Presents instructions for aspiring cartoonists on the art form's key techniques, sharing concise and accessible guidelines on such principles as capturing the human condition through words and images in a minimalist style.

An illustrated guide to comic book design that covers characters, location, visual storytelling, panels, page layout, lettering, balloons, color, and covers.

Explains how to develop characters, plot story lines, use storyboards, and create comic book art.

Chronicles the creation and evolution of the comic book industry, covering the working conditions, partnerships, and behind-the-scenes battles that shaped the formative decades of the genre.

"The biggest names in comics art, the creators who have surpassed simply, hot, speak out for the first time about their craft. Having rummaged through the collective psyche of the comic industry's finest writers in the bestselling Writers on Comics Scriptwriting, indomitable journalist Mark Salisbury turns his attention to the artists, the visionaries who breathe dramatic, larger than life into today's comics. The secrets of translating comics script to graphic storytelling are laid bare, from concept to design, thumbnails to finished art, charting the evolution of this most vibrant of virial mediums. Technique, style, layouts, approach, penciling, inking no possible facet of the artist's craft is left unexplored. Revealing, instructional, shocking and humorous Artists on Comic Arts has something for everyone, from comics fans to budding artists to hardened professionals. Full illustrated throughout, the book features scores of rare and previously unseen designs, sketches, breakdowns, and thumbnails, making it quite simply the only book on comics art you'll ever need." -- Back cover

Masters of Imagination presents an overview of the careers and works of the 13 world-class cartoonists elected to the Comic Book Artists Hall of Fame. More than 250 full-color illustrations plus illuminating commentary by Mike Benton offer insight into the creative processes that made these artists the very best in the world.