As major universities and professional organizations like the Poynter Institute have begun to examine graphic nonfiction from a critical perspective, new courses are emerging that give student writers and artists the tools to tell their own nonfiction stories in comics form.
Nonfiction Comics is the first textbook to bring these tools and techniques together in a single volume. Most novices who first attempt the form arrive at it from a background of journalism or art, meaning they arrive with at least one deficit in the required skill set. Journalists, for example, typically have had little training in illustration. Artists and designers may not know how to conduct interviews or to avoid the potential legal pitfalls of telling the personal stories of real people. This book aims to fill in the gaps providing student journalists, artists, designers, creative writers, web producers and others the tools they need to tell stories visually and graphically.
Based on the authors' popular team-taught nonfiction comics course, Nonfiction Comics teaches readers how to create a graphic nonfiction story from start to finish, providing guidance on:
- how to find the story and how to find and utilize appropriate facts and visuals;
- nonfiction narrative techniques
- artist's tools and techniques
- print, digital, and multimedia production
- legal and ethical considerations
Interviews with well-known nonfiction comics creators--showcased in the book and on the book's companion website--will discuss best practice and offer readers inspiration to begin creating their own work.
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"In recent years the most ground-breaking and celebrated comics have been non-fiction. Journalism and memoir in comics have a power and intimacy that is only now being fully recognised. This book provides the knowledge and tools to enable you to create such comics. Packed with interviews, practical advice, and exercises, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in creating or studying non-fiction comics." Chris Murray, University of Dundee
"An exceptional work! By combining an academic approach with perspectives from contemporary comics pros, Duncan and company establish a necessary foundation for interrogating the visual rhetoric of nonfiction comicsan invaluable resource for comics scholars and pros alike." Zack Kruse, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne
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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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Chapter 1 Nonfiction Comics |
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Chapter 2 The History of Nonfiction Comics |
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Chapter 3 Creative Approaches to Finding Stories |
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Chapter 4 Using the Comics Form for Nonfiction |
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Chapter 6 Finding Visuals |
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Chapter 7 Nonfiction Narrative Techniques |
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Chapter 8 The Artist's Tools and Techniques |
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Chapter 9 Publication and the Production Process |
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Chapter 10 Legal and Ethical Considerations |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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Randy Duncan, professor of communication, Henderson State University, is co-founder of the Comics Arts Conference; co-author of The Power of Comics: History and Culture; and co-editor of the Eisner-nominated Critical Approaches to Comics: Theories and Methods. He has received the M. Thomas Inge Award, the Inkpot Award, and a Peter Rollins Book Award for contributions to comics scholarship.
Michael Ray Taylor, professor of communication, Henderson State University, is the author of Dark Life, Caves and Cave Passages, as well as a humorous ebook, The Cat Manual. He has written for Sports Illustrated, Audubon, Outside, and many other magazines, newspapers, documentary films and digital media.
David Stoddard is a professor of graphic and media design. He illustrates book covers, posters, and other popular culture work. Hes had work in exhibitions from coast to coast, and has presented papers on comics and pop culture at conferences such as Comic-Con San Diego; ComFor Passau, Germany; The College Media Association, New York; and several other conferences.
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