Maker Comics: Draw a Comic!

Maker Comics: Draw a Comic! is an engaging graphic novel that cleverly combines an adventurous story with practical, step-by-step instructions for creating comics. Readers join Maggie, who needs to draw and publish comics to save her grandfather's International Comics Library from being bulldozed. Through this exciting narrative, children learn essential comic-making skills, including scripting, penciling, inking, and even self-publishing. It's perfect for budding artists and storytellers aged 4-11, offering both entertainment and a valuable creative outlet.

Maker Comics is the ultimate DIY guide. Inside this graphic novel you will find illustrated instructions for seven comic book projects! The International Comics Library is in a lot of trouble! If Maggie can’t come up with $500,000 in a week, Dr. Carl is going to bulldoze her grandfather’s library and turn it into a parking lot! To save the day, she’ll need all her comic drawing skills, the loyal library watchdog, and her new assistant (that’s you!). With Draw a Comic! you'll learn to create and print your own comics books! Follow these simple steps to sketch out your story ideas and ink a comic page. Learn which art supplies are best for drawing comics—you can use a pen, a brush, or even a computer! With the help of photocopy machine, you can even self-publish your own comics and share them with your friends! In this book you will learn how to: write a comic script draw a comic strip draw and print a one-page comic create thumbnail sketches pencil a comic ink a comic print and bind a multi-page comic