I collect art books, like I said I was going though the art books at my local comic shop and I came a cross Andy Smith's DRAWING DYNAMIC COMICS, I started flipping through the book, I'm buying it this week, there was a drawing by George, the same drawing George gave me a copy of in which I didn't have a clue where it was from until now, published by SRP it's 8 1/2 x 11 144 pages with 22.95 retail.

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Drawing Dynamic Comics
by Andy Smith
List Price: $19.95
Paperback - 144 pages (April 15, 2000)
Watson-Guptill Pubns; ISBN: 0823003124 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.41 x 10.87 x 8.52

Book Description
A fresh, up-to-date approach to creating comics shows artists of all ages and talent levels how to build basic figures into stylized characters, set them in action, and add the backgrounds needed to complete the visual storytelling process.

Chapters include instruction on basic shapes and perspective; human anatomy, figure drawing, and stylizing the basic figure; the head and comic facial expressions; and backgrounds and inking techniques. Terrific tips of the trade are provided by prominent young professionals in the comic book industry who share their insiders' overviews of the business, giving aspiring cartoonists a decided edge in becoming savvy newcomers as they prepare to enter a very competitive field.

About the Author
Andy Smith, whose own comic books are published by Image Comics, has worked as a penciler, inker, and art director for several top companies, including Marvel, DC, and Acclaim Comics. He lives in Orlando, Florida.