MAKING MANGA

Do you love to draw manga characters Do you dream of creating and sharing your own fully realized manga stories but don t know how to make it happen Making Manga is for you Created by the team at Saturday AM the world s leading showcase of diverse manga and comics stories Making Manga gives you guidance on everything you need to develop create and publish your own dynamic stories Inside you ll find A detailed method for building a storytelling box that will help you define and frame your concept Suggestions for developing compelling characters and power systems that can successfully drive your story Techniques for mastering layouts that ensure your scenes are easy to follow while using visual flow to heighten tension build drama or deliver a punchline How to enhance your stories with powerful backgrounds and effective lettering techniques An overview of options for publishing distribution and licensing that gives you potential strategies for getting your work out there Invaluable advice and insights through interviews with industry experts on storytelling writing character development creating layouts lettering printing retail promotion and more Two short manga starter stories inspired by Saturday AM s hit series Apple Black and Clock Striker tha