Strangehaven" comic book series, GARY SPENCER MILLIDGE also published, co-edited, and contributed to "Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentlema"n, drew a strip for Bart Simpson's "Treehouse of Horror," and co-wrote "Draw Fantasy Figures"!

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