How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way
| How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way | |
|---|---|
 Cover art by John Buscema | |
| Date | 1978 |
| Page count | 192 pages |
| Publisher | Marvel Fireside Books |
| Creative team | |
| Writers | Stan Lee |
| Pencillers | John Buscema |
| Original publication | |
| Date of publication | 1978 |
| Language | English |
| ISBN | 978-0671530778 |
How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way is a book by
comic book artist how to draw and create comic books. The examples are from Marvel Comics and Buscema artwork.[1][page needed] It was first published in 1978 by Marvel Fireside Books and has been reprinted regularly. The book created a generation of cartoonists who learned there was a "Marvel way to draw and a wrong way to draw".[2][page needed] It is considered "one of the best instruction books on creating comics ever produced".[3][page needed
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Scott McCloud has cited the book as a good reference for teaching the process of making comic books.[4][page needed]
Lee and Buscema also created a video version of the book which is now on DVD.[citation needed]
The book's popularity resulted in two follow-ups that played on the title: "How to Read Comics the Marvel Way"[5] by Christopher Hastings and others (2022), and "How to Create Comics the Marvel Way"[6] by Mark Waid (2024).
See also
- Marvel Premiere Classics
- The Official Marvel Try-Out Book
- Stan Lee
References
- ^ Lee, Stan Buscema, John (1978), How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way. Simon & Schuster Inc.
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Wolk, Douglas (2007), Reading comics: how graphic novels work and what they mean. Da Capo Press.
- ^ Hamilton, Sue (1978), Comic Book Creators, John Buscema. ABDO Publishing Company.
- ^ McCloud, Scott (2006), Making comics: storytelling secrets of comics, manga and graphic novels.
- ^ "HOW TO READ COMICS THE MARVEL WAY". Penguin Random House Comics Retail. Retrieved 2023-08-22.
- ISBN 978-1-9821-3454-9.
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