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Summary: A GOOD PLACE TO START
Review: The art of drawing comics can be very demanding, and any attempt to create a how-to that can teach all of its elements in equal depth is doomed to imperfection. That being said, this is a good starting point for young artists who think they may have some skill and need to know what to do with it.This was one of the first real "how to draw comics" books and has become a classic over the years. The book describes the tools of the trade, the terms used, and the "Marvel" creation process, covers the basics of anatomy, form, perspective, layout, and the use of black, gives techniques on inking and lettering, and shows examples of how the art can make a story more exciting. Stan Lee's prose is fun to read and John Buscema's art is very clear in illustrating the principles being taught. If Buscema's art looks a little dated today, it may be because first off, this book was made to be simple and easy to understand, and the art is done likewise, not cluttered up with intense detail and crosshatching. It may also be because he has a solid foundation of a knowledge of anatomy and how to compose a picture for maximum clarity and effect which, unfortunately, certain influential contemporary artists don't have. This book does not have the room to go into depth on the deeper concepts of comic theory (how to lay out a page, for instance, or how words and images can be used together to heighten mood). For that I would reccomend Will Eisner's "Comics and Sequential Art." For giving a good, basic overall foundation, however, this book does, however, deserve a place on the shelf of any comic artist.
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Summary: An introduction to drawing comics
Review: The character styles in this book are dated (men look like slightly bigger women). You will not learn how to draw huge men or extreemly shapely women with this book. It just skims the surface of most issues. Still it is a good introduction to drawing. It teaches all the basic rules. I have had my copy for years and I still like reviewing it every once in a while.
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Summary: The Most Helpful I've Read!!!
Review: The Marvel way is the best way! I have drained bookstores and libraries for every drawing guide I can find. I was foutunate I found it. Before, I was drawing ... versions of anime like figures. Now I can draw people (and some objects) with out batting an eyelash! The best thing about this book is the fact that it covers everything you could possible want to know about drawing. I am managing now after half a year of reading and rereading this book, to make pieces of art that I can be proud to show off to friend and family. If the lingo doesn't make sense at first, don't worry, as you develop your artist eye it will begin to show you how something is somehow wrong. Then go back and the light blul will click over your head. Don't expect greatness over night. I am still improving the finer points of my art, but I am confident that I will successfully be able to draw near professoinally.(I dont have vast amounts of talent in this area :) ) Best of luck to you PS Buy this book!!!!
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Summary: They're Still Big: The Comics Got Small
Review: They used to know how to tell stories about characters with pictures- and if anybody cares, here's what they knew. In an age when comics are all about layers upon layers of muscles drawn by people with no basic command of simple anatomy or proportion; in an age where comics are all about melodramatic, showy over-staging and over-the-top page layouts, and characters with no personalities; in an age where comics are basically dead, this book deserves a quick peek.
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Summary: very good book that covered every major aspect of comicing
Review: This book helped me to learn the fumdementles of comicing.It had great insite an a hint of comodey the only part of this I disliked was it did not help in the actual drawing of a full character though there were a few chapters to help develope the stick figure etc.
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Summary: good book for serious artists
Review: This book is a good book for artist who will spend some time on it. Stan Lee and John Buscema used many ideas for drawing the charectors in an easier way. They also wrote it so normal people could understand it. This book help me make my charectors look more authentic and almost come alive.
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Summary: Good practical start in cartooning!
Review: This book is an extremely useful primer for the beginning cartoonist, whether you intend to draw superheroes or not. It goes briefly into most aspects of drawing, and has many drawing excercises which will build skill and experience. There are sections dealing with anatomy, perspective, inking, composition, and other important elements to help you learn the basic skills for drawing and cartooning.
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Summary: good, but outdated
Review: This book is well put together, but not very useful to a learning artist. The style is really outdated. All the heroes look pretty much the same; Caucasian, strong-jawed Reed Richards-type people. And all the heroines look the same too!
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Summary: This book teaches you everything you need to know.
Review: This book teaches you so much about how to draw comic superheros and villians. It teaches you human anatomy, perspecitve, and inking as well. I think that this is a great book and whoever loves to draw, I think that they should own this book.
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Summary: The way Comics once were.
Review: This book was and still is a good guide on how to write and draw comics, and to do so through hard work and effort. That's what Stan and John did all their careers at Marvel. It was also a time when drawings had more life and more soul to them, then the useless artwork that they call manga now, It stinks. But this book does not.
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