So, You Wanna Be A Comic Book Artist?: How To Break Into Comics! The Ultimate Guide For Kids (So, You Wanna Be . . .)

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader. Find success as a comic book artist with this step-by-step guide to creating, publishing, and marketing your very own comics. The secrets to comic book creation are at your fingertips! This comprehensive guide details the steps to becoming a hit comic book maker—from creating compelling characters and illustrations to getting published and marketing a finished product—and is full of insights from world-famous artists from such companies as DC, Marvel, and Dark Horse. In addition to highlighting tips from seasoned pros, inspiring success stories from young artists are sprinkled throughout along with a resource list of potential publishers to help you hit the ground running. So, You Want to Be a Comic Book Artist? also features in-depth chapters on adapting a storyline for video games and movies, using social media to promote a finished product, and self-publishing your own comic. Whether you’re just starting out or have been drawing comics for years, this book will get you where you want to go. So, You Wanna Be a Comic Book Artist? is a hip how-to book that helps aspiring young comic book artists realize their dreams. Using a lively, informative style, Phil Amara shows kids how to create their own superheroes, write storylines, get their comics published, and possibly become famous. The book features precise techniques for creating a superhero or villain, advice on how and where to submit work and how to navigate the minefield of self-publishing a comic or zine, interviews with current artists, and biographies of the founders of the most popular comics. The book also profiles ten young comic book artists who are publishing their work.

Explains to readers how to create their own superheroes, write their own storylines, and get their comics published.

So, you wanna be a comic book artist? Starting a studio and the tools of the trade Draw, partner! Illustration tips and tricks Character creation: from superheroes to villains Creating stellar stories: comic book scripts Layout: putting it all together Zines: copy-shop comics Self-promotion: getting publicity for your work Portfolios: submitting your comics to publishers Beyond comic books: Hollywood directing to video games designing Resources: recommened industry info Essential comic book terminology. Presents a step-by-step guide to creating, publishing and marketing comic books, including developing compelling characters, approaching publishers, and adapting storylines for video games and movies A comprehensive guide to creating and selling a comic book. Includes advice from established artists You are sitting at your very own table at a comics convention.