Bound To Stay Bound

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Booklist - 11/01/2012 This good-natured guide to freeing your inner artist into the outside world follows the pattern set by many previous writing tutorials, right down to the book-signing fantasy that begins the first chapter: “Some of them are even dressed up as your characters!” Amara starts with the practical basics—panels, gutters, balloons—before explaining what you’ll need for a home studio, including the gear to get started. From there he gets inside readers’ heads, delving into sketch exercises, character profiles, scripts, and so on. The discussion becomes most interesting when Amara talks about self-publishing and self-printing for wider exposure (though tips on going the traditional route are here, too). But what makes this resource stand out are the “Comics Creator” interviews, which are filled with extremely specific tips about influences, writing tools, and jobs. And even better than that are the similar profiles of amateur artists, some as young as eight, with full-page reproductions of their strips. These are the types of first-person conversations that can change career trajectories—and what’s more inspiring than that? - Copyright 2012 Booklist.

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