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Explains the process of creating a comic book, from developing characters and plotting story lines to using storyboards and creating comic book art.

Provides step-by-step instructions for creating comic strips, including developing characters and writing jokes.

Once upon a time ... a princess tried to make a comic. And with the help of a magical cartooning elf, she learned how--well enough to draw her way out of an encounter with a dangerous dragon, near-death by drowning, and into her very own adventure! Like the princess, young readers will discover that they already have the drawing and writing skills it takes to make a comic -- they just need a little know-how.

Big Nate Wright is president of P.S. 38, the after school cartooning club.

Provides traditional cartooning exercises on character development, one cell cartoons, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and comic books.

Step-by-step illustrations and instructions teach children how to draw manga warriors, including samurai, ninja spies, warrior robots, and more.

Contains illustrated, step-by-step instructions for drawing manga characters.

Budding artists will master drawing vehicles, such as mobile patrol armor, a riot buster, a troop-dispersal carrier, and a cruise ship.

Introduces the basics of manga sketching and shows how to draw twenty-two types of manga characters, including battle robots.

Numbered step-by-step instructions give guidance for drawing martial arts figures in the manga style.

Offers illustrated instructions on how to draw cartoon characters, with advice on how to come up with jokes for the cartoons, tips on overcoming writer's block, and discussion of how to protect and sell ideas.

Presents step-by-step instructions for drawing manga characters, including effects, backgrounds, three-point perspective, and other advanced techniques.

Examines the fundamentals of storytelling in comic book style and offers advice on story construction and visual narratives.

Offers fifteen introductory lessons in creating comics, covering terminology, penciling, lettering, structuring story, characters, and other related topics.