How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way

This is an oldie, but a goodie. It's simply one of the best books on how to draw comics. It's simple, sure, but it really explains things well. As a professional artist myself, I think that just about every artist should have this on their bookshelf. In fact, this is probably the third time I've purchased this book because I've given the previous ones away to other artists. It's simply a fantastic reference, even if you're not a comic artist.

This Marvel how-to-draw book has been a huge hit with my 7-year-old son. He absolutely loves it and has spent hours practicing his drawings. The step-by-step instructions are easy to follow and make it fun for kids to learn how to draw their favorite characters. It’s been a great creative outlet and a nice break from screen time. The quality of the book is good, and the illustrations are clear and engaging. Definitely recommend for any young Marvel fan who loves drawing!

This is one of those books that I desperately wanted as a kid and never did it and my allowance line up at the same time. It didn't help that there were no big bookstores around. And, by the time I had the regular funds to make this a simple purchase, I had already learned how to draw comics from other available resources. Well, this last year, I finally pulled the trigger and I'm very glad I did. I've been working as a professional comic book artist and art professor for most of a decade now, so it wasn't like this book contained any startling new revelations for me. However, it collects in a very concise and well explained volume much of my own approach to figure drawing, using a gradual, general to specific approach that I favor in my own work. For beginning comic book artists, I feel this book is still very much the gold standard it is proclaimed to be, and for the price, even if one doesn't get much out of it, it doesn't take much to justify the small investment. John Buscema was an absolute master of posing and staging, and all of that is on full display in this wonderful little book.

How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way There are good things and bad things about this venerable classic, so I'm going to start with the bad things and end on a positive note. This is a great book for time-travelers who want to go back to 1975 to get jobs as hack assembly-line illustrators for Marvel. By this I mean that it is full of archaic technical information and artistic cliches-it actually advises artists to draw the same archetypal hero face over and over for every single hero. It also steers readers toward the homogenized Marvel style, so if you take its advice too seriously, you will be a generic illustrator with no personal style, whose drawings are indistinguishable from anybody else's. And it doesn't really tell you how to do any of the things it tells you to do. There are no in-depth instructions on how to construct figures such as one might find in Loomis's book on figure drawing. Instead, it just gives a quick overview and moves on. At this point, you're probably thinking that I'm going to tell you not to waste your time with this book, but wait; I'm not done yet. If you're a beginner, learning the cliches is actually not a bad place to start. Devices that are overused tend to be so because they work. The book nicely collects, in one volume, overviews on every topic you will need to study more in-depth; anatomy, perspective, gesture drawing, and so forth. This is valuable, because now you at least know what topics to research elsewhere. Lastly, there are some things that Marvel legitimately does do better than anybody. Making scenes more dramatic. Making figures more heroic. John Buscema's clean, uncluttered drawings make the concepts easy to grasp. So in the end, I recommend this book to anyone who does sequential art, especially since you can often pick up a used copy for $6. Just take its advice with a grain of salt.

This book was a birthday gift for my great niece Kallie. She always gives me some artwork that she’s created so I decided to give her this book. I have a copy of this book that I got in the early 80’s. Not only is it a book on drawing comics, but it’s a great art book for any budding artists out there. The chapter on perspective drawing is especially helpful.

Had a similar one when I was growing up, not sure if this is just a reissue or a bit different. No matter it is a great reference book for superhero/action comics and has come in handy. Stan Lee/Marvel classic!

The "Good Book" for aspiring comic artists. Even if you're not an artist this book while also alternatively help you understand what comic art entails. I've owned this book several times. as i am often surrounded by budding young artist, I constantly give my copies away. It's that good.

This book was a great gift for my nephew who loves to draw.

Pour les gens s'intéressant au dessin, sachez que malgré quelques notions de base qui sont énoncées, il est préférable d'avoir pratiqué un minimum le dessin auparavant. Cependant avec de la détermination on arrive à tout! Livre très ludique et enrichissant à lire, le style d'écriture crée comme une connexion avec le lecteur... tout simplement puissant! Je le recommande fortement avant que ce livre ne disparaisse de la circulation, comme nombre de très bons bouquins sur le dessin qui sont désormais introuvables! Vous allez vous régaler ;)

どういう目的でこの本を購入しようとしているかによって星のつけ方も変わってくると思いますが、 デザイン技法のひとつとしてアメコミ画風を考えている人にはあまり役に立たない本です。 内容は、タイトル通りアメリカ人がアメリカ人向けに漫画の描き方の初歩を手ほどきしているもので、 殆どがパース絵を用いたポーズのつけ方や、三点透視法などを使った建物の描き方等、基本中の基本が英語で書かれています。なので、日本で日本人向けの漫画を描こうという人は日本人向けに日本語で書かれたHowTo本の方が役に立つし、すでにある程度イラストが描ける人なら殆どの人が体得している内容なので、わざわざ買うほどのこともないと思います。 また完成されたアメコミ独特の画や効果音の描写など、殆どの日本人がイメージしている「いかにも！」なアメコミというものがあまり載っていないので、デザインサンプルとしても使い道は殆どありません。 使い道としては、カフェなんかで英字新聞やフランス語の雑誌がサマになるように、仕事場のテーブルの上に無造作に置いといて、やってきた友人たちにさりげなくデザイナーらしさをアピールするのに使えそうなくらいかな･･･。

Excellent book.

se ami i comics, la marvel, e ti piace disegnare non puoi non avere in libreria questo manuale del grande Buscema!

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