The Comic Book Lesson: A Graphic Novel That Shows You How to Make Comics
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- Create Date：2022-10-11 06:52:32
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Mark Crilley
- ISBN：1984858432
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Summary
An aspiring young creator learns the fundamentals of visual storytelling from three comic book mentors in this charming illustrated tale—a graphic novel that teaches you how to turn your stories into comics！
Acclaimed illustrator and graphic novelist Mark Crilley returns with a new approach to learning the essential elements of making comics。 His easy-to-follow instruction about comic book art， design， and storytelling provides aspiring creators a one-of-a-kind how-to experience。
In The Comic Book Lesson， you’ll meet Emily—an enthusiastic young comics fan who has a story she needs to tell。 On her quest to turn that story into a comic book， Emily meets three helpful mentors who share their knowledge。 Trudy， a high school student who works at the local comics shop， teaches Emily how to create expressive characters and how art can convey action and suspense。 Madeline， a self-published manga artist， teaches Emily how to use panel composition and layout to tell a story visually and how to develop a comic from script to sketch to finished pages。 Sophie， a professional graphic novelist， guides Emily through fine-tuning the details of dialogue， sequence， and pacing to lead readers through the story。
Page by page， you’ll discover more about the events that drive Emily to create her comic book as her mentors teach her （and you！） about the fundamentals of visual narrative and comic book art。 Each lesson builds on the previous one， guiding you through the steps of planning and creating your comic， with accompanying exercises you can try for yourself。 Are you ready to start your comic book lesson today？
Acclaimed illustrator and graphic novelist Mark Crilley returns with a new approach to learning the essential elements of making comics。 His easy-to-follow instruction about comic book art， design， and storytelling provides aspiring creators a one-of-a-kind how-to experience。
In The Comic Book Lesson， you’ll meet Emily—an enthusiastic young comics fan who has a story she needs to tell。 On her quest to turn that story into a comic book， Emily meets three helpful mentors who share their knowledge。 Trudy， a high school student who works at the local comics shop， teaches Emily how to create expressive characters and how art can convey action and suspense。 Madeline， a self-published manga artist， teaches Emily how to use panel composition and layout to tell a story visually and how to develop a comic from script to sketch to finished pages。 Sophie， a professional graphic novelist， guides Emily through fine-tuning the details of dialogue， sequence， and pacing to lead readers through the story。
Page by page， you’ll discover more about the events that drive Emily to create her comic book as her mentors teach her （and you！） about the fundamentals of visual narrative and comic book art。 Each lesson builds on the previous one， guiding you through the steps of planning and creating your comic， with accompanying exercises you can try for yourself。 Are you ready to start your comic book lesson today？
Reviews
Katra
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Excellent tips told in story form for anyone wanting to create their own graphic novels。
Morgan
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 I really liked both the story and the lessens。 I especially like how a character would sometimes mention a particular way of doing something and it would happen to the book as your reading it。 （Spoiler） An example being， where one or the characters mentions that flipping character positions during dialogue sequences can be confusing to the reader。 Then on the vary next panel it’s flipped to demonstrate the confusion。 Really my only complaint is that the cover was published on this weird material I really liked both the story and the lessens。 I especially like how a character would sometimes mention a particular way of doing something and it would happen to the book as your reading it。 （Spoiler） An example being， where one or the characters mentions that flipping character positions during dialogue sequences can be confusing to the reader。 Then on the vary next panel it’s flipped to demonstrate the confusion。 Really my only complaint is that the cover was published on this weird material that feels almost like rubber and leaves some kind of residue on your hands。 （If your familiar with No Starch Press’s paper back books It’s simmer to that。 {This particular book wasn’t published by No Starch Press。}） I found this quite annoying。 I would have preferred a more normal material used for the cover。Overall I’d recommend this book。 It has some vary useful information in it and has an interesting story。 。。。more
Royalle
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I really appreciated how seamlessly the lessons were worked into the narrative。 You can read it as a story on its own or take in the lessons alongside it。 The characters were also fun and interesting and felt organic。 It was hard for me to put down at times， but wanting to digest the advice （as well as just having my attention needed elsewhere） hardened my discipline to read in multiple sittings。I am certainly going to have to reread it again。 I know I didn’t take note of a lot of details。 But t I really appreciated how seamlessly the lessons were worked into the narrative。 You can read it as a story on its own or take in the lessons alongside it。 The characters were also fun and interesting and felt organic。 It was hard for me to put down at times， but wanting to digest the advice （as well as just having my attention needed elsewhere） hardened my discipline to read in multiple sittings。I am certainly going to have to reread it again。 I know I didn’t take note of a lot of details。 But that is a testament to how much I was enjoying the story as it was told 。。。more
Matthias Hernandez
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I was looking for books to learn about writing comic books and， like Emily， I couldn’t really find one until I stumbled upon this one。The book is a great idea， pretty to look at and full of valuable advice and exercises。 Worth rereading to really absorb all the information。
Amber Jarrell-Shock
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