45 records matched your query       

Author:

McLachlan, Brian, author.

Title:

Draw out the story : ten secrets to creating your own comics / Brian McLachlan.

Publisher:

Owlkids Books,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

143 pages : illustrations (some colored) ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Comic books, strips, etc.--Authorship--Juvenile literature.
Comic books, strips, etc.--Technique--Juvenile literature.
Comic books, strips, etc.--Illustrations--Juvenile literature.
Drawing--Technique--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Comics let you show & tell -- There are 3 parts to presenting a comic -- Simple art doesn't equal simple stories -- Details make the difference -- Let the personality shine -- Take it one moment at a time -- Know your tools -- You need more than one good idea -- There are 2 ways to build a story -- Go beyond the normal.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1926973836 (bound)
9781926973838 (bound)
1771470038 (pbk.)
9781771470032 (pbk.)

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

WPPB215 -- Everly Public Library (Everly)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

EWPB745 -- Ruthven Public Library (Ruthven)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)