- ISBN13: 9781592910120
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
The master of comic book writing shares his thoughts on how to deliver a top-notch script! The main essay was originally written in 1985 and appeared in an obscure British fanzine, right as Moore was reshaping the landscape of modern comics, and has been tragically lost ever since. Now Avatar brings it back in print, collected for the first time as one graphic novel, and heavily illustrated by Jacen Burrows. Moore also provides a brand new essay on how his thoughts … More >>
Alan Moore’s Writing For Comics Volume 1
- Previous Entry: The Compact Bedford Introduction to Drama
- Next Entry: Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form
- The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
- Drama High: Cold As Ice
- Drama of Scripture, The: Finding Our Place in the Biblical Story
- Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Compact Interactive Edition
- The Bertrams: A Novel
- Body Drama: Real Girls, Real Bodies, Real Issues, Real Answers
- Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing, Portable Edition
- Drama High: Holidaze
- New York Dead
- The Compact Bedford Introduction to Drama
I have only glanced through this book, haven’t had a chance to actually read it, but that is what it looks like , there are no drawings as much as it is to be used for hints to write
Rating: 3 / 5
Not great, not awful. VERY short book. VERY SMALL.
Rating: 3 / 5
It is well written and very informative the only fualt was it was too short.
Rating: 5 / 5
I would recommend the Peter David book or the Denny O’Neil DC Comics Guide To Writing before this one. It is priced right however. Not bad, but there are better options out there.
Rating: 2 / 5
Dear other Writer, i forgive you. I forgive you for comparing Alan Moore to Millar, Ditko and Stan Lee! Argh. The other three dorks are not even in the same league.
Nonetheless, it`s true what you said about Alan Moore`s Writing for COmics: It’s a very facinating view into the mind of one of the best writers in the western hemisphere. It`s baffling what he writes, because it’s very simple, reminds you of your own doubts about your writing and pushes you to constantly change your views and perspective. I find his remarks about the damn neurosis very helpful, in which he acknoledwges that sometimes he finds his own works very distateful and can’t even bring himself to admit that the one who wrote this has even an ounce of talent.
It’s very familiar, isn`t it? Writers have a difficult time seeing their works objectively. We tend to exaggerate the quality or diminish it. It’s very reassuring that one of the great writers has the same troubles and problems. It’s very comforting, because you know it doesnt mean youre crazy or a bad writer when you find your own stories sometimes unreadable.
So this “book” is not a how do to in the common sense, but two masterful essays for the more experienced writer who has mastered basis storytelling and writing processes. Very helpful, indeed…
Rating: 5 / 5