A critical history of comic books, manga, and graphic novels.
Spotlights over 100 comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels to feature black characters from all over the world over the last century.
Finding a female voice in comic book narrative.
Includes heroes & superheroes; history, theme, and technique ; independents & underground classics; and manga.
How to control a story effectively using a broad array of techniques.
Storytelling secrets of comics, manga and graphic novels.
The basic building blocks and principles of comics, including imagery, the frame, and the application of time, space, and visual forms.
Drawing Comics Lab covers all of the basic steps necessary to produce a comic, from the first doodle to the finished publication.
Learn the secrets of curvilinear, cylindrical, fisheye, isometric, and other amazing drawing systems
Covers topics such as story composition, coloring, and file formatting.
Techniques and theories of movement, body mechanics, facial expressions, and posture.
Use these call numbers and keywords to browse for books on these subjects in the library and the library catalog
PN6700-6790
Comic books, strips, etc.
NC730-770
Drawing. Design. Illustration -- Technique
NC1300-1340
Caricature. Pictorial humor and satire
NC1764
Cartooning -- Technique
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sequential art, manga, graphic novel
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