How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way

Written by the iconic Stan Lee, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way is a must-have book for Marvel fans and anyone looking to draw their first comic strip.

Stan Lee, the Mighty Man from Marvel, and John Buscema, active and adventuresome artist behind the Silver Surfer, Conan the Barbarian, the Mighty Thor and Spider-Man, have collaborated on this comics compendium: an encyclopedia of information for creating your own superhero comic strips. Using artwork from Marvel comics as primary examples, Buscema graphically illustrates the hitherto mysterious methods of comic art. Stan Lee’s pithy prose gives able assistance and advice to the apprentice artist. Bursting with Buscema’s magnificent illustrations and Lee’s laudable word-magic, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way belongs in the library of everyone who has ever wanted to illustrate his or her own comic strip.

CONTENTS

Preface

One The Tools -- and the Talk -- of the Trade!

Two The Secrets of -- Form! Making an Object Look Real

Three The Power of -- Perspective!

Four Let's Study -- The Figure!

Five Let's Draw the Figure!

Six The Name of the Game is -- Action!

Seven Foreshortening! The Knack of Drawing the Figure in Perspective!

Eight Drawing the Human Head!

Nine Composition!

Ten Draw Your Own Comicbook Page!

Eleven The Comicbook Cover!

Twelve The Art of Inking!

Bibliography

Acknowledgments