Comics are something that hold your attention. You could be a 5 year old kid or a 50 year old something, there is always something about a comic book that holds your attention. A dream world that is as close to reality as it can be. What is even more captivating is the skill with which the art is hand drawn. It is not just a skill, it’s an art.
I’ll take an example out Dark House Comics publication, Aliens…. The above pane is straight from their site. You can see the 4 stages of getting a single panel created. The Pencils, that define the outline of the pane. The inks that give them dimension, the colors that bring them to life and finally the lettering that tells us the story.
You can head out HERE for a better view of the work and how it is done. At the same time you can also browse through the site and catch glimpses of other work. the eComics section is something you should see an so is the Animations section.
Often people here the word Manga and wonder. A Manga is a modern style Japaneese comic, drawn the traditional style of multiple panes, that are read right to left. For the purpose of western audience, when a manga is translated, they translate the language first and then the entire page is reversed or mirrored, so it can be read left to right. This method is called Flopping. Some notable exceptions are Blade of the Immortal, where Hiroaki Samura asked Dark Horse Comics not to reverse the comic, so they used the unusual method of cutting up the panels and rearranging them on the page in order to have the action flow from left to right.
Comics I am currently reading:
Initial D (Watched the anime, now reading the manga)
Samurai Champloo (same as above, can also be read online HERE)
