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Comic Book Lesson - 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?
Blank Comic Book - features the following:
- Over 100 pages of blank templates, perfect for developing comic and manga
- 20 different panel styles for versatile storytelling
- Each page has between 2 and 8 panels
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches
- Includes a guide to story fundamentals
- Initial pages feature pre-designed speech bubbles to spark inspiration
- Great for kids and teens starting their comic book journey
- Perfect for crafting comics, manga, and storyboarding
- Ample space for creative expression and storytelling
- Ideal for sparking imagination and keeping entertained
- Free bonus download of 100 prompt ideas for universe, story, themes, character, and superpowers.
Pigma Sensei Pens - drawing sets include the tools you need to illustrate in the manga and comic styles. Use fine lines for facial expressions, lettering, detailing, and bold lines to add impact and drama. The pencil’s fixed sleeve protects the sturdy lead from breaking whether when sketching or using templates. Also includes Sakura’s SumoGrip® eraser that features microporous foam technology that picks up graphite marks and erases better across the surface. Sketch whenever creativity sparks and take a Pigma Sensei drawing set to classes or conventions.
- COMPLETE DRAWING & INKING KIT: Set includes a pencil and eraser for sketching, and 4 tip sizes of Pigma Sensei pens for inking.
- SMOOTH WRITING: Experience smooth, skip-free writing in crisp, rich black ink that achieves consistent line widths that won’t smear, feather, or bleed-through most papers.
- ARCHIVAL QUALITY: Pigma pigment based ink is waterproof, chemical and fade resistant, bleed free, quick drying and pH neutral.
- JAPANESE QUALITY: Every tool in this kit from pencil to pen to eraser is crafted with lasting quality.
- CERTIFIED NON-TOXIC: Approved by ACMI toxicologists & bears trusted AP Seal.