Manga comic books

Story and art by Robert Acosta, Rod Espinosa, and Fred Perry. Fred Perry and the popular manga-style creators of Antarctic Press demonstrate how to create the manga-influenced art of 21st century comics. The third of the three body types: full-grown adults and larger; age and angles; creating adult expressions. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

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Story and art by Robert Acosta, Fred Perry, Paul Kilpatrick and David Hutchison. Fred Perry and the popular manga-style creators of Antarctic Press demonstrate how to create the manga-influenced art of 21st century comics. Creating special effects in art; flames and fireballs; effects and character. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

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Story and art by Fred Perry and Robert Acosta. Cover by David Hutchison. Fred Perry and the popular manga-style creators of Antarctic Press demonstrate how to create the manga-influenced art of 21st century comics. Clothing and character; clothing as effect for magical characters; motion, character and line of action. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

Story and art by Rod Espinosa and Ben Dunn. Cover by David Hutchison. Fred Perry and the popular manga-style creators of Antarctic Press demonstrate how to create the manga-influenced art of 21st century comics. This issue, Rod Espinosa and Ben Dunn go through the entire process of inking a page, from start to finish. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

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Story and art by Rod Espinosa, Jessica Moffett and Craig Babiar. Cover by Jessica Moffett. Fred Perry and the popular manga-style creators of Antarctic Press demonstrate how to create the manga-influenced art of 21st century comics. Rod Espinosa and Jessica Moffett review how the previous issues lessons in anatomy and expression can be applied together; Craig Babiar gives some examples of cover layout. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. By Fred Perry, Ben Dunn, David Hutchison, and Rod Espinosa. Ben Dunn and the popular manga-style creators of Antarctic Press demonstrate how to create the manga-influenced art of 21st century comics. This issue features the basics of the manga art style, drawing hair and hairstyles, and the basic body types for the manga style, all presented in a convenient manga-sized pocket format.  Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. By Fred Perry, Ben Dunn, David Hutchison, and Rod Espinosa. Ben Dunn and the popular manga-style creators of Antarctic Press demonstrate how to create the manga-influenced art of 21st century comics. This issue features more about the basic body types in the manga style, and how to create effects in manga art, all presented in a convenient manga-sized pocket format. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. By Fred Perry, Ben Dunn, David Hutchison, and Rod Espinosa. .P. continues with the next evolution in our best-selling How to Draw series! How to Draw Manga: Next Generation features exclusively created art, step-by-step guides, designs, and comments from the hottest rising stars of manga. Don't miss out on this chance to learn invaluable lessons that will catapult you to stardom! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

1st printing. AP continues with the next evolution in its best selling How to Draw series! These all-new supersize volumes of How to Draw Manga: Next Generation schools you in all the sweet "skillz" you're gonna need to make your manga magical! Fill your eyes and head with exclusively created art, step-by-step guides, designs, and comments from the hottest rising stars of manga. Don't miss out on this chance to learn invaluable lessons that will catapult you to stardom. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Fred Perry, Rod Espinosa, David Hutchison, and Yayoi Neko. Ben Dunn and the popular manga-style creators of Antarctic Press demonstrate advanced techniques in manga-influenced art. In the 21st century, the manga style is often only a jumping-off point for artists on the way to creating their own individual styles. 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

English Edition - 1st printing. By Ryo Toudo. From the publishers of the best-selling How To Draw Manga series! To excel as a manga artist, one must know how to draw with round-tipped pens, coupler pens, and G-pens. Besides that, how to use screen-tones, gradations, grainy tone, and other double layering techniques as well as paper cutting techniques, are important elements to acquire. This book focuses exclusively on those pen and tone techniques using an easy-to-understand manga format. English text. Softcover, 126 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

English Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Compiling Characters!" How To Draw Manga series, the English-language instructional series featuring authentic instructional data for beginners in the art of manga. If you want begin to learn manga, or to just improve your artistic techniques for drawing exciting manga stories, these volumes are all highly recommended! Softcover (with Dust Jacket), B&W. Cover price $16.99.

English Edition - Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Compiling Characters!" How To Draw Manga series, the English-language instructional series featuring authentic instructional data for beginners in the art of manga. If you want begin to learn manga, or to just improve your artistic techniques for drawing exciting manga stories, these volumes are all highly recommended! Softcover (with Dust Jacket), B&W. Cover price $16.99.

English Edition - Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Compiling Techneques!" How To Draw Manga series, the English-language instructional series featuring authentic instructional data for beginners in the art of manga. If you want begin to learn manga, or to just improve your artistic techniques for drawing exciting manga stories, these volumes are all highly recommended! Softcover (with Dust Jacket), B&W. Cover price $18.99.

English Edition - Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "Compiling Techneques!" How To Draw Manga series, the English-language instructional series featuring authentic instructional data for beginners in the art of manga. If you want begin to learn manga, or to just improve your artistic techniques for drawing exciting manga stories, these volumes are all highly recommended! Softcover (with Dust Jacket), B&W. Cover price $18.99.

NO DUST JACKET - English Edition - Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "Compiling Techneques!" How To Draw Manga series, the English-language instructional series featuring authentic instructional data for beginners in the art of manga. If you want begin to learn manga, or to just improve your artistic techniques for drawing exciting manga stories, these volumes are all highly recommended! Softcover (with Dust Jacket), B&W. Cover price $18.99.

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English Edition - Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Compiling Application and Practice!" How To Draw Manga series, the English-language instructional series featuring authentic instructional data for beginners in the art of manga. If you want begin to learn manga, or to just improve your artistic techniques for drawing exciting manga stories, these volumes are all highly recommended! Softcover (with Dust Jacket), B&W. Cover price $18.99.

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English Edition - Volume 3 - 2nd and later printings. "Compiling Application and Practice!" How To Draw Manga series, the English-language instructional series featuring authentic instructional data for beginners in the art of manga. If you want begin to learn manga, or to just improve your artistic techniques for drawing exciting manga stories, these volumes are all highly recommended! Softcover (with Dust Jacket), B&W. Cover price $18.99.

English Edition - Volume 4 - 1st printing. "Dressing Your Characters in Casual Wear!" How To Draw Manga series, the English-language instructional series featuring authentic instructional data for beginners in the art of manga. If you want begin to learn manga, or to just improve your artistic techniques for drawing exciting manga stories, these volumes are all highly recommended! Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.99.

English Edition - Volume 4 - 2nd and later printings. "Dressing Your Characters in Casual Wear!" How To Draw Manga series, the English-language instructional series featuring authentic instructional data for beginners in the art of manga. If you want begin to learn manga, or to just improve your artistic techniques for drawing exciting manga stories, these volumes are all highly recommended! Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.99.

English Edition - Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Developing Shoujo Manga Techniques!" Fifth in the best-selling series! This volume shows the techniques used in manga for girls now so widely used today that they have come to define modern manga style. These techniques are indispensable for you to draw characters more realistically and pay close attention to backgrounds. This volume is a definitive compendium that reveals these techniques in extraordinary detail and precision. Accept no substitutes! This is the latest release in the official How to Draw series from Graphic-Sha! Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $9.49

Add to cart Very Fine $9.49

English Edition - Volume 5 - 2nd and later printings. "Developing Shoujo Manga Techniques!" Fifth in the best-selling series! This volume shows the techniques used in manga for girls now so widely used today that they have come to define modern manga style. These techniques are indispensable for you to draw characters more realistically and pay close attention to backgrounds. This volume is a definitive compendium that reveals these techniques in extraordinary detail and precision. Accept no substitutes! This is the latest release in the official How to Draw series from Graphic-Sha! Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 132 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.99.

English Edition - Volume 6 - 1st printing. "Martial Arts and Combat Sports!" As expected, skill in drawing powerful, combat scenes showing judo, karate, kendo, boxing, and other similar sports is an indispensable element to sports manga. For that reason, this volume in the acclaimed How to Draw Manga series provides the reader with thorough explanations for drawing marital arts and combat sports. This book methodically covers everything from basic movements to practical applications of the sports to actual manga scenes. Softcover (with Dust Jacket), B&W. Cover price $18.99.

English Edition - Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Amazing Effects!" Seventh in the best-selling series! The use and assembly of the frame effect all elements of the direction. In this volume, image, character, vocals, and the direction of the frame are thoroughly explained. English text. Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.99.

English Edition - Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Super Basics!" The newest volume in Graphic Sha's best-selling "How to Draw Manga" series! Explaining manga creation and illustration styles to novices with a straightforward writing style and compelling illustrations. This comprehensive guide covers character development, panel divisions, and developing manga with backgrounds. Includes 50 more pages than previous volumes! English text. Softcover (with Dust Jacket), B&W. Cover price $22.99.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. By Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, Adam Warren, and Joe Wight. Antarctic's best-selling title ever is now more convenient than ever! Not only do you still get the benefit of six issues' worth of instruction and insight from modern masters of American manga like Fred Perry and Adam Warren, now you can take it anywhere in Pocket Manga form! Fill your pockets full of portable artistic wisdom! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Cover price $12.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. By Ben Dunn. Get all the bountiful benefit of Antarctic's How to Draw Manga series, now in a more portable, ready-to-use format! Antarctic Press brings you the collective experience of its stable of manga artists in this newly arranged edition. Every section presents a drawing lesson, with the final page set up like a sheet of blank bristol so you can practice the lesson wherever you are! Take your How to Draw on the road, in the air - anywhere! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Cover price $12.95.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. By Ben Dunn. Get all the bountiful benefit of Antarctic's How to Draw Manga series, now in a more portable, ready-to-use format! Antarctic Press brings you the collective experience of its stable of manga artists in this newly arranged edition. Every section presents a drawing lesson, with the final page set up like a sheet of blank bristol so you can practice your lesson, wherever you are! Take How to Draw on the road, in the air - anywhere! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Cover price $12.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. By Ben Dunn. Get all the bountiful benefit of Antarctic's How to Draw Manga series, now in a more portable, ready-to-use format! Antarctic Press brings you the collective experience of its stable of manga artists in this newly arranged edition. Every section presents a drawing lesson, with the final page set up like a sheet of blank bristol so you can practice the lesson wherever you are! Take your How to Draw on the road, in the air - anywhere! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Cover price $12.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. By Ben Dunn. Get all the bountiful benefit of Antarctic's How to Draw Manga series, now in a more portable, ready-to-use format! Antarctic Press brings you the collective experience of its stable of manga artists in this newly arranged edition. Every section presents a drawing lesson, with the final page set up like a sheet of blank bristol so you can practice the lesson wherever you are! Take your How to Draw on the road, in the air - anywhere! Volume 5 is the newest volume in the series, and Volume 3 will help you brush up on old lessons! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., B&W. Cover price $12.95.

NOTE: All Text is in Japanese - 1st printing. This brand new release from Graphic-sha will help aspiring manga artists to further grasp the essence of illustrating Japanese school girl uniforms. Currently, there is a wide variety of original designs in school uniforms featured in anime and manga that are rich in variety and cute in appeal. In addition to the characters dressed in the most traditional uniform, variations in character's choice of apparel are featured as well. Plus, learn of the physical relationship between a character in uniform and surrounding props such as bookbags, desks, glasses, and umbrellas. Japanese text. Softcover, 144 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $28.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Sketching to Plan!" This exciting series is a dream come true for all aspiring anime and manga artists! The first volume in the Sketching Manga Style series, Sketching to Plan, offers a brand-new "sketching to plan" tin, crammed full of sketching fundamentals for use when creating manga, as well as suggestions and ideas to improve your artwork. The second volume, Logical Proportions, explains how to use manga sketching to devised head-to-body ratios that make each character distinct and how to proportion realistic, attractive characters as well as adorable, ultra-stylized chibi characters. Softcover, B&W. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Logical Proportions!" This exciting series is a dream come true for all aspiring anime and manga artists. The first volume in the "Super Manga Sketching" series offers a brand-new "sketching to plan" tin can crammed full of sketching fundamentals for use when creating manga, as well as suggestions and ideas to improve your artwork. The second volume explains how to use manga sketching to devised head-to-body ratios that make each character distinct and how to proportion realistic, attractive characters as well as adorable, ultra-stylized chibi characters. Softcover, B&W. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Unforgettable Characters!" Characters convey action and emtion in manga, and creating those characters can be an artistic challenge. How To Draw Manga: Sketching Manga-Style - Unforgettable Characters teaches the artist, through manga sketching techniques, how to bring unforgettable characters to life by making the fantastic seem plausible, the quality of the information to be conveyed, and how much of it to actually convey. Softcover, 184 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.99.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "All About Perspective!" If an artist can draw an appealing character but is only able to create a flat, two-dimensional rendition, then that artist lacks sufficient skills in portrayal. Being able to create the illusion of three-dimensional space on a flat surface enables the artist to portray a space with depth. Positioning a character within that space then allows the artist to create a richly portrayed scene with impact. Knowing perspective techniques is absolutely essential to creating such enriched scenes. Characters are inseparable from their settings. This book is two volumes condensed into one: a manual that thoroughly explains the basic techniques in drawing one-point, two-point, and three-point perspective plus other perspective techniques as well as an advanced manual that offers and numerous, specific, and practical examples for creating artwork with rich, three-dimensional perspective. Softcover, B&W. Cover price $29.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Illustrating Sports!" Whether on the baseball field, the soccer pitch, or at the bowling alley, manga characters engaged in sport need to be rendered realistically and accurately, and How To Draw Manga: Sketching Manga-Style - Illustrating Sports gives the aspiring or experienced manga artist all the techniques they need to create athletes on their field of play. Sports from figure skating to boxing and everything in-between are covered, drawn from rough sketches to finished piece to demonstrate for the reader how to create realistic athletes. Artists will see the human body from skeletal and muscular details to the complete body, showing how each piece of the body interacts to create dynamic, active figures. In addition to detailed artistic models, photo-references of athletes at play are given, showing artists how to translate from real life to artwork. An indispensable guide to creating athletic manga, How To Draw Manga: Sketching Manga-Style - Illustrating Sports belongs on every artist's shelf. Softcover, B&W. Cover price $29.99.

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English Edition - 1st printing. This book covers original color drawing techniques using Copic Sketch markers from the ground up, with copious examples. The basic techniques are presented in 96 full-color pages. Fully illustrated. Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.99.

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English Edition - 2nd and later printings. This book covers original color drawing techniques using Copic Sketch markers from the ground up, with copious examples. The basic techniques are presented in 96 full-color pages. Fully illustrated. Softcover (with Dust Jacket), 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.99.

English text - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Humans!" By Gen Sato. In Japanese, they're known as "chibi," though most English speaking fans call them "Super-Deformed," or "SD" for short. Gen Sato, the Japanese artist who pioneered the SD style, shares secrets for creating the perfect chibi in this exciting new entry in the How to Draw Manga series! Softcover, 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

English text - Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Animals!" By Gen Sato. This volume focuses on animals and (animated) inanimate objects. It starts by introducing key points in drawing animals in that delightful "chibi" character/ultra-stylized manner. The book also contains instruction on anthropomorphism, or how to make animated objects that frequently appear in manga or anime seem to move and talk like human beings. Create your own animal or animated-object characters while having fun looking at abundant sample illustrations provided. Softcover, 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

English Edition - 1st printing. By Unkaku Koyama. Bring your manga illustrations to life! From the publisher of the world-famous How to Draw Manga series of books comes the definitive guide to the fine art of using screen tones and tools. Learn the secret techniques used by professional manga artists to create stunning characters and spectacular landscapes. Softcover, 136 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects How to Draw Manga (2000-2003) #1-6. By Ben Dunn. Antarctic Press's How to Draw Manga series has continued to amaze, delight and satisfy readers the world over, whether they want to draw manga themselves or just want to know how we do it. Featuring incredible art and insightful comments from Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, Adam Warren, Joe Wight, Rod Espinosa and David Hutchison. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $18.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects How to Draw Manga (2000-2003) #7-12. By Ben Dunn. Incredible art and insightful comments from Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, Joe Wight, Rod Espinosa, and David Hutchison, all in one magazine-sized manga-monster of a collection! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $21.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects How to Draw Manga (2000-2003) #13-18. By Ben Dunn. Six more issues' worth of incredible art and insightful comments from Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, Joe Wight, Rod Espinosa, and David Hutchison, all in one manga-monster of a collection! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $21.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. Collects How to Draw Manga (2000-2003) #19-23. By Ben Dunn. Continuing our mission to create new manga artists, we bring you the next installment in the acclaimed "How to Draw Manga" series. Whether your goal is to create stunning effects, tell engrossing stories, or design intricate characters, this book brings the skills of today's premiere American Manga artists to you. Contributors include Ben Dunn, Fred Perry, Rod Espinosa, David Hutchison, and more! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $21.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Ben Dunn. Fred Perry and Ben Dunn, the popular manga-style creators of Gold Digger and Ninja High School, present the first in the series of Antarctic Press guides to creating manga art. Featuring a comprehensive guide to figure drawing, with lessons in anatomy, proportions, facial construction, expression, and poses, especially with regard to the manga style. Dunn whimsically covers the gamut of popular manga characters - from cat-girls to childlike chibi figures. Softcover, 352 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.00.

Volume 1 - 1st prinitng. "Drawing Made Easy!" By Hikaru Hayashi, Go Office. Previews Exclusive! If you're serious about learning to draw in the manga style, then the Ultimate Manga Lessons series from the creators of the How to Draw Manga series is for you! These informative volumes will take you from beginner to seasoned hand with step-by-step instructions from the pros. Volume 1 covers the artistic development process, the basics of character design and backgrounds, and how characters from professional manga artists' work are portrayed. English text. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.99.

Volume 2 - 1st prinitng. "The Basics of Characters and Materials!" By Hikaru Hayashi, Go Office. Previews Exclusive! If you're serious about learning to draw in the manga style, then the Ultimate Manga Lessons series from the creators of the How to Draw Manga series is for you! These informative volumes will take you from beginner to seasoned hand with step-by-step instructions from the pros. Volume 2 covers the uses of materials and tools of the trade, as well as techniques for rendering character basics from various angles, and portraying and dramatizing characters. English text. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.99.

Volume 3 - 1st prinitng. "Drawing Sensational Characters!" By Hikaru Hayashi, Go Office. A Previews Exclusive! If you're serious about learning to draw in the manga style, then the Ultimate Manga Lessons series from the creators of the How to Draw Manga series is for you! These informative volumes will take you from beginner to seasoned hand with step-by-step instructions from the pros. Volume 3 gives you tips and instruction on drawing sensational characters. English text. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.99.

Volume 4 - 1st prinitng. "Making the Characters Come Alive!" By Hikaru Hayashi, Go Office. A Previews Exclusive! Graphic-Sha, the first to release manga manuals, proudly continues their pocket-sized Ultimate Manga Lessons series with this informative fourth volume, detailing how to make your characters come to "life"! A unique project featuring 100% fresh material, this series is a must-have for those seeking to create authentic manga. Once you start reading, you won't want to stop! English Text. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.99.