Synopses & Reviews
From single-panel comics to full-blown graphic novels, there are dozens of ways to use comics to tell a story. And whether kids want to write or draw something funny or scary, long or short, made-up or true-to-life, cartoonist and author Brian McLachlan maintains there are just ten crucial things they need to know to get started.
Using colloquial text, images, and examples, each chapter hones in on a different secret to creating great comics. Budding comic artists will learn how to make text and illustrations work together, how to give characters personality, how to choose the right tool for each project, and much more.
A worthy addition to the how-to comics canon, Draw Out the Story simplifies advanced concepts for younger readers, providing invaluable lessons and pointers for kids who want to learn to write and draw and#151; and imagine and#151; great stories.
Review
IRA Children's and Young Adults Book Award Winner, Intermediate Nonfiction Category, 2014
Review
IRA Children's and Young Adultsand#8217; Book Award Winner, Intermediate Nonfiction Category, 2014
Maine Student Book Award Nominee, 2014-15
A Junior Library Guild selection, 2014
"...this book has all the secrets beginners might need."
Kirkus Reviews, July 17, 2013
About the Author
Brian McLachlan is a regular contributor to
OWL Magazine, has numerous freelance clients, and is the comic artist behind the series
Princess Planet. His sense of humor puts the "comic" back in "comic book." He lives in Toronto.