AI's List of Guides for Making Comics and Graphic Novels

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Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels 4.34 avg rating — 9,603 ratings
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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art 4.01 avg rating — 129,139 ratings
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The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics
The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics 4.03 avg rating — 1,248 ratings
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Reinventing Comics: The Evolution of an Art Form
Reinventing Comics: The Evolution of an Art Form 3.90 avg rating — 3,791 ratings
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The DC Comics Guide to Creating Comics: Inside the Art of Visual Storytelling
The DC Comics Guide to Creating Comics: Inside the Art of Visual Storytelling 4.11 avg rating — 132 ratings
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Make Comics Like the Pros: The Inside Scoop on How to Write, Draw, and Sell Your Comic Books and Graphic Novels
Make Comics Like the Pros: The Inside Scoop on How to Write, Draw, and Sell Your Comic Books and Graphic Novels
by: Greg Pak
4.10 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Panel Two: More Comic Book Scripts By Top Writers (Panel One Scripts by Top Comics Writers Tp
Panel Two: More Comic Book Scripts By Top Writers (Panel One Scripts by Top Comics Writers Tp 3.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
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How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way
How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way
by: Stan Lee
4.04 avg rating — 7,969 ratings
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The DC Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics
The DC Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics 3.94 avg rating — 231 ratings
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Stan Lee's How to Write Comics: From the Legendary Co-Creator of Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Iron Man
Stan Lee's How to Write Comics: From the Legendary Co-Creator of Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Iron Man
by: Stan Lee
3.94 avg rating — 233 ratings
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Alan Moore's Writing for Comics
Alan Moore's Writing for Comics 3.98 avg rating — 2,710 ratings
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The Lexicon of Comicana
The Lexicon of Comicana 4.16 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Making Comics
Making Comics 4.47 avg rating — 1,207 ratings
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The Law for Comic Book Creators: Essential Concepts and Applications
The Law for Comic Book Creators: Essential Concepts and Applications
by: Joe Sergi
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting 4.27 avg rating — 17,105 ratings
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Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels
Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels 4.13 avg rating — 836 ratings
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The Art Of Comic-Book Inking 2nd Edition
The Art Of Comic-Book Inking 2nd Edition 3.86 avg rating — 98 ratings
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Writing for Comics With Peter David
Writing for Comics With Peter David 4.05 avg rating — 209 ratings
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Framed Ink
Framed Ink 4.36 avg rating — 2,980 ratings
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Business of Comics: Everything a Comic Book Artist Needs to Make It in the Business...Plus Interview s with 40 Comic Book Professionals
Business of Comics: Everything a Comic Book Artist Needs to Make It in the Business...Plus Interview s with 40 Comic Book Professionals 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
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DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics
DC Comics Guide to Coloring and Lettering Comics 4.06 avg rating — 212 ratings
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Drawing Comics is Easy!
Drawing Comics is Easy! 3.27 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Manga: The Complete Guide
Manga: The Complete Guide 3.98 avg rating — 177 ratings
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MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus
MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus 4.31 avg rating — 2,955 ratings
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Monograph
Monograph 4.43 avg rating — 267 ratings
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The Hero With a Thousand Faces
The Hero With a Thousand Faces 4.13 avg rating — 44,163 ratings
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Mastering Comics: Drawing Words & Writing Pictures Continued
Mastering Comics: Drawing Words & Writing Pictures Continued 4.24 avg rating — 170 ratings
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How To Make Webcomics
How To Make Webcomics 4.03 avg rating — 484 ratings
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How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling
How to Write a Damn Good Novel: A Step-by-Step No Nonsense Guide to Dramatic Storytelling 3.87 avg rating — 2,675 ratings
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How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II: Advanced Techniques for Dramatic Storytelling
How to Write a Damn Good Novel, II: Advanced Techniques for Dramatic Storytelling 4.07 avg rating — 713 ratings
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The Art of Comic Book Writing: The Definitive Guide to Outlining, Scripting, and Pitching Your Sequential Art Stories
The Art of Comic Book Writing: The Definitive Guide to Outlining, Scripting, and Pitching Your Sequential Art Stories 4.23 avg rating — 186 ratings
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The Fiction Writer's Toolkit
The Fiction Writer's Toolkit
by: Bob Mayer
3.83 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Figure It Out! Human Proportions: Draw the Head and Figure Right Every Time
Figure It Out! Human Proportions: Draw the Head and Figure Right Every Time 4.25 avg rating — 122 ratings
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Comics Creator Prep
Comics Creator Prep 3.30 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Figure It Out! Drawing Essential Poses: The Beginner's Guide to the Natural-Looking Figure
Figure It Out! Drawing Essential Poses: The Beginner's Guide to the Natural-Looking Figure 4.12 avg rating — 66 ratings
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How Comics Work
How Comics Work 4.19 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy
Human Anatomy Made Amazingly Easy 3.89 avg rating — 209 ratings
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Drawing Comics Lab: 52 Exercises on Characters, Panels, Storytelling, Publishing & Professional Practices (Lab Series)
Drawing Comics Lab: 52 Exercises on Characters, Panels, Storytelling, Publishing & Professional Practices (Lab Series) 3.96 avg rating — 75 ratings
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Humongous Book of Cartooning
Humongous Book of Cartooning 4.19 avg rating — 154 ratings
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The Human Figure
The Human Figure 4.04 avg rating — 337 ratings
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Writing for Animation, Comics, and Games
Writing for Animation, Comics, and Games 3.73 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Modern Cartooning: Essential Techniques for Drawing Today's Popular Cartoons
Modern Cartooning: Essential Techniques for Drawing Today's Popular Cartoons 4.15 avg rating — 205 ratings
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How To Create Comics, From Script To Print
How To Create Comics, From Script To Print 3.36 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Basic Drawing Made Amazingly Easy
Basic Drawing Made Amazingly Easy 3.65 avg rating — 48 ratings
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Comics and Sequential Art
Comics and Sequential Art 4.11 avg rating — 6,224 ratings
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Panel Discussions: Design In Sequential Art Storytelling
Panel Discussions: Design In Sequential Art Storytelling 4.16 avg rating — 51 ratings
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The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics
The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics 4.18 avg rating — 557 ratings
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Foundations in Comic Book Art: SCAD Creative Essentials
Foundations in Comic Book Art: SCAD Creative Essentials 3.93 avg rating — 186 ratings
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The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics
The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 262 ratings
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The Visual Language of Comics: Introduction to the Structure and Cognition of Sequential Images.
The Visual Language of Comics: Introduction to the Structure and Cognition of Sequential Images.
by: Neil Cohn
3.94 avg rating — 85 ratings
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Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist
Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist 4.19 avg rating — 250 ratings
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Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative
Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative 4.08 avg rating — 2,264 ratings
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel 3.79 avg rating — 110 ratings
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24 Hour Comics
24 Hour Comics 3.70 avg rating — 327 ratings
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Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics
Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics 3.92 avg rating — 353 ratings
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Perspective Drawing Handbook
Perspective Drawing Handbook 4.26 avg rating — 373 ratings
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More How to Draw Manga, Volume 1: The Basics of Character Drawing
More How to Draw Manga, Volume 1: The Basics of Character Drawing 3.84 avg rating — 50 ratings
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More How to Draw Manga, Volume 2: Penning Characters
More How to Draw Manga, Volume 2: Penning Characters 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings
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Panel One: Comic Book Scripts By Top Writers (Panel One Scripts by Top Comics Writers Tp
Panel One: Comic Book Scripts By Top Writers (Panel One Scripts by Top Comics Writers Tp 3.77 avg rating — 119 ratings
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Writers on Comics Scriptwriting, Vol. 2
Writers on Comics Scriptwriting, Vol. 2 4.07 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Writers on Comics Scriptwriting, Vol. 1
Writers on Comics Scriptwriting, Vol. 1 4.01 avg rating — 201 ratings
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Vanishing Point: Perspective for Comics from the Ground Up
Vanishing Point: Perspective for Comics from the Ground Up 4.16 avg rating — 366 ratings
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Studio Ghibli Layout Designs: Understanding the Secrets of Takahata/Miyazaki Animation
Studio Ghibli Layout Designs: Understanding the Secrets of Takahata/Miyazaki Animation 4.69 avg rating — 49 ratings
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Cartoon Success Secrets: A Tribute To 35 Years Of Cartoonist Profiles
Cartoon Success Secrets: A Tribute To 35 Years Of Cartoonist Profiles
by: Jud Hurd
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Extreme Perspective! For Artists: Learn the Secrets of Curvilinear, Cylindrical, Fisheye, Isometric, and Other Amazing Drawing Systems that Will Make Your Drawings Pop Off the Page
Extreme Perspective! For Artists: Learn the Secrets of Curvilinear, Cylindrical, Fisheye, Isometric, and Other Amazing Drawing Systems that Will Make Your Drawings Pop Off the Page 4.21 avg rating — 58 ratings
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Perspective! for Comic Book Artists: How to Achieve a Professional Look in your Artwork
Perspective! for Comic Book Artists: How to Achieve a Professional Look in your Artwork 4.06 avg rating — 3,537 ratings
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The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression
The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression 4.01 avg rating — 5,770 ratings
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Creating Comics from Start to Finish: Top Pros Reveal the Complete Creative Process
Creating Comics from Start to Finish: Top Pros Reveal the Complete Creative Process 3.67 avg rating — 63 ratings
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The Fundamentals of Typography
The Fundamentals of Typography 4.09 avg rating — 150 ratings
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Type Rules!: The Designer's Guide to Professional Typography
Type Rules!: The Designer's Guide to Professional Typography 3.93 avg rating — 123 ratings
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The Elements of Typographic Style
The Elements of Typographic Style 4.26 avg rating — 9,030 ratings
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How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide
How Not to Write a Novel: 200 Classic Mistakes and How to Avoid Them—A Misstep-by-Misstep Guide 3.99 avg rating — 4,157 ratings
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating — 310,121 ratings
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How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy 3.91 avg rating — 4,844 ratings
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The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century
The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century 4.04 avg rating — 9,071 ratings
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Stein on Writing
Stein on Writing
by: Sol Stein
4.28 avg rating — 4,734 ratings
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The Writing Life
The Writing Life 3.98 avg rating — 18,001 ratings
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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language
Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language 4.05 avg rating — 12,271 ratings
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Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need
Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need 4.02 avg rating — 21,031 ratings
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Invisible Ink Box Set for Writers
Invisible Ink Box Set for Writers it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel: The Last Book On Novel Writing You'll Ever Need 4.50 avg rating — 12,827 ratings
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Writing 21st Century Fiction: High Impact Techniques for Exceptional Storytelling
Writing 21st Century Fiction: High Impact Techniques for Exceptional Storytelling 4.34 avg rating — 872 ratings
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My Story Can Beat Up Your Story: Ten Ways to Toughen Up Your Screenplay from Opening Hook to Knockout Punch
My Story Can Beat Up Your Story: Ten Ways to Toughen Up Your Screenplay from Opening Hook to Knockout Punch 4.44 avg rating — 302 ratings
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The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller 4.25 avg rating — 7,030 ratings
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The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers
The Secrets of Story: Innovative Tools for Perfecting Your Fiction and Captivating Readers
by: Matt Bird
4.41 avg rating — 1,008 ratings
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Framed Perspective Vol. 1: Technical Perspective and Visual Storytelling
Framed Perspective Vol. 1: Technical Perspective and Visual Storytelling 4.57 avg rating — 192 ratings
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Framed Perspective Vol. 2: Technical Drawing for Shadows, Volume, and Characters
Framed Perspective Vol. 2: Technical Drawing for Shadows, Volume, and Characters 4.64 avg rating — 100 ratings
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Framed Drawing Techniques: Mastering Ballpoint Pen, Graphite Pencil, and Digital Tools for Visual Storytelling
Framed Drawing Techniques: Mastering Ballpoint Pen, Graphite Pencil, and Digital Tools for Visual Storytelling 4.14 avg rating — 59 ratings