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Short articles and blog posts from online

 

Blog post by artist Max Riffner.
 
Woman-published comics industry blog
 

A free comic by Cara Bean on the act of drawing, which focuses your attention and intimately connects you with the generative act of creation. 

Premade comic book templates that were made to facilitate student-created comics and zines.
 
Introducing and defining key concepts in comic studies, as well as debunking common myths about comics, this booklet is an introduction to the discipline. Covers topics such as comic terminology, grammar, layout, styles, transitions, and closure.
 
A free writer’s resource website and podcast with interviews and information from top writing professionals in publishing, film & TV, theatre and comic books.
 
 

Scholarly Articles from Our Journal Collections

 

Meskin, A. (2009). Comics as Literature? British Journal of Aesthetics, 49(3), 219–239. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesthj/ayp025
 
Dürrenmatt, J. (2011). From Invisibility to Visibility and Backwards. Visible Language, 45(1/2), 21–43.

The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics

Request Book from: Needham Public Library

Professional Manga

Book available here at FSU.

Drawing Comics Lab

Request Book from: Natick Public Library

How to Draw with a Ballpoint Pen

Book available here at FSU.

Incredible Comics with Tom Nguyen

Request Book from: Medford Public Library

Manga for the Beginner: Chibis

Can be requested from: Acton, Arlington, Needham, Newton, Waltham, Wellesley, & Woburn

Mastering Comics

Book available here at FSU

Big School of Drawing Manga, Comics and Fantasy

Request Book from: Cambridge Public Library