- ISBN13: 9780823010295
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
For the aspiring artist who wants to become an expert comic book inker, The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics is the definitive, one-stop resource!
America’s leading comic book publisher brings its superstar creators and classic characters to the third in an authoritative series of books on how to create comics. Legendary comic book inker Klaus Janson uses DC’s world-famous characters—including Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman—to demonstrate an array… More >>
The DC Comics Guide to Inking Comics
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#1 by Andreas Ekberg on April 19, 2010 - 12:41 am
This is a useful guide no doubt, as with many other how-to books, however it’s not at all the best I’ve seen.
I’d still recommend getting this book if you are an aspiring artist, because it’s always important to stock a library of information within your field(s).
Rating: 3 / 5
#2 by Alwaysliving on April 19, 2010 - 1:22 am
Great book! Has lot of references from a whole gamut of comic genres. But I feel that it could have done better with more analysis of those examples.
Paper quality and the printing does justice to the book.
Worth keeping a copy.
Rating: 4 / 5
#3 by picardfan007 on April 19, 2010 - 3:08 am
This book takes you through some of the best problems inkers have. Klaus Janson shows you how to have a light source, use forced perspective to show drama and lots of technical tricks of the trade I never thought of. This takes his first book about comic book penciling to next level. It shows how comic pros like Neal Adams handle a problem vs. another with a different approach to the same drawing. I have read this from cover to cover and enjoy reading how Klaus faces the empty page with creative solutions to drawing problems.
I have admired his work since the 1970’s to the present. While his blotchy and cartoony inking style is a far cry from his detailed work in the seventies, I still enjoy work.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by T.C. Owens on April 19, 2010 - 4:42 am
This book is excellent for those who love to draw cartoons and comics although it may be a bit confusing for a novice. The bright colors in the Superman comic books and the Sunday morning funnies drew me to doodling my own cartoons as a kid. Often I stared at my efforts, a bit disappointed in the results, and wondered, “How did they do that?” Thanks to this book, now I know. Mr. Janson has both practical knowledge and experience doing this. He’s an expert in the field and I found his book to be the best I’ve ever read on inking comics.
Rating: 5 / 5
#5 by NGP on April 19, 2010 - 5:01 am
I do recommend this book for anyone interested in comics, whether or not you’re into writing, penciling, inking, coloring, or just reading. Inking, I think, is one of the most underappreciated art in comics because it really is the one of the most defining characteristics of the medium, as the book will explain. Much of the look and feel of comics is transmitted directly through the inking. The book shows, through example inked comic pages, the different effects (mood, weight, shadow, color, texture, etc.) which inking can create in a page, and generally how to go about achieving them. The only reason I didn’t give it five stars was because it’s a bit short and I think it could’ve been made beneficially longer if they had added some tutorials or exercises which could help with the different techniques that are described. Especially for techniques like feathering and cross hatching for texture and shadow it would’ve been a bigger help to have examples or drills which the artist could perform to increase their skill. Other than that, the reading was laid back and so interesting that you’ll find yourself remembering parts of this book for long after you set it down, especially if you practice your inking. Enjoy!!!!
Rating: 4 / 5