Create Your Own Comics!
Everything You Need to Know
Will be published approx. on 16. June 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
979-8-8816-0695-4 (ISBN)
Description
Playfully illustrated and packed with story ideas, drawing tips, creative prompts, and fun suggestions, this beginner-friendly guide is all you need to bring your imagination to the page and make your own comics! The only beginner-friendly guide you'll ever need to create your own comics! Learn the building blocks of comics and how to use them: panels, speech bubbles, splash pages, sound effects, and more. Find out how to create comics in different styles and genres, from funny to scary and superheroes to monsters. Once you master the basics, practice your new skills by using the story generator tool. Get your imagination pumping and come up with unique stories of your very own! This isn't just page after page of blank comic pages. It's a comprehensive guide to what makes comics work, with templates to guide your choices, and hints for getting the best out of your own story ideas. PLUS: Bonus drawing lessons from top Andrews McMeel Kids cartoonists Dana Simpson, Lincoln Peirce, and Li Chen! Perfect for ages 8-12!
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Language
English
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Preschool to First Grade, Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
23 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-8816-0695-4 (9798881606954)
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Ned Hartley writes comics and books for children. You can read his work in the Beano comic every week. Ned has written lots of books including the best-selling Marvel Origins: Spider-Man, The Ladybird Big Book of Dead Things, Together We Can, Great Lives: Albert Einstein, Marvel: the Science of Superheroes, The Marvel Museum and loads more, many of them about superheroes and comics. He's also written comics for 2000AD, Monster Fun and Wallace & Gromit Comics. He lives in London with his wife and two children.