Digital Prepress For Comic Books

Covers software developments and features sections on PDF generation and InDesign. With instructions and 300 color illustrations, this manual provides the answers and solutions you need to successfully print a magazine or graphic novel.

This critically acclaimed desktop publishing how-to guide gives instructions on computer coloring, lettering, and comic production. "Recommended for anyone working in comics! Four stars."QComputer Publishing Magazine.

The Stonehaven series of graphic novels is an adventure/drama set in a modern day fantasy realm. Elves, dwarves, and ogres live side by side with humans in one of the largest cities in the world. The series features an ensemble cast and a unique meld of genres in a stand alone story format. The introduction to this series features a State Ranger who comes to Stonehaven in search of his runaway daughter. He hires a dubious half-elf private detective to aid in his quest. The pair quickly uncover that the girl has fallen into the clutches of a murderous werewolf hunted by both the law and the local Asian Crime syndicate. Fate and circumstance make for strange bedfellows as these apparent random events crash together in this stunning tale of good, evil, and the grey areas in-between.

Elves, dwarves, and ogres live side by side with humans. Nheserti Solistara Rieca, a magic student, has gained employment at Dwarkin Exterminators. Meanwhile, private detective Victor Jardine has discovered that a young boy may hold a vital key to a series of mysterious abductions in and around the subways of Stonehaven.

Mystery and supernatural suspense abound in this polemical tale of an urban vodou priestess. "Ambitious, political, pointedly critical . . . and very New York-centric, this is an engaging, fast-paced action drama."QPublishers Weekly.

The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their hold on the American imagination. Comics have conquered America. From our multiplexes, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows like The Walking Dead have become among the most popular in cable history, to convention halls, best-seller lists, Pulitzer Prize–winning titles, and MacArthur Fellowship recipients, comics shape American culture, in ways high and low, superficial, and deeply profound. In American Comics, Columbia professor Jeremy Dauber takes readers through their incredible but little-known history, starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting and iconic images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus; the golden age of newspaper comic strips and the first great superhero boom; the moral panic of the Eisenhower era, the Marvel Comics revolution, and the underground comix movement of the 1960s and ’70s; and finally into the twenty-first century, taking in the grim and gritty Dark Knights and Watchmen alongside the brilliant rise of the graphic novel by acclaimed practitioners like Art Spiegelman and Alison Bechdel. Dauber’s story shows not only how comics have changed over the decades but how American politics and culture have changed them. Throughout, he describes the origins of beloved comics, champions neglected masterpieces, and argues that we can understand how America sees itself through whose stories comics tell. Striking and revelatory, American Comics is a rich chronicle of the last 150 years of American history through the lens of its comic strips, political cartoons, superheroes, graphic novels, and more. FEATURING… • American Splendor • Archie • The Avengers • Kyle Baker • Batman • C. C. Beck • Black Panther • Captain America • Roz Chast • Walt Disney • Will Eisner • Neil Gaiman • Bill Gaines • Bill Griffith • Harley Quinn • Jack Kirby • Denis Kitchen • Krazy Kat • Harvey Kurtzman • Stan Lee • Little Orphan Annie • Maus • Frank Miller • Alan Moore • Mutt and Jeff • Gary Panter • Peanuts • Dav Pilkey • Gail Simone • Spider-Man • Superman • Dick Tracy • Wonder Wart-Hog • Wonder Woman • The Yellow Kid • Zap Comix … AND MANY MORE OF YOUR FAVORITES!

No matter what your background, The Everything Cartooning Book is the all-in-one reference to unlock your hidden potential and set you on the fast track toward a rewarding career in cartooning. Professional cartoonist Brad J. Guigar shows you everything from how to create believable characters and effective story lines to writing humor and getting published. This step-by-step guide shows you all the insider techniques and tricks you need to make it in this fun and creative field. Features tips on how to: Show movement Create cartoons for different genres Develop your individual style Craft story lines Sell your work and more Whether you like to draw Manga, create humorous animal characters, or satirize the world around you, The Everything Cartooning Book teaches you all you need to know to successfully follow your artistic dreams.