Comic Inside

Just thought worth mentioning about this book is John Buscema as an artist. The best thing about this book are his drawings. You can look at his drawings for minutes and just derive pleasure from them.

That provides for inspiration; just gawking at Buscema’s illustrations makes it click. Since no-one else seems to have noticed that he ’s actually a highly, highly talented artist I decided to fill that gap. I think he’s drawings are much more beautiful than many other’s of today are. More could be said about his style. Such as the balance and expression and the flow in the drawings are amazing. Even when simple the taste is stunning.

As far as the textual content goes, well, Stan Lee’s writing style is corny and seems directed toward 5 year olds, or younger. But nevertheless he writes in sync to the adjacent illustrations and is just corny, and are not nonsensensical. It’s just something about the writing style in particular that can be kind of silly (no offense).

This book, due to John Buscema having made the illustrations, is worthy of having since they alone can provide for needed inspiration. Many other areas missing such as topic depth and detailed explanations, John Buscema’s drawings make up for it since you buy the book because you want to learn to draw and that begins with inspiration.

In the end, all these things, as far as learning something goes, are quite meaningless. In the end, only when you actually know what you’re doing will you understand what they all actually meant. Practice is what leads to result, and inspiration is the fuel for it, and Buscema provides that. (Lee too, albeit somewhat ‘corny’).
Rating: 4 / 5

This book is well put together, but not very useful to a learning artist. The style is really outdated. All the heroes look pretty much the same; Caucasian, strong-jawed Reed Richards-type people. And all the heroines look the same too!
Rating: 3 / 5

I bought the book after seeing it in the Although my scottish background meant that I did some shopping around to find the best price.

Having read the book. It is good so far as it gives you an insight into what the editors look for in relation to an average comic stripe or the Other type.

It has good pointers on how to proceed for those starting out which I believe will also assist later on as a reference. Remember editors change but what they look for as far as comics with punch remains the same.

It doesnt cover the indepth “how to” if you are wanting to know how to draw the perfect comic hand so that it looks real you will need a more specialised book for your needs.

This book covered aspects such as 1, 2 & 3 point persectives. The different view points that you would need to be familier with as well as how to go about setting up a Splash Page (cover page). Its also bring’s you up to speed with the lingo used in the industry.

One thing the book emphasises again and again is that you need to practise your current skills and continue to develope them with practise.

It also covers materials needed. Ultimately I already had some ability with drawing. If you are a beginner… with absolutely no experience then it is a good starting book. I would also advise to accompany this book with another on drawing, just the same.

If you have some experience in drawing then this book will do you very well.

If you already work for Marvel…. don’t bother unless you think your work is not up to scratch…. but even then…

It shows you the door but you still need to learn how to walk to get through the door.
Rating: 3 / 5