Table of Contents

Introduction: The Big Secret 

Chapter 1: Writing for Pictures
Chapter 2: Visual Storytelling for Artists & Related Tradespeople
Chapter 3: I Love It When a Team Comes Together
Chapter 4: Pitching Makes Perfect
Chapter 5: D.I.Y in Print and Online
Chapter 6 Finding Your Audienceand Keeping It!

Afterword: The Problem with Breaking in

About the Author

GREG PAK is an award-winning comic book writer and filmmaker currently writing Batman/Superman and Action Comics for DC Comics, Turok Dinosaur Hunter for Dynamite Entertainment, and Eternal Warrior for Valiant Comics. He directed the award-winning feature film Robot Stories, wrote the epic "Planet Hulk" and "World War Hulk" comic storylines, and co-wrote (with Fred Van Lente) fan-favorite Incredible Hercules for Marvel Comics.

FRED VAN LENTE is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Marvel Zombies, Incredible Hercules (with Pak), Odd Is on Our Side (with Dean R. Koontz), and the American Library Association award-winning Action Philosophers. His original graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens (co-written with Andrew Foley) was the basis for the major motion picture. Van Lente's other comics include The Comic Book History of Comics, Archer & Armstrong, and The Amazing Spider-Man.

Pak and Van Lente are both residents of New York City.

Reviews

"A must for every would-be comics makers library—and probably for every working pro as a brush up."
—Publisher's Weekly

Make Comics Like the Pros is an excellent resource for those wanting to break into writing comics… The writing is engaging, entertaining, and informative, and the book is full of insights from other comic pros.
—Josh Begley, The Fandom Post

“Make Comics Like the Pros, of all the How To books I've reviewed in recent memory, is the best. If you can read only one, make it this one.”
—Augie De Blieck Jr., Comic Book Resources