Writer's Guide to the Business of Comics: Everything a Comic Book Writer Needs to Make It in the Business [Paperback]

Lurene Haines (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1998

Loaded with solid information and instructive interviews, this tell-all insider's guide takes readers through every possible step on the career road to comic book writing. 40 illustrations.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Watson-Guptill (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0823058778
• ISBN-13: 978-0823058778
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,616,452 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Frustrating, March 21, 2005

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C. Johnson (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Writer's Guide to the Business of Comics: Everything a Comic Book Writer Needs to Make It in the Business (Paperback)

Unfortunately the abundance of use-free filler left me with a sour taste and doubt about the author's credibility. An example would be the page and a half spent on the importance of having a lot of pencils and paper. Writers don't generally need to be told this.

By and large I found the inset comments from other comics writers more helpful than the author's content, (though some of it is lifted directly from other books.)

I would not recommend this book.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't really help much, July 27, 2003

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Sean Hoade (Las Vegas, Nevada USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Writer's Guide to the Business of Comics: Everything a Comic Book Writer Needs to Make It in the Business (Paperback)

It's well put together, but if you are in fact trying to break into the business, she basically says that you have to know someone, be it an editor or an artist, and that's notparticularly helpful, IMHO.

19 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars If you are looking for a job..., March 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Writer's Guide to the Business of Comics: Everything a Comic Book Writer Needs to Make It in the Business (Paperback)

If you want to look for a job it may be useful for you because some advise may be applied to some different cases. If you want to know what you may face when trying to look for a job in the comic business, then this is for you. If you want to know some basics about how to present your samples and some basics about script structure, this may be for you.

If you are out of USA and you want to get into comic business that may not be for you. If you are looking for a manual that tells you extensively all the secrets, hints and tips to write a good plot and a good script, then look somewhere else. It has some of that but it is not very long.

Basically this book is just some advise combined with some text boxes with Q&A interviews to some writers who work in that industry. It is not easy to get into this business considering that you have not the visual advantage of the artist and your work requires some concentration to evaluate if your job is good enough or not.

The author insists too much in some ideas like "do not hang around" when meeting or trying to contact editors.

If you are a newcomer writer without experience, I suggest 1)Work on your self-esteem first 2)Read this book and do not feel overwhelmed by this book 3)Do whatever you judge as what must be done. This is for you.

If you are not a newcomer writer without experience, I suggest you look for something else.