Create your own comic book with this illustrated guide for kids 8-12! Swashbuckling adventure, spooky mystery, thrilling fantasy—any story you can dream up can be a dazzling comic book. Discover the power of storytelling when you write a graphic novel that puts your drawing, writing, and imagination skills into action! This guide to graphic novels for kids helps you: Make comics like a pro—Fun exercises will teach you the best techniques for writing an outline, planning the transitions between panels, and more. Create from beginning to end—Learn the steps for writing and illustrating your story from start to finish and find 50 pages of blank graphic novel panels to fill with anything you like! Add the details—Explore how to bring your comics to life with speech bubbles, sound effects, inking, and coloring. Whether you want to invent a new superhero, make a world of talking animals, or share stories from your real life, all you need is this blank comic book for kids—and your creativity!

Create Your Own Comic Book Today! Blank Art Book and Sketchbook for Kids! Kids love making their own cartoons and comics. This Blank Comic Book Notebook will give them plenty of room to tell their stories. Filled with comic book panels made up of various styles across over 100 pages, this book will keep budding artists busy for hours. Sized a bit larger than a normal comic book or graphic novel at 8.5" x 11" there's even more room for them to immerse themselves in their wonder. It's the perfect gift for the holidays or birthdays as kids will have extra time to sit down and draw and write. Full features include: 8.5 x 11 SOFTCOVER Bound Notebook 100 PAGES TIPS on how to make an amazing comic book with a short introductory comic tale EXAMPLE pages showcasing word balloons and how to utilize special effects 12 UNIQUE panel grid layouts scattered throughout MATTE finish cover Will they pen an epic space adventure with aliens and spaceships? Or how about a sweeping fantasy featuring dragons and knights? Only you can know for sure. Let their imagination run wild!

“Shark Summer is bursting with vibrant, expressive art....The characters are distinct and relatable...It’s a lovely read!”—Molly Knox Ostertag, author of the Witch Boy series "Eloquently chronicled in Marcks’s cinematic panels, friendships are formed and repaired, parental relationships articulated, and inner conflicts expressed and resolved. A winning production." --Kirkus When a Hollywood film crew arrives on Martha's Vineyard with a mechanical shark and a youth film contest boasting a huge cash prize, disgraced pitcher Gayle "Blue Streak" Briar sees a chance to turn a bad season into the best summer ever. After recruiting aspiring cinematographer Elijah Jones and moody director Maddie Grey, Gayle and her crew set out to uncover the truth of the island's own phantom shark and win the prize money. But these unlikely friends are about to discover what happens when you turn your camera toward the bad things lurking below the surface.

An illustrated guide to comic book design that covers characters, location, visual storytelling, panels, page layout, lettering, balloons, color, and covers.

Readers who love to get sucked into the fantastic world of a really good graphic novel will be thrilled to learn they can actually create their very own. The many steps in creating a vibrant graphic novel are thoroughly explained in this wonderful series. Readers are introduced to the basics of graphic novels and the elements that go into making a great one from characters to plot to designing the perfect, eye-catching cover. Step-by-step instructions explain how to draw the most amazing hero and most evil villain. Wonderful explanatory illustrations accompany the text.

A 32-page pad of tear-off sheets, full of drawing tips and story ideas to help young artists create their own comic strips. Simple tips about the basics of creating comics, from designing characters to using sound effects. A wide variety of themes and types of story. Lots of space to draw comics, with pre-drawn panels to make that easier.

Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning.