Comics and Sequential Art: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist (Will Eisner Instructional Books)
by: Will Eisner
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Based on the popular course Eisner taught for several years atNew York's School of Visual Arts, this lovingly written book on visualstorytelling contains an accumulation of his ideas, theories and adviceon the practice of graphic story-telling and the uses to which the comicbook art form can be applied. Whether you're a film student, literaturestudent, artist or simply a fan of good storytelling, you'll love thisbook filled with Eisner's cartoons.
Product Description:
Two classic drawing textbooks from anAmerican comics pioneer, revised and enhancedfor a new generation.Based onWill Eisner'slegendary course at New York'sSchool of Visual Arts, these guides have inspired generations ofartists, students,teachers, and fans. In Comics and SequentialArt, Eisner reveals the basic building blocks andprinciples of comics, includingimagery, the frame, and the application oftime,space, and visual forms.Graphic StorytellingandVisual Narrative teaches how to controla story effectively using a broadarray of techniques. Withexamples from Eisner's own catalog and such masters as H. Foster, R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Milton Caniff, AlCapp, and George Herriman, these books distill the art ofgraphic storytelling into principles that every comic artist, writer, andfilmmaker should know.
Based on the popular course Eisner taught for several years atNew York's School of Visual Arts, this lovingly written book on visualstorytelling contains an accumulation of his ideas, theories and adviceon the practice of graphic story-telling and the uses to which the comicbook art form can be applied. Whether you're a film student, literaturestudent, artist or simply a fan of good storytelling, you'll love thisbook filled with Eisner's cartoons.
Product Description:
Two classic drawing textbooks from anAmerican comics pioneer, revised and enhancedfor a new generation.Based onWill Eisner'slegendary course at New York'sSchool of Visual Arts, these guides have inspired generations ofartists, students,teachers, and fans. In Comics and SequentialArt, Eisner reveals the basic building blocks andprinciples of comics, includingimagery, the frame, and the application oftime,space, and visual forms.Graphic StorytellingandVisual Narrative teaches how to controla story effectively using a broadarray of techniques. Withexamples from Eisner's own catalog and such masters as H. Foster, R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Milton Caniff, AlCapp, and George Herriman, these books distill the art ofgraphic storytelling into principles that every comic artist, writer, andfilmmaker should know.
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- Lots of useful tips, techniques and insight
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2MBY1CKMJ58ZF The book focuses on the creation of comics and the various techniques one can use. Specifically, it talks about the why the techniques work and the concepts behind. The various lessons touch on timing, framing, composition, expressive anatomy, writing for comics and other application of comics.
Every page of comics included that serve as examples come with captions. They explain the effect to achieve on readers. One example ... Read More
Rating: - Master piece
the title talk itself, Will Eisner is a master, he never enter to the universe of the spandex heroes, if you don't like the espandex, or you try to understand the comics, or not only comics, visual narrative inself, this is your book.
Rating: - Heavily Illustrated Essays about How Comics and Sequential Art Communicate
My guess is that a hundred people have heard of this work for every one who has actually read it. At the time the book was developed, you could only find this information by taking Will Eisner's class at the New York School of Visual Art.
Unless you haven't been paying attention to comics, you will probably find that you already understand most of the key messages: words and illustrations combine to form imagery; time elapses between panels and the pacing of the time involved affects ... Read More
Rating: - A Must for all Comic writers & artists!
I just received this book yesterday, and I've been devouring it ever since! Mr. Eisner is a master storyteller, and he does a wonderful job of explainingthe how's and why's of it in this book. The book is loaded with examples as well, mostly from his "Spirit" series. Trust me, you are going to be blown away by these things that were created a good 50 years ago! If you want to improve your comic book storytelling ability, this is an excellent place to start!
Rating: 
- What a disappointment...
After reading the reviews of this book here on Amazon, and running across mentions of this book in lots of other places that talk about comics & graphic novels, I was really looking forward to reading it.But on the whole, I've been very disappointed.Although the book covers a lot of relevant topics, it does so in a way that seems sloppy and self-congratulatory.The book could do with a thorough proofreading to catch the numerous typos and other errors, and the author seems more concerned with ... Read More
- Lots of useful tips, techniques and insightWatch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2MBY1CKMJ58ZF The book focuses on the creation of comics and the various techniques one can use. Specifically, it talks about the why the techniques work and the concepts behind. The various lessons touch on timing, framing, composition, expressive anatomy, writing for comics and other application of comics.
Every page of comics included that serve as examples come with captions. They explain the effect to achieve on readers. One example ... Read More
- Master piecethe title talk itself, Will Eisner is a master, he never enter to the universe of the spandex heroes, if you don't like the espandex, or you try to understand the comics, or not only comics, visual narrative inself, this is your book.
- Heavily Illustrated Essays about How Comics and Sequential Art CommunicateMy guess is that a hundred people have heard of this work for every one who has actually read it. At the time the book was developed, you could only find this information by taking Will Eisner's class at the New York School of Visual Art.
Unless you haven't been paying attention to comics, you will probably find that you already understand most of the key messages: words and illustrations combine to form imagery; time elapses between panels and the pacing of the time involved affects ... Read More
- A Must for all Comic writers & artists!I just received this book yesterday, and I've been devouring it ever since! Mr. Eisner is a master storyteller, and he does a wonderful job of explainingthe how's and why's of it in this book. The book is loaded with examples as well, mostly from his "Spirit" series. Trust me, you are going to be blown away by these things that were created a good 50 years ago! If you want to improve your comic book storytelling ability, this is an excellent place to start!
- What a disappointment...After reading the reviews of this book here on Amazon, and running across mentions of this book in lots of other places that talk about comics & graphic novels, I was really looking forward to reading it.But on the whole, I've been very disappointed.Although the book covers a lot of relevant topics, it does so in a way that seems sloppy and self-congratulatory.The book could do with a thorough proofreading to catch the numerous typos and other errors, and the author seems more concerned with ... Read More
