Graphic novels are one of the fastest growing areas of publishing and have enormous appeal across all age groups and across the world. This book is a complete guide to producing graphic novels, using a combination of writing and drawing skills. The author covers all stages of the process from conception through to publication. Step-by-step illustrations show how to combine narrative and visuals for maximum impact on the page, and how to create vibrant characters and realistic settings. A number of genres are covered, including: superhero, gothic horror/fantasy, adventure/action, sci-fi, crime, and literary fiction.

Graphic Novel : Writing and Illustrating

Chinn, Mike

Literature & Fiction

A C Black Publishers Ltd

Dramatized sequential illustrations with dialogue—an art form once confined to production of comic strips and comic books—has recently graduated into the popular, fast-growing, and often financially rewarding genre of the graphic novel. Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel is an authoritative instruction manual suitable for formal art class or for self teaching on the part of ambitious self-starters. Beginners who have artistic and storytelling aptitudes learn the basics of graphic novel creation, from first conception of a story idea to publication of a professionally produced book. An introductory chapter describes the widely differing graphic novel sub-genres and the appropriate styles for each. They include superhero, gothic tale, adventure/action story, sci-fi, crime story, and literary fiction. A succeeding chapter discusses and shows examples of picture panels, speech bubbles, layout, and characterization of works in progress. Subsequent chapters offer advice on finding inspiration for stories and explanation of the technique of writing for graphic novels. A variety of illustration and layout styles are shown with reference to ways in which each fits a different sub-genre. A final chapter presents practical tips on getting a graphic novel published. More than 400 illustrations take students step-by-step through the process of creating a graphic novel.

Writing and Illustrating the Graphic Novel: Everything You Need to Know to Create Great Graphic Works

Comics & Graphic Novels

How To Create Comics & Manga

B E S Pub Co

The graphic novel, which evolved from comic books, is now one of the publishing industry's fastest-growing media. Meanwhile, the pen, ink, and drawing-board method traditionally used by artists and writers to create graphic novels, is now being superceded by digital illustration and lettering. Perhaps even more revolutionary is the fact that the internet is starting to replace traditional book publishers as an important outlet for distributing graphic novels. From first inspiration to publication, this book teaches budding graphic novelists how and where to translate their drawing and storytelling talents into digitally-realized art. In easy-to-follow steps, the authors demonstrate-- 
<li> How to ink and color illustrations using computer software </li>
<li> How to create dialogue balloons and fill them with visually satisfying type fonts </li>
<li> How to develop a story line and give dimension to the story's characters </li>
<li> How to get a finished graphic novel noticed and published BR&gt; Approximately 350 dramatic and instructive color illustrations complement the text.</li>

Create Your Own Graphic Novel Using Digital Techniques

McLoughlin, Chris

Weirdbook returns with another jam-packed issue full of great fantasy and horror tales! Included this time are: •Iconoclasm, by Adrian Cole •Have a Crappy Halloween, by Franklyn Searight •Early Snow, by Samson Stormcrow Hayes •The Dollhouse, by Glynn Owen Barrass •Elle a Vu un Loup, by Loren Rhoads •Bringing the Bodies Home, by Christian Riley •Restored, by Marlane Quade Cook •Nameless and Named, by David M. Hoenig •Playing A Starring Role, by Paul Lubaczewski •And the Living is Easy, by Mike Chinn •The Prague Relic, by Paul StJohn Mackintosh •The Circle, by Matt Sullivan •Sanctuary, by John Linwood Grant •The Giving of Gifts, by Matt Neil Hill •The Santa Anna, by Jack Lothian •The Dread Fishermen, by Kevin Henry •Blind Vision, by Andrew Darlington •The Thirteenth Step, by William Tea •This Godless Apprenticeship, by Clint Smith •Waiting, by John W. Dennehy •Pouring Whiskey In My Soul, by Paul R. McNamee •True Blue, by Darrell Schweitzer •The Treadmill, by Rohit Sawant •The Veiled Isle, by W. D. Clifton •Gila King, by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (poem) •Necro-Meretrix, by Frederick J. Mayer (poem) •Grinning Moon, by Frederick J. Mayer (poem) •The Burning Man, by Russ Parkhurst (poem) •Silent Hours, by Russ Parkhurst (poem) •The Old White Crone, by Maxwell I. Gold (poem)

Weirdbook #40

Grant, John Linwood

Rhoads, Loren

Cole, Adrian

Barrass, Glynn Owen

Tea, William

Riley, Christian

Clifton, W.D.

Sawant, Rohit

Cook, Marlane Quade

Genre Fiction

Wildside Press

The Grimorium Verum is a collection of 26 short stories in the dark fiction and horror genres, edited and compiled by Dean M. Drinkel. The stories follow the common theme of magic. The Grimorium Verum, the infamous Grimoire of Truth, is the 18th century textbook of Magick attributed to Alibeck the Egyptian and coveted by ‘The Great Beast’ Aleister Crowley. The Grimorium Verum now takes its place as the third installment in the Tres Librorum Prohibitorum series of anthologies. Twenty-six dark fiction authors from around the world each take a letter and use their unique voices to weave magical stories of horror and the fantastic. The Truth, at last…speaks!

The Grimorium Verum (Tres Librorum Prohibitorum)

Dry, Tim

Drinkel, Dean M.

Beck, Christopher

Dougherty, Chris

Dane, Raven

Chamberlin, Adrian

Cowin, Anthony

Childs, Lily

Short Stories & Anthologies

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Demons in Manhattan sewers. Enchanted gateways deep within the Bowery. Zombies in Harlem. Old World vampires haunting New Rochelle. Hidden Templar treasures and a hunt for the Grail across the length of a continent. Quasi-immortal Damian Paladin and adventuress Leigh Oswin pit their wits, guns and flying skills against the magical and mundane in 1930s America – and worlds beyond. Thrill to Author Mike Chinn’s WALKERS IN SHADOW. From Pro Se Productions.

Walkers In Shadow

This is the third volume of our popular swords and sorcery series. 
Stories this time are: 
Sorcerous Vengeance by Lorenzo D. Lopez 
Seal Snatchers of Jorsaleem by Tais Teng 
When the Gods Send You Rats by Chadwick Ginther 
Mother's Bones by Carson Ray 
In the Lair of the Snake-Witch by Darin Hlavaz 
The Rains of Barofonn by Mike Chinn 
Wardark by Craig Herbertson 
The Foliage by Rab Foster 
In the Lair of the Moonmen by Jon Hansen 
Sailing on the Thieves' Tide by Adrian Cole 
Cover and interior artwork is by Jim Pitts

Swords & Sorceries: Tales of Heroic Fantasy Volume 3

Riley, David A.

Ginther, Chadwick

Lopez, Lorenzo D.

Teng, Rais

Ray, Carson

Hlavaz, Darin

Herbertson, Craig

Foster, Rab

Parallel Universe Publications

Terror Tales of the West Country

Finch, Paul

Volk, Stephen

Probert, John Llewellyn

Niveau, Thana

Tuttle, Lisa.

Singleton, Sarah

Howe, S L

Telos Publishing

Join us for a short walk through the urban heart of England’s second city, along dark and shadowy streets of Digbeth, a suburb that had defined the city’s subculture from the dawn of the Anglo-Saxon age to modern times, where immigrants were packed into muddy streets like sardines, and where the first spark of industry emerged until the whole country caught fire with the flames of the Industrial Revolution. Gangs. Ghosts. Giants. Gods. Guns. From Beorma to the Peaky Blinders Digbeth has had them all. Weird Trails provides an eclectic mix of history, urban legend and urban fantasy, drawing on historical and contemporary sources, as well as upon the fertile minds of some of its native authors. One thing is certain. After reading this book, you’ll never look at Birmingham in the same way again.

Weird Trails: Urban Fantasy Walks Digbeth, Birmingham

Brogden, James

Nicholls, Anne

Derwin, Theresa

Middleton, Adrian

Cochrane, Lynn M

Dungate, Pauline E

Horne, Julius

Fringeworks Ltd

Occult Detective Magazine #9

Mana, Davide

Bucher-Jones, Simon

Pitman, Marion

Erdelac, Ed

Reynolds, Joshua M

Harrison, Cordelia

Lamparelli, Sarah

Cathaven Press

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