Books like Making Comics by Lynda Barry
Lynda Barry, a longtime professor of interdisciplinary creativity, shares her practical comic‑making curriculum in this instructional book. Readers are invited to sketch themselves as monsters and superheroes, to pick up a daily hand‑drawn journal, and to learn that everyone can create. Flavorful lessons emphasize the power of visual storytelling and everyday creativity over formal lectures.
First publish date: 2019
Genre: Education & Language/Teaching
Authors: Lynda Barry
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