How Comics Work by Dave GibbonsMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book is a work of art in and of itself.
It provides simple yet deep insights into the process of creating, designing, writing, drawing, colouring, lettering and setting of comic books and graphic novels.
Dave Gibbons needs no introduction: he's written and/or illustrated masterpieces like Watchmen, Batman Versus Predator: The Collected Edition (Batman Beyond, Superman/Batman: World's Finest and others.
Each chapter is devoted to a stage in the comic book development process, like Scriptwriting. It starts with "early influences" on Dave's style and method, before going into detail, keeping it interesting at all times, with explanations of how it has changed over time and the computer's impact on the process. It ends with a focus on a specialist in that stage who is particularly admired by Dave.
Reading this has given me a small understanding of why I appreciate some stuff and am not so keen on other.
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