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Comics & Graphic Novels

MADDEN, Matt

Graphic Novels

Highwater Books

Carl is one of many embracing the latest in modern employment opportunities: professional guinea pig. But when the side-effects of the mysterious black pills he's been given begin to worsen, Carl starts to worry. And when one of the clinic's nurses contacts him about shady goings-on at the lab, Carl begins to wonder whether he's gotten in over his head.

Black Candy

Black Eye Books

99 Ways to Tell a Story is a series of engrossing one-page comics that tell the same story ninety-nine different ways. Inspired by Raymond Queneau’s 1947 Exercises in Style, a mainstay of creative writing courses, Madden’s project demonstrates the expansive range of possibilities available to all storytellers. Readers are taken on an enlightening tour—sometimes amusing, always surprising—through the world of the story.Writers and artists in every media will find Madden’s collection especially useful, even revelatory. Here is a chance to see the full scope of opportunities available to the storyteller, each applied to a single scenario: varying points of view, visual and verbal parodies, formal reimaginings, and radical shuffling of the basic components of the story. Madden’s amazing series of approaches will inspire storytellers to think through and around obstacles that might otherwise prevent them from getting good ideas onto the page. 99 Ways to Tell a Story provides a model that will spark productive conversations among all types of creative people: novelists, screenwriters, graphic designers, and cartoonists.

99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Chamberlain Bros.

"A gold mine of essential information for every aspiring comics artist. Highly recommended." --Scott McCloud 
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures is a course on comic creation – for college classes or for independent study – that centers on storytelling and concludes with making a finished comic. With chapters on lettering, story structure, and panel layout, the fifteen lessons offered – each complete with homework, extra credit activities and supplementary reading suggestions – provide a solid introduction for people interested in making their own comics. Additional resources, lessons, and after-class help are available on the DW-WP website.

Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond

Arts & Photography

Abel, Jessica

Study & Teaching

First Second

A new course of material to accompany First Second's widely acclaimed 2008 comics textbook. 
In their hotly anticipated follow-up to 2008's comics textbook Drawing Words &amp; Writing Pictures, School of Visual Arts cartooning professors Matt Madden and Jessica Abel bring their expertise to bear on the "second semester" of a course of study for the budding cartoonist. 
Covering advanced topics such as story composition, coloring, and file formatting, Mastering Comics is a vital companion to the introductory content of the first volume.

Mastering Comics: Drawing Words & Writing Pictures Continued

Graphic Design

Ex Libris revolves around a character trapped in a room with nothing but a futon and a bookcase full of comics. As they peruse covers, read stories and fragments of stories, they begin to suspect that the comics contain hidden messages and... a threat. Fiction and reality blur; sanity and madness become increasingly intertwined as the reader becomes convinced the key to their predicament is to be found between the panels of the strange books.With a dizzying array of inventive visual and narrative styles,Ex Libris continues the line of exploration and play that Madden initiated with99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style. Ex Libris is a tribute to the meta-fictional tradition of writers like Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortázar, Vladimir Nabokov, and Italo Calvino (whose novel,If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, was the inspiration). MATT MADDEN (NYC 1968) is a cartoonist, teacher, and translator. His best-known book is99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style, a comics adaptation of Raymond Queneau'sExercises in Style. His recent work includes the comic booksDrawn Onward andBridge. He has been living in Philadelphia since 2016.

Ex Libris

Uncivilized Books

How To Create Comics & Manga

Salamandra Graphic

Bridge

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