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Let's Make Comics!

An Activity Book to Create, Write, and Draw Your Own Cartoons

By: Jess Smart Smiley

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Let's Make Comics!

An Activity Book to Create, Write, and Draw Your Own Cartoons

By: Jess Smart Smiley

A light-hearted interactive guide to comics and cartoon-making that uses an activity book format and creatively stimulating prompts to teach the fundamentals of cartooning in a fun and easy-to-follow fashion. From a working cartoonist and comic book making instructor, this all-ages activity book uses humorous and informative one-page comics and exercise prompts to guide young readers (and readers who are young at heart) through easy-to-master lessons on the skills needed to make comics. The activities cover a range of essential comics-making tasks from creating expressions for characters to filling in blank panels to creating original characters and placing them in adventures of their own. Each exercise can stand on its own or work together with others in the book to stimulate creativity via the comics medium. In the end, readers who complete the activities inside the book itself will have created several comics of their own, and will have generated many ideas for more sequential art creations. Praise for Let’s Make Comics! “At once playful and complex, this book is a perfect introduction to cartooning, as well as a lovely (and lovingly crafted) tribute to the comics form and a timely reminder that artmaking can be fun.”—Roman Muradov, creator of Vanishing Act and On Doing Nothing “Let’s Make Comics is a book I wish I had when I was 9, but 29 works too! It’s so fun and brilliant and packed with oodles of awesome activities. Great book for learning to make comics or for a seasoned cartoonist to find some new inspiration.”—Ben Clanton, creator of the Narwhal and Jelly books “It’s fantastic! This book will make you a better writer and a better artist and show you how to think like a comic star.”—Charise Harper, creator of the Fashion Kitty and Crafty Cat books “Warning! This book will make you make comics, and it will be fun!”—Greg Pizzoli, creator of The Watermelon Seed, Number One Sam, and The Book Hog “If only we'd had this book! Our comics would be much better.”—Elizabeth Pich and Jonathan Kunz, creators of War and Peas

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0399580727

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What Happens Next?: Talent Show Troubles

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What Happens Next?: Talent Show Troubles

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In this first volume of the What Happens Next? graphic novel series, YOU decide if Megan will run the Sunbright Middle School’s talent show smoothly...or right into the ground! Megan Hathaway is in charge of Sunbright Middle School’s talent show, and everything is going wrong. Animals are running wild backstage, vice-principal Fisher is out for blood, and Megan’s friend Olivia might be turning into a zombie. Can YOU help Megan salvage this mess, or will you doom her to an eternity in the school’s basement?! With over 25 different endings, What Happens Next: Talent Show Troubles is an interactive misadventure you’ll be coming back to over and over!

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First Second

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1250326729

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What Happens Next?: Newsroom Nonsense

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What Happens Next?: Newsroom Nonsense

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In the third volume of the What Happens Next? graphic novel series, YOU decide whether Sunbright Middle School’s student newspaper is a hit— or if Megan and her friends will have to stop the presses forever! Megan Hathaway was supposed to be helping put together a newspaper for her English class...but everything is going wrong. Weird Randall keeps trying to mail potatoes, evil Vice-Principal Mr. Fisher has imprisoned the class's best artist, and...oh geez...Olivia just yarked in a trombone! Can you help Megan save school journalism?! Or will you let Sunbright Middle School's secrets remain hidden forever?! With more than twenty-five different endings, Newsroom Nonsense is a breaking news saga you’ll be coming back to over and over.

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1250375878

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What Happens Next?: Science Fair Frenzy

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What Happens Next?: Science Fair Frenzy

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In the second volume of the What Happens Next? graphic novel series, YOU decide whether Sunbright Middle School's science fair is a success— or if it all goes up in flames! Megan Hathaway came to Sunbright Middle School’s Science and Invention Fair expecting to have fun—she and her friend Charlotte had prepared a presentation on crow calls, and their table gave her a great view of her crush, Dillon. But for some reason, everything is going wrong. There are lemons all over the hallways, Megan’s parents insist on embarrassing her, and there are rumors that the monstrous Sunbright Muck Man is on the hunt! Can YOU help Megan get through this day with her dignity and her life?! With over 25 different parallel realities to explore in Science Fair Frenzy, there’s gotta be at least one where Megan gets a happy ending...right*?! *We cannot confirm the existence of a happy ending in Science Fair Frenzy.

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10 Little Monsters Visit New York City

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10 Little Monsters Visit New York City

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10 Little Monsters discover some of the most unique and interesting things about New York City and what it has to offer. Silly, over-the-top fun, and a bit macabre, 10 Little Monsters Visit New York City is the perfect counting and cultural book for every little boy and ghoul!

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Abrams

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What Happens Next?: Talent Show Troubles

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10 Little Monsters Visit New York City

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Let's Make Comics!

Let's Make Comics!

What Happens Next?: Talent Show Troubles

What Happens Next?: Talent Show Troubles

What Happens Next?: Newsroom Nonsense

What Happens Next?: Newsroom Nonsense

What Happens Next?: Science Fair Frenzy

What Happens Next?: Science Fair Frenzy

10 Little Monsters Visit New York City

10 Little Monsters Visit New York City

What Happens Next?: Talent Show Troubles

What Happens Next?: Talent Show Troubles

10 Little Monsters Visit New York City

10 Little Monsters Visit New York City

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