in the forward to How To Draw Noir Comics, Eisner Award winning writer Greg Rucka says of the book's author "Shawn Martinbrough has put in his hours... he's a master...what he offers here is a masters course..." and he's right! How To Draw Noir Comics addresses the very technical and often philosophical business of creating Noir storytelling for comics, but with a disarming, conversational tone.
Noir, by the way, is French for Black... hence the the blog series title. "Noir has come to reflect a mood, a tone, or most appropriately, a style" says Martinbrough, after making the humble confession that his favorite color is black (which some don't consider a color at all).
the Chapters:
- THE TOOLS
- THE BASICS
- CREATING MOOD WITH SHADOWS AND LIGHT
- VISUALIZING THE SCRIPT
- PAGE LAYOUT
- STAGING ACTION
- CREATING DRAMA
- DESIGNING COVERS
- GRAPHIC NOVELLA The Truce (a 16 page original comic)
holla!
-gM
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