TY - BOOK AU - Slate,Barbara TI - You can do a graphic novel: comic books, webcomics, and strips SN - 9780937258088 PY - 2018/// CY - Hudson, New York PB - Richard Minsky KW - Graphic novels KW - Authorship KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - Graphic arts KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Handbooks and manuals KW - lcgft N1 - Includes index (pages 231); Introduction: a history of graphic novels -- Cartoon, comic strip, one pager, webcomic -- Story -- The six pager -- Prose from the pros -- 20 creative tips -- Creating characters -- Art -- Prose from the pros -- Writing -- Layout -- Plot -- Comic book -- Prose from the pros -- The saboteurs -- Student work -- The creative block -- The biz -- Glossary -- Index to prose from the pros N2 - Putting together words and pictures produces a compelling medium for storytelling. Whether it's a comic or graphic novel, veteran cartoonist Barbara Slate can help. The author shares the insight and skills that she learned in her early days with Marvel and DC Comics and perfected over the hundreds of comics, strips, webcomics and graphic novels that defined her successful career ER -