Lee Stan, Buscema John. How to Draw Comics The Marvel Way

Simon & Schuster, 1978. — 136 p.One of the first and still one of the best, Stan Lee’s How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way has been the primary resource for any and all who want to master the art of illustrating comic books and graphic novels.
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.Хорошая книжка для интересующихся американскими комиксами. Рассказано про все базовые вещи, так что прочитав ее, вы вполне сможете нарисовать свой комикс в стиле художников издательства Marvel. Хотя она и на английском, но написана сравнительно просто.The tools and the talk of the trade.
The secrets of form: making an object look real.
The power of perspective.
Let`s study the figure.
Let`s draw the figure.
The name of the game is action.
Foreshortening! the knack of drawing the figure in perspective.
Drauwing the human head.
Composition.
Draw your own comicbook page.
The comicbook cover.
The art of inking.