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Launched as a follow-up to the seminal “How To Make Webcomics,” Brad Guigar’s guide to the art and business of webcomics is largely based on his writings at Webcomics.com — as well as his 15 years’ experience in webcomics.
With chapters covering such topics as using social media for promotion,... [click here for more]
He is a writer, illustrator, designer and educator.
He is the curator of the 4 Pages 16 Bars: A Visual Mixtape anthology series and a contributor to the Onyx Path Publishing role-playing game catalog.
He is a Pioneer/Lifetime Achievement Glyph Award recipient and his work is in the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.
Now, Jiba Molei... [click here for more]
Steve MacManus, the editor of 2000 AD during its 1980s heyday, lifts the lid on how the UK’s most important comic came into existence and his extraordinary role in shaping it into a industry-revolutionising icon. In 1973, a twenty-year-old MacManus joined Fleetway Publications as a sub-editor on UK adventure title Valiant. Six years later he took charge of the company’s most celebrated... [click here for more]
One of the most popular comic strips of the 1950s and the first to reference politics of the day, Walt Kelly's Pogo took on Joe McCarthy before the controversial senator was a blip on Edward R. Murrow's radar.
The strip's satire was so biting, it was often relegated to newspaper editorial sections at a time when artists in other media were blacklisted for far less. Pogo was the vanguard of today's... [click here for more]
Unleash your inner creativity in this Giant Comic sketch book that is perfect for both kids and adults! This high quality sketchbook comes with over 300 pages of blank comic book panels ready for you to fill. ... [click here for more]
The thought-provoking, aesthetically pleasing animated films of Hayao Miyazaki attract audiences well beyond the director's native Japan.
Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away were critically acclaimed upon U.S. release, and the earlier My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service have found popularity with Americans on DVD.
This critical study of Miyazaki's work begins with an analysis of the... [click here for more]
Do you want your pages to have a great layout that really helps tell the story? Are you having trouble thinking of how and where to put each panel? The Big Book if Comic Layouts is the book for you! You will find 317 different layout templates ready for you to use for your book. This book also has the basic blue line measurement template for your page and a thumbnail sheet to help you get your comic... [click here for more]
It's a rare comic character who can make audiences laugh for well over half a century--but then again, it's a pretty rare cartoon hero who can boast of forearms thicker than his waist, who can down a can of spinach in a single gulp, or who generally faces the world with one eye squinted completely shut.
When E.C. Segar's gruff but lovable sailor man first tooted his pipe to the public on January... [click here for more]
Essays on Theory, Strategy and Practice
The essays in this collection discuss how comics and graphic narratives can be useful primary texts and learning tools in college and university classes across different disciplines.
There are six sections:
American Studies
Ethnic Studies
Women's and Gender Studies
Cultural Studies
Genre Studies
Composition, Rhetoric and Communication
With a combination... [click here for more]
This deluxe collection celebrates RAHSAN EKEDAL's work over the past decade for Image Comics and Top Cow Productions.
Focusing on the many Image titles he’s worked on, including THINK TANK, THE TITHE, and ECHOES, this is a must have for any fan of those series or RAHSAN's work!
Intended for readers 12+ ... [click here for more]