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Manga For Dummies

Manga For Dummies


By Kensuke Okabayashi

ISBN: 978-0-470-08025-2
Format: Paper
Pages: 432 Pages
Pub. Date: February 2007

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Price: $19.99
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Table of Contents
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Bonus Chapter
Introduction.

Part I: Manga 101.

Chapter 1: Welcome to Manga World.

Chapter 2: Gearing Up and Getting Ready.

Chapter 3: Drawing: Starting with the Basics.

Part II: To the Drawing Board.

Chapter 4: Taking It from the Top with the Head.

Chapter 5: Nice Bod: Manga Body Basics.

Chapter 6: Customize and Accessorize Your Manga Character.

Part III: Calling All Cast Members!

Chapter 7: The Main Protagonists.

Chapter 8: Those Loveable Sidekicks.

Chapter 9: The Dreaded Villains.

Chapter 10: Elder Figures.

Chapter 11: Damsels in Distress.

Chapter 12: Girl Power! Shojo Manga.

Part IV: Time to Go Hi-Tech.

Chapter 13: Designing Mechas.

Chapter 14: Gadgets and Weapons.

Chapter 15: Taking Off: Vehicles and Airplanes.

Part V: An Advanced Case of Manga.

Chapter 16: Putting Manga into Perspective.

Chapter 17: Using Speed Lines to Create Motion and Emotion.

Chapter 18: Thumbnails and Scenery.

Chapter 19: Writing a Good Story.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 20: Ten (or so) Manga Artists.

Chapter 21: (Nearly) Ten Places to Strut your Stuff.

Index.

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