Books That Study The Art of Comics

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The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History
The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
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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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Making Comics
Making Comics 4.47 avg rating — 1,207 ratings
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Comics and Sequential Art
Comics and Sequential Art 4.11 avg rating — 6,224 ratings
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Comic Strip Artists in American Newspapers, 1945-1980
Comic Strip Artists in American Newspapers, 1945-1980 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Comic Book Historians Presents...: Frank Thorne the Blue, Wizard of the Comic Arts
Comic Book Historians Presents...: Frank Thorne the Blue, Wizard of the Comic Arts it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Drawing the Line: Comics Studies and INKS, 1994–1997
Drawing the Line: Comics Studies and INKS, 1994–1997 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art 4.01 avg rating — 129,131 ratings
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Comic Book Historians Presents...: Neal Adams, Master Illustrator
Comic Book Historians Presents...: Neal Adams, Master Illustrator it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Comics
Comics 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Language of Comics
The Language of Comics 2.60 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Drawing Words and Writing Pictures
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures 4.09 avg rating — 1,739 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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Why Comics?: From Underground to Everywhere
Why Comics?: From Underground to Everywhere 4.02 avg rating — 329 ratings
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Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK
Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy in the UK 4.33 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Comic Book History of Comics
Comic Book History of Comics 4.12 avg rating — 677 ratings
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The Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing Is a Way of Thinking
The Comics of Chris Ware: Drawing Is a Way of Thinking 3.82 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Children of the Yellow Kid: The Evolution of the American Comic Strip
Children of the Yellow Kid: The Evolution of the American Comic Strip 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art
The Blacker the Ink: Constructions of Black Identity in Comics and Sequential Art 4.29 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Sparring With Gil Kane: Debating The History and Aesthetics of Comics
Sparring With Gil Kane: Debating The History and Aesthetics of Comics
by: Gil Kane
4.19 avg rating — 21 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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Comics & Media: A Special Issue of "Critical Inquiry" (A Critical Inquiry Book)
Comics & Media: A Special Issue of "Critical Inquiry" (A Critical Inquiry Book) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Best American Comics Criticism
Best American Comics Criticism 3.38 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor
Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor 4.39 avg rating — 3,357 ratings
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Adult Comics: An Introduction
Adult Comics: An Introduction 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium
Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium
by: Jeet Heer
3.59 avg rating — 44 ratings
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Comics and the City: Urban Space in Print, Picture and Sequence
Comics and the City: Urban Space in Print, Picture and Sequence 3.18 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Narrative Structure in Comics: Making Sense of Fragments
Narrative Structure in Comics: Making Sense of Fragments 3.65 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The System of Comics
The System of Comics 3.76 avg rating — 180 ratings
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The Language of Comics: Word and Image
The Language of Comics: Word and Image 3.52 avg rating — 33 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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How Comics Work
How Comics Work 4.19 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Comics Creator Prep
Comics Creator Prep 3.30 avg rating — 10 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 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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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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Eisner/Miller
Eisner/Miller 3.94 avg rating — 345 ratings
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Keywords for Comics Studies
Keywords for Comics Studies really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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A Comics Studies Reader
A Comics Studies Reader
by: Jeet Heer
3.69 avg rating — 86 ratings
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Insider Histories of Cartooning: Rediscovering Forgotten Famous Comics and Their Creators
Insider Histories of Cartooning: Rediscovering Forgotten Famous Comics and Their Creators liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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IJOCA - International Journal of Comic Art, Comic Empires - Cartoons, Caricature, and Imperialism: A Symposium (Vol. 16, No.2, Fall/Winter 2014)
IJOCA - International Journal of Comic Art, Comic Empires - Cartoons, Caricature, and Imperialism: A Symposium (Vol. 16, No.2, Fall/Winter 2014) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging (Postmillennial Pop, 25)
The Content of Our Caricature: African American Comic Art and Political Belonging (Postmillennial Pop, 25) 4.59 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Artists on Comics Art
Artists on Comics Art 3.98 avg rating — 53 ratings
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Masters of the Ninth Art: Bandes dessinées and Franco-Belgian Identity (Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures, 3) (Volume 3)
Masters of the Ninth Art: Bandes dessinées and Franco-Belgian Identity (Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures, 3) (Volume 3) 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The Illustrated Comic Art Workshop : volume 2, Penciling
The Illustrated Comic Art Workshop : volume 2, Penciling liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling
How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling 3.99 avg rating — 222 ratings
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How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels
How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels 4.34 avg rating — 244 ratings
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Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels: Page by Page, Panel by Panel
Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels: Page by Page, Panel by Panel 3.59 avg rating — 39 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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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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A History of Underground Comics
A History of Underground Comics 3.86 avg rating — 64 ratings
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From Aargh! to Zap!: Harvey Kurtzman's Visual History of the Comics
From Aargh! to Zap!: Harvey Kurtzman's Visual History of the Comics 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Art of the Comic Book: An Aesthetic History
The Art of the Comic Book: An Aesthetic History 3.50 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Alex Raymond: An Artistic Journey: Adventure, Intrigue and Romance
Alex Raymond: An Artistic Journey: Adventure, Intrigue and Romance it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Excess: The Art of Michael Golden: Comics Inimitable Storyteller and How He Does It
Excess: The Art of Michael Golden: Comics Inimitable Storyteller and How He Does It 3.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
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How to Read Superhero Comics and Why
How to Read Superhero Comics and Why 3.83 avg rating — 101 ratings
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Give Our Regards to the Atomsmashers!: Writers on Comics
Give Our Regards to the Atomsmashers!: Writers on Comics
by: Sean Howe
3.51 avg rating — 79 ratings