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How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way

How to Draw Comics the Marvel WayAuthors: Stan Lee, John Buscema
Publisher: Fireside
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 76 reviews
Sales Rank: 14942

Media: Paperback
Pages: 160
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.5 x 0.5

ISBN: 0671530771
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5
EAN: 9780671530778
ASIN: 0671530771

Publication Date: September 14, 1984
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Stan Lee, the Mighty Man from Marvel, and John Buscema, active and adventuresome artist behind the Silver Surfer, Conan the Barbarian, the Mighty Thor and Spider-Man, have collaborated on this comics compendium: an encyclopedia of information for creating your own superhero comic strips. Using artwork from Marvel comics as primary examples, Buscema graphically illustrates the hitherto mysterious methods of comic art. Stan Lee's pithy prose gives able assistance and advice to the apprentice artist. Bursting with Buscema's magnificent illustrations and Lee's laudable word-magic, How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way belongs in the library of every kid who has ever wanted to illustrate his or her own comic strip.

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5 out of 5 stars Great way to learn how to draw!   August 23, 2010
Dwayne (Queens, NY)
My girlfriend borrowed this book from her brother when she was just a kid and ended up becoming a fashion designer. This book is a great tool for any young artist, comic book geek or not; it teaches you how to draw the human form and give perception and depth to two-dimensional objects.


5 out of 5 stars Simply the best of it's kind.   August 19, 2010
James F. Briggs
This book has been in print for 26 years and it is still going.

I have used it more often than any other of the How to draw books i have bought, simply because this provides a superior foundation.


3 out of 5 stars A Bad Influence...   August 18, 2010
R. J. Satori (United States)
This book long ago became ubiquitous.

I remember back in the early 80s there still wasn't much for art books applicable to the exaggerated styles and particular methods of the comic-book medium. At the same time there was an independent comic-book boom, and it looked like you finally didn't have to be a student of the School of Fine Art in New York with connections to someone at one of the Big Two to get work as a comic-book artist. Such was the atmosphere into which How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way (HTDCTMW) was born. It sold very well, quickly becoming the one art book you would see in any bookstore in the country.

Superficially, this was a good thing. Young artists needed both the inspiration and the instruction to improve their skills, and not only did this book give them a crash course in the basics, it pointed them to the more conventional references on anatomy and illustration that would allow them to continue that development.

But at the same time, HTDCTMW promoted a production standard then unique to Marvel, and the contrived stylistic standards of that same publisher. There was never any ambiguity that this was the object of the book, and distinctions are made throughout, but in the absence of other books on the subject of comic-book illustration (Eisner's efforts didn't get nearly the same level of promotion), many kids of that generation wound up going from zero to Marvel. A lot of them got work at Marvel (and sometimes with other publishers) within just a few years, so by 1990 there was a whole generation of new artists who were doing just what HTDCTMW had taught them.

Anyone else remember the young artists that came to prominence in the late 80s and early 90s? Yeah. There was definitely a lot of energy and style in the imagery of those artists. At the same time there was a marked lack of conventional illustration and storytelling skills.

Many of those artists have since improved; continuing their education and letting that early focus on style fade into memory. Some weren't flexible enough to overcome those formative influences, though, and still have trouble competing with a younger generation that benefited from wealth of targeted instructional material without the stilted messages about style.

At this point, HTDCTMW is a pop-culture artifact. Romita is a very talented artist, and who wouldn't get a kick out of Stan Lee's presentation? So, sure, add it to your library. Just don't mistake it for the definitive guide to drawing comics... even for Marvel, anymore!


5 out of 5 stars How to draw comics the Marvel way   July 30, 2010
Jennifer Jenks (Newberry, FL United States)
It's a great look at drawing comics. I'm not finished reading the book yet, but from what I have read, I've walked away with a better understanding! :)


4 out of 5 stars Dated, but informative   March 12, 2010
Michael Williams (Rockwall, TX)
Not gonna lie--the book is rather dated in terms of its stylistic leanings, but it's still full of practical advice and techniques which any modern artist will find useful. Plus, it's always a hoot to read anything Stan Lee writes!

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