 | Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art by Scott McCloud
Buy new: £8.19 / Used from: £7.00 Simply classic. An explanation of what makes comics work, in comicbook form.
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 | Reinventing Comics by Scott McCloud
Buy new: £10.17 / Used from: £6.30 The sequel. Not quite as helpful.
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 | Comics and Sequential Art by Will Eisner
Buy used from: £8.89 Will Eisner covering similar ground to Understanding Comics. A bit more old school.
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 | Writers on Comics Scriptwriting by Mark Salisbury
Buy new: £10.49 / Used from: £5.50 Interviews with Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis, Frank Miller, Neil Gaiman and others
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 | Artists on Comics Art by Mark Salisbury
Buy new: £12.74 / Used from: £0.73 Interviews with Dave Gibbons, Steve Dillon, Brian Bolland, Dave McKean and others
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 | How to Draw and Sell Comic Strips by Alan McKenzie
Buy used from: £0.01 A former 2000AD editor on the subject.
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 | The Sandman: Dream Country by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: £5.96 / Used from: £4.00 Includes an example of a Neil Gaiman script
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 | The DC Comics Guide to Writing Comics by Dennis O'Neil
Buy new: £10.06 / Used from: £5.88 A good introduction, but doesn't go far
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 | The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.
Buy new: £5.60 / Used from: £0.96 The classic principles of english style
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 | On Writing by Stephen King
Buy used from: £2.76 About writing novels rather than comics, but a good read for any wannabe writer none-the-less
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 | Danse Macabre by Stephen King
Buy used from: £0.01 A good analysis of the Horror, SF and Fantasy genre, though a little dated
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 | Adventures in the Screen Trade by William Goldman
Buy new: £7.09 / Used from: £3.28 The classic book on screenwriting
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