{"id":3812,"date":"2025-05-10T11:45:42","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T15:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/?p=3812"},"modified":"2025-05-21T14:41:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:41:13","slug":"pember-book-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/10\/pember-book-of-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Pember Book of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Making Comics<\/p><\/div>\n

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Making Comics, by Scott McCloud, is a graphic how-to manual packed with information for anyone interested in learning or increasing their artistic and storytelling skills.<\/h3>\n
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Pictures with Clarity and Persuasion<\/p><\/div>\n

Learn how to write with pictures with clarity and persuasion. Scott gives three steps toward creating your own believable characters: inner life, visual distinction, and expressive traits.<\/h3>\n
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Character Design<\/p><\/div>\n

He then moves on to explain the power of words and how to use word balloons.<\/h3>\n
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Power of Words<\/p><\/div>\n

Learn how to build worlds from the minimal to the detailed that are more than just backgrounds for your characters.<\/h3>\n
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Building Worlds<\/p><\/div>\n

McCloud then gives the pros and cons of traditional tools versus digital imaging and how to discover your own unique style.<\/h3>\n
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Traditional vs. Digital Tools<\/p><\/div>\n

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Your Place in Comics<\/p><\/div>\n

I would recommend this book to writers as well as artists for it\u2019s wealth of information.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Making Comics, by Scott McCloud, is a graphic how-to manual packed with information for anyone interested in learning or increasing their artistic and storytelling skills. Learn how to write with pictures with clarity and persuasion. Scott gives three steps toward …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqQSS-Zu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3812"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3831,"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3812\/revisions\/3831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepember.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}