Now on Shelves -- Just Home from the Road!

About Making Comic:

If you’ve ever felt there must be something more to making comics than just copying drawing styles then this is the book for you.

In Making Comics, I do my best to cover the storytelling secrets I don’t see any other books talking about, including:

  • Choosing the right moments to make into panels; what to include, what to leave out.
  • Framing actions and guiding the reader’s eyes.
  • Choosing words and images that communicate together.
  • Creating varied and compelling characters with inner lives and unforgettable appearances.
  • Understanding body language and facial expressions.
  • Creating rich, believable worlds for your readers to explore.
  • Picking the tools that are right for you, and understanding how those tools evolved.
  • Navigating the vast world of comics styles and genres.

Whether you want to draw graphic novels, superheroes, neo-manga, comic strips or webcomics, you’re going to be putting one picture after another to tell a story. This is the book where I do my best to show you how.

 

 


Just Completed:

Online Now:

Official Tour Blog. Our Livejournal community where the whole family posted accounts of our travels and photos from the road.

Tour Page. Where we went.

Chapter Five and a Half. An online extension to Making Comics' Chapter on Tools, Techniques and Technology.

The McCloud Family Podcast and The Winterviews Our occasional podcast from the road and a video interviews with comics creators around the country conducted by Winter (age 11) and edited by Sky (age 13). Presented by Comic Book Resources.


And Coming Soon:

Online Notes. A continuing expansion of notes and information from the extensive Making Comics chapter notes.

 



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