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Books like Making Comics
An immersive, visual masterclass in storytelling that feels like a passionate conversation with a brilliant mentor. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Making Comics.
- inspiring
- intellectually stimulating
- playful
- 01
Understanding Comics
Scott McCloud · 1994
A playful, mind-expanding masterclass in visual storytelling that fundamentally changes how you look at art, time, and human communication.
- 02
Reinventing Comics
Scott McCloud · 2000
An analytical and visionary exploration of how technology and imagination reshape the boundaries of sequential art.
- 03
Comics & sequential art
Will Eisner · 1985
A masterclass in the architecture of visual storytelling, breaking down the invisible mechanics of the comic page.
- 04
How to draw comics the Marvel way
Stan Lee and John Buscema
A bombastic, encouraging masterclass in visual storytelling that makes you want to immediately pick up a pencil and draw heroes in action.
- 05
What It Is
Lynda Barry
A vibrant, chaotic scrapbook of memories and prompts that coaxes your inner child out of hiding and hands them a paintbrush.
- 06
Supergods
Grant Morrison
A passionate, mythic exploration of how superheroes became our modern gods, told by a master of the medium.
- 07
Keep Going
Austin Kleon
A warm, pragmatic pep talk for the burnt-out creator trying to find joy in the daily grind.
- 08
How to draw
Scott Robertson
A rigorous, empowering masterclass that transforms the daunting blank page into a structured playground of precise, imaginative forms.
- 09
Art matters
Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell
A rallying cry for the imagination, urging readers to transform their lives through the power of creativity.
- 10
Art & fear
David Bayles and Ted Orland
A quiet, empathetic companion for the lonely, terrifying, and ultimately ordinary act of making things.
- 11
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy
Orson Scott Card
A pragmatic, encouraging masterclass that demystifies the architecture of speculative fiction.
- 12
Out on the wire
Jessica Abel
A visual backstage pass into the invisible architecture of audio storytelling.
