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Step‑by‑step lessons teach comics writing hopefuls everything they'll need to take their ideas from script to dynamic sequential art. The book’s complete coverage exposes the most effective methods for crafting comic scripts, showcases insights from Bendis’s fellow creators, reveals business secrets all would‑be comics writers must know, and challenges readers with exercises to jumpstart their own graphic novel writing success.
First publish date: 2014
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels/Graphic Fiction
Authors: Brian Michael Bendis
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