posted by chaplainandrews on May 17

One of the aspects of Free Comic Book Day that I was excited about was the three or four comic books that were promotionals for instructional drawing and writing books.

One of my favorite companies for instructional books is Impact books.  I first noticed Impact while reading Peter David’s “Writing for Comics”.  Since reading that book, I have looked through several others at the books store.  This promotional book gives the reader an excellent sample of what Impact books have to offer.

While the lessons where short , the book did give some quality information about the art of comic books.  I’m not an artist.  I like, however, to see the comic book art, but I really have no desire to learn.  Everytime I do get the desire, I realize how hard drawing would be and I realize that I have other priorities.  I think I need to focus on the writing, if I’m going to do anything related to comic books one day.  This comic book, then, gives a good reference on some of the art for me to refer to. 

Impact produces some quality instructional materials and this little comic book spread gives a great introduction to them.