comics

Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels
$22.95
This is the book to read if you want the secrets to visual narrative storytelling. I use this book for narrative painting instructon as well as graphic novel how-to. It would also serve well for a children's book illustrator...Don't be fooled by the graphic novel format...It is smart, funny, extremely generous and full of clarity and insight. Thank you Scott McCloud, Brilliant!

Junk Food Clothing Men's Batman And Robin Short Sleeve T-Shirt,Black Wash,Large
$28.00

The Best American Comics 2008
$22.00
The Best American Comics 2008 is a great primer to what's currently being written and drawn in the graphic novel realm. 25 or so artists are featured with short, but fulfilling, excerpts of their work collected in this anthology. The work is long enough to give the reader an idea of what they are about and how good their work is, yet still easy to sample and leave yearning for more. The only real problem with the collection is the sometimes small size of the lettering, which can be difficult to read.

Overall, this is an excellent volume of comics that highlight the creativity and explorations done in the realm of graphic novels. My favorite of the book was Alison Bechdel, of course, although her work is not easily excerpted. Gene Luen Yang's American Born Chinese excerpt was also excellent, leaving me looking forward to reading the longer work. No one was really disappointing, however, and everyone is worthy of further investigation.

Transformers Universe 2009 SDCC San Diego Comic-Con Exclusive 25th Anniversary Figure Soundwave
$79.95
this is a wonderful reissue i got this a few months ago and this is my 1st time owning the G1 Soundwave and this is the 1st time Ratbat been released in the us and this is great for any Die Hard G1 Fan this Soundwave only holds one tape even though its not the two tape deck version but i would recommend and the SDCC2009 Soundwave has 4 tapes and the hasbrotoyshop version only has two tapes.