Marvel's Mastering the Art of Comics

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Product details

  • ISBN 9781529996364
  • Weight: 850g
  • Dimensions: 206 x 260mm
  • Publication Date: 20 Oct 2026
  • Publisher: Cornerstone
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Create your own Marvel-style comic book with this practical guide featuring expert insights from Marvel's top writers, artists, and editors.

What is it that makes a Marvel comic book so special? How can you recreate that Marvel magic to hook – and hold – a reader from the very first page? Marvel's Mastering the Art of Comics guides you through every step in the process of creating a Marvel-quality comic book:

  • Crafting the perfect pitch
  • Creating compelling characters and origin stories
  • Maximizing a scene visually
  • Designing a Marvel-style cover that screams "pick me up to find out what happens!"
  • Telling a story across panels, pages, and issues
  • And so much more, including all the technical nuts and bolts of working with a team to execute your vision

With captivating scenes from X-Men, Daredevil, The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and more, alongside rich insights, quotes, and Q&As from nearly twenty of the most storied Marvel creators, this step-by-step guide analyzes character, story, cover, and panel samples to explore the anatomy of a Marvel comic book, teaching you everything you need to know to create one of your own.

This guide is a Marvel-comics-making master class for the creator who is ready to move beyond basic theory to learn how to bring the page – and their career – to life.

Author Bio: Alex Segura is the bestselling and award-winning author of Secret Identity, which the New York Times called “wittily original” and named an Editors' Choice. His work includes the YA superhero adventure Araña/Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow, the follow-up to Secret Identity, Alter Ego, and the sci-fi/espionage thriller, Dark Space (with Rob Hart). Alex is also the author of Star Wars Poe Dameron: Free Fall, the Pete Fernandez Miami Mystery series, and a number of comic books, including The Mysterious Micro-Face (in partnership with NPR), The Black Ghost, The Archies, The Dusk, The Awakened, and more.

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