30 review for Drawing Comics Lab: 52 Exercises on Characters, Panels, Storytelling, Publishing & Professional Practices

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   5 out of 5

   Ietrio – Oct 17, 2018

   Going through the book a second time. There is the same impression of underachiever, but overall the pictures have seldom something in common with the text so the information is quite low even for a book in this category.

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   4 out of 5

   Jesse Stoddard – Jan 01, 2020

   This is such a great book for people starting out who want a fun overview of the comics world, especially those interested in going the Indie and self-publishing route. I thoroughly enjoyed it and got a lot of inspiring ideas.

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   4 out of 5

   Ietrio – Jan 11, 2018

   The author is trying his best. But the hints are convoluted and over complicate the newcomer.

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   5 out of 5

   Linda Henry – Sep 11, 2017

   I am looking forward to trying some of these methods of drawing comics as a form of expressing myself

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   5 out of 5

   Kevin McCloskey – Mar 09, 2016

   I've used exercises from this book in my college classroom and used other exercises with 8th graders in a half-day zine making workshop. This is a splendid book for anyone who wants to get better at visual storytelling. I doubt you will do every one of the 52 exercises, but even if you do 10 or 20, it will up your game. The exercises are meant to improve your plotting, pacing, and all around cartooning skills. The author has a lot of connections in the comics industry and many well known artists I've used exercises from this book in my college classroom and used other exercises with 8th graders in a half-day zine making workshop. This is a splendid book for anyone who wants to get better at visual storytelling. I doubt you will do every one of the 52 exercises, but even if you do 10 or 20, it will up your game. The exercises are meant to improve your plotting, pacing, and all around cartooning skills. The author has a lot of connections in the comics industry and many well known artists contribute their favorite exercises. I especially like Robyn Chapman's attitude. She talks about living the dream. I find it refreshing and helpful for aspiring comics artists. I will paste it below... "Living the Dream For many of us, the dream means making a living, possibly a good one, from drawing comics. That dream does come true--for a small number of people. The rest of us need to build a counter narrative to The Dream. For the past seven years, I've worked in what can vaguely be called the comics industry--as an administrator, a teacher, an editor, a publisher, a project manger, and now an author. If I had waited around for that comics drawing job I would have long since starved. So, am I disqualified as being professional? Hardly. All being a professional means is that you take cartooning seriously and approach it with an industrious work ethic. With a little effort and a bit of guidance, we can all be professionals, and each fashion a version of The Dream to our personal trajectories." from Drawing Comics Lab.

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   4 out of 5

   Troy – Jun 15, 2013

   I appreciate this book. Very easy to follow along, with diagrams that actually make sense. Some of the other artists who show up in the book seem really disinterested (like she of the one-pager section. But this was inspirational, and got me thinking that I can actually do this!

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   5 out of 5

   Natalia – Apr 06, 2016

   Very thorough introduction to making your own comic! It was interesting, and it kept me entertained. It was also full of prompts/projects to help develop your own characters, comics, etc.

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   4 out of 5

   F.P. – Aug 13, 2015

   I'm due for a revisit with this. There's lots of content inside, and I especially love the instructions on making little one-pages and books. I'm due for a revisit with this. There's lots of content inside, and I especially love the instructions on making little one-pages and books.

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   4 out of 5

   Alan – Jan 14, 2017

   A really good tutorial. I will dip back into for re-reads.

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    4 out of 5

    Stefanie Girard – Jan 15, 2013

    Very inspiring and great creative prompts

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    4 out of 5

    Thomas Marino –

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    5 out of 5

    Jamie –

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    4 out of 5

    Bruce –

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    4 out of 5

    Karrie Blalock –

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    4 out of 5

    Jessie Hadac –

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    5 out of 5

    Bridget –

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    4 out of 5

    Julia –

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    4 out of 5

    David Morgan-Mar –

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    4 out of 5

    Allison Cusher –

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    5 out of 5

    Annette Rasmussen –

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    4 out of 5

    eleanor chung –

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    4 out of 5

    zoë –

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    4 out of 5

    jrotszta –

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    5 out of 5

    ellieadair –

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    4 out of 5

    John –

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    5 out of 5

    Kelley –

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    5 out of 5

    Courtney Perry –

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    4 out of 5

    Anne –

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    4 out of 5

    Raxit Patel –

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    4 out of 5

    Tomas –