Comics Creator Prep [Paperback]

Where inspiration and spontaneity prime a comics pump, create a vision, propel it forward, and give it life, Comics Creator Prep raises the level of comics craft to give a creator the requisite tools to consistently realize that vision. It shows creators how to use the tools in their comic toolboxes well. *** Heres what comics industry legends and pros have to say about Comics Creator Prep! If youve ever wished you had someone to walk you through the potential pinnacles and pitfalls of a career in comics, then Lee Nordlings Comics Creator Prep is the book for you. In this guide to a plethora of perplexing situations youre likely to find yourself in at one point or another in the world of sequential art, Nordling delivers a Master Class in the creative and business issues that confront pretty much everyone whos ever tried to tell a story in words and pictures. Lee will help you avoid many common mistakes comics beginnersand grizzled pros, for that matteroften make. And for those times when you do find yourself in the middle of a thorny situation, his insights and advice should enable you to dig your way out faster and more gracefully than you otherwise would have. Danny Fingeroth, comics writer, editor and historian; author of books including Superman on the Couch: What Superheroes Really Tell Us About Ourselves and Our Society There's no one magic way to create comics, but Lee Nordling brings a lifetime of experience in strips, periodicals and books to a discussion of how to approach the medium as a professional and do your best work. Paul Levitz, comic book writer, educator, past President and Publisher at DC Comics I really wish I had been able to read Lee Nordlings Comics Creator Prep forty years ago when I was a newbie at this comics lark. Its stuffed full of invaluable information and useful advice about the craft of storytelling and using the medium to its full potential. I had to learn the hard way by spending years making mistakel³w