How to draw comics the Marvel way / by Stan Lee & John Buscema.
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- 0907610668
- (pbk.)
- 9780907610663
- (pbk.)
- 741.58 LEE
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 741.58 LEE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 30/06/2020 | 39002100629071 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Stan Lee, the founding father of Marvel Comics, and John Buscema, artist of the classic Silver Surfer series, give professional advice and instruction for budding comics artists. Learn how to draw the Marvel way, courtesy of this lavishly illustrated, step-by-step guide to all facets of the process.
Includes bibliographical references.
This is a comics compendium: an encyclopedia of information for creating your own superhero comic strips.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- 1 The Tools -- and the Talk -- of the Trade!
- 2 The Secrets of -- Form! Making an Object Look Real
- 3 The Power of -- Perspective!
- 4 Let's Study -- The Figure!
- 5 Let's Draw the Figure!
- 6 The Name of the Game is -- Action!
- 7 Foreshortening! The Knack of Drawing the Figure in Perspective!
- 8 Drawing the Human Head!
- 9 Composition!
- 10 Draw Your Own Comicbook Page!
- 11 The Comicbook Cover!
- 12 The Art of Inking!
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
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Author notes provided by Syndetics
Stan Lee was born Stanley Martin Lieber in Manhattan, New York on December 28, 1922. During World War II, he wrote training manuals stateside in the Army Signal Corps while moonlighting as a comics writer. He joined Marvel Comics in the early 1940s and worked there for 60 years. He was a central player in the creation of Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor, and the X-Men.He wrote several books including Excelsior! The Amazing Life of Stan Lee written with George Mair, Amazing Fantastic Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir written with Peter David, and A Trick of Light written with Kat Rosenfield. He died on November 12, 2018 at the age of 95.
(Bowker Author Biography)