Create Comics: A Sketchbook

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Drawing your own comics has never been easier! Create Comics: A Sketchbook gives you all the tools to get started by combining helpful tips and tricks with sketchbook pages with panels.

Create Comics: A Sketchbook is perfect for aspiring graphic novelists and students. Whether you prefer to draw single-panel comics or a graphic novel, the 58 pages of helpful instruction in the front of this sketchbook covers all the comic-making basics, including:

  • Creating Characters
  • Bodies in Motion
  • Villains
  • Battles
  • Adding Speech
  • Some Dos & Don’ts
  • Sound Effects
  • Inking Techniques
  • How Does it End?
  • Creating Your Own Comic Book


Then, get right into planning and drawing your comic with the 120 blank pages in the back of the book that have panels outlined for you. The layflat format lets you focus on your drawing. 

So, are you ready to become a storyteller? This is just the beginning of something big!

With so much of our lives and contact going digital, the Creative Keepsakes journals offer an intimate way to nurture your connection with yourself and the people around you. An entertaining way to get off your screen, these guided and free-form journals are great for writers and artists alike. Each journal offers content around a different theme, including silly prompts for a laugh, random yet thoughtful questions, inspiration for art and composition, interactive prompts to learn about your heritage, and blank interiors on high-quality paper stock to use as your creative canvas. Beautifully designed and full of mindful prompts, channel your inspiration as you put pen (or pencil, or marker, or crayon!) to paper to learn more about yourself, your talents, and the people you love. 

Also in this Series3,001 Questions All About Me3,001 Would You Rather Questions3,001 This or That Questions301 Things to Draw301 Writing IdeasAnti-Anxiety JournalComplete the DrawingCreate a PoemCreate a StoryDesign & DestroyForever Friends, Gratitude JournalInner MeInspired by PrayerInternet Password BookMom & Me, My Family StoryMy Father’s Life, My Grandfather’s Life, My Grandmother’s Life, My Life Story, My Mother’s Life, Our Love Story, Sermon NotesSketch – Large BlackSketch – Large Kraft, Sketch – Medium BlackSketch – Medium KraftThis is MeWrite – Medium Black, and Write – Medium Black.

PRICE: $12.99 / Can$17.99 / £8.32

MEDIUM: Drawing & Illustration, Illustration

FORMAT: Paperback

ISBN: 422210

SIZE: 7.82 in x 11in / 198.63mm x 279.4 mm

PUBLISHED: December 27, 2022

Publishing and supplying books to wholesalers, mail order companies, and retail stores for over 60 years, Chartwell Books publishes across a wide range of subjects, including history, craft, home reference, puzzles and games, music and music instruction, art instruction, transportation, and more.

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