Draw Out the Story: Ten Secrets to Creating Your Own Comics

Brian McLachlan
(Juvenile Nonfiction - J 741.51 Mcl)

Offers advice for effective storytelling in comic book format, covering such topics as color, placement, pacing, visually representing ideas, and other techniques for short gag strips as well as graphic novels and other more involved storylines.


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