Product Description
For any writer who wants to become an expert comic-book storyteller, The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics is the definitive, one-stop resource!
In this valuable guide, Dennis O’Neil, a living legend in the comics industry, reveals his insider tricks and no-fail techniques for comic storytelling. Readers will discover the various methods of writing scripts (full script vs. plot first), as well as procedures for developing a story structure, building subplot… More >>
The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics
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#1 by M. McGrath on April 18, 2010 - 11:28 pm
If you have ever read a comic book in your life than you know the basics that are outlined in this book. O’Neil spends way too much time describing how to layout a story in a comic book form (Stuff that anyone could easily pick up just by reading an enjoyable comic). O’Neil offers no real insight, and if he followed his own guidelines I don’t know how he ever got a job as a writer. Aspiring comic book writers are much better off finding a regular writer’s guide that is not associated with comics.
Rating: 1 / 5
#2 by fashcool on April 19, 2010 - 1:43 am
here in Palestine ( holly land), we miss the fortune of books and comics, I want our kids to see this fancy world just like I do every time I read BATMAN or Spiderman …
For that I thank Mr. O’Neil who gave me this chance to know HOW TO WRITE COMICS , for a long time I wanted to write a comic stories , I drawn a Super hero of my own , imagined the story line, BUT did not know how to put it on paper, Now … its an easy mission … thanks to Mr. O’Neil
Hoping that writing for kids here in Palestine can make a little hope for Peace in the land of Christ.
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by J.S. Lewis on April 19, 2010 - 2:20 am
Whether you write comic books or novels, there are powerful nuggets on the writing process that if applied, you will experience growth in your craft. The book is well organized, easy to read, and easier to digest. This book is a more than a “must read”… it’s a “MUST OWN” for ANY writer.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Andres Lizama Osorio on April 19, 2010 - 2:24 am
Maybe many people will think this book is concern about just to DC characters fans, WRONG!!!!The writing of the scripts are superb and each one of them could be use for any comic book writer for any super hero of their own. I find this book invaluable for the comic book writer. Thanks a lot DENNIS O’NEIL.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by daniel j shahin on April 19, 2010 - 4:34 am
This book concentrates on how to write simple stories on a deadline. While the author acknowledges many times that there is ‘more than one way to do anything’ he still trots out all the tired cliches that give comics a bad name. On the plus side, the examples of different writer’s scripts alongside the finished pages really helped me come to grips with the formatting issues involved in writing comics. This book is worth buying for the structural tips, but if you write like O’Neil suggests all the time, you won’t be writing much of any worth…
Rating: 3 / 5