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Drawing Words & Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond

by Matt Madden

. 9781596431317. ea. vol: First Second. illus. index. pap. $34.99.

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These two inclusive guides for cartoonists are set up as workbooks, covering principles and providing lessons and exercises that readers can work through. Drawing is suitable for beginners, while Mastering is aimed more at intermediate and experienced cartoonists. Both volumes could be used as college texts for courses on sequential art.

Reviewed by Staff , Dec 01, 2012

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