Mastering Comics: Drawing Words & Writing Pictures Continued: A Definitive Course in Comics Narrative

A new course of material to accompany First Second's widely acclaimed 2008 comics textbook.

In their hotly anticipated follow-up to 2008's comics textbook Drawing Words & Writing Pictures, School of Visual Arts cartooning professors Matt Madden and Jessica Abel bring their expertise to bear on the second semester of a course of study for the budding cartoonist.

Covering advanced topics such as story composition, coloring, and file formatting, Mastering Comics is a vital companion to the introductory content of the first volume.

Publisher: First Second
Published: 05/08/2012
Pages: 336
Weight: 2.87lbs
Size: 9.14h x 12.13w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9781596436176
Age: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2012 pg. 64
Library Journal 12/01/2012 pg. 44

About the Author

Husband and wife duo Matt Madden and Jessica Abel teach comics courses at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Mastering Comics brings together their most effective lessons. Abel and Madden are cartoonists in their own right. In their spare time, they edit the Best American Comics series.