Creating Comics!

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About the Authors

Judith Salavetz and Spencer Drate are

award-winning creative directors, designers, authors, curators, and

packagers specializing in music and pop-culture books. Drate has

been a four-time Grammy judge (1989–1992) on the music packag-

ing committee and codesigned a Grammy Award–nominated album

package for Fear of Music by Talking Heads (1979). Salavetz and

Drate have together authored twenty books, including the first visual

history book on the 45 record sleeve, 45 RPM, in 2002, and recently

Five Hundred 45s and Art of the Modern Movie Poster.

Combined, Salavetz and Drate have designed for such artists as U2,

Lou Reed, the Velvet Underground, Leonard Cohen, John Lennon,

Paul McCartney, the Ramones, Talking Heads, the Pretenders, the

Beach Boys, Joan Jett, and Bon Jovi.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Drate, Spencer.

Creating comics! : 47 master artists reveal the techniques

and inspiration behind their comic genius / Spencer Drate and

Judith Salavetz.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-1-59253-641-2 (alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-59253-641-7 (alk. paper)

1. Comic books, strips, etc.—Technique. I. Salavetz, Judith.

II. Title. III. Title: 47 master artists reveal the techniques and

inspiration behind their comic genius. IV. Title: Forty seven

master artists reveal the techniques and inspiration behind

their comic genius.

NC1764.D59 2010

741.5’1— dc22

2010018828

ISBN-13: 978-1-59253-641-2

ISBN-10: 1-59253-641-7

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Printed in China

© 2010 by Spencer Drate and Judith Salavetz

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in

any form without written permission of the copyright owners. All

images in this book have been reproduced with the knowledge

and prior consent of the artists concerned, and no responsibility is

accepted by producer, publisher, or printer for any infringement of

copyright or otherwise, arising from the contents of this publica-

tion. Every effort has been made to ensure that credits accurately

comply with information supplied. We apologize for any inaccura-

cies that may have occurred and will resolve inaccurate or missing

information in a subsequent reprinting of the book.

First published in the United States of America by

Rockport Publishers, a member of

Quayside Publishing Group

100 Cummings Center

Suite 406-L

Beverly, Massachusetts 01915-6101

Telephone: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

www.rockpub.com

Design: Judith Salavetz and Spencer Drate

Layout & Production: Leslie Haimes

Cover Image: Keith Carter

Endpaper Art: Ward Sutton

Winnie Prentiss, Emily Potts, and all the people involved at Rockport Publishers.

We especially want to thank Paul Gulacy, Michael Cavallaro, Keith Carter, James Romberger,

Dan Goldman, Dave Lemieux, David Moldawer, and all the profiled comic

artists for their invaluable contribution to making this remarkable book. Our comic art

inspiration comes from numerous graphic novels, Don Martin, MAD Magazine, Robert Crumb,

John Holmstrom, and the many other comic artists we were brought up with, the ones

newly discovered, and the many yet to be discovered. Thank you to MoCCA and Comic-Con.

And many thanks to the all-talented comic artists everywhere!

We’ll catch you next time around!

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