Break into the comic-book industry — and stay in — with this user-friendly guide to understanding and creating comic books, as told by top working comic professionals. Readers discover in detail how comic books are made — from brainstorming, writing and editing to penciling, inking and colouring — as told by top professionals who offer real-world advice for breaking into and staying in the business. Readers will enjoy the in-depth interviews with respected industry insiders who've worked for such powerhouses as Marvel, DC, Dark Horse and Image Comics, including: Mike Marts (X-men and Batman); Mark Waid (Kingdom Come, Spider-man, Flash and Irredeemable); Darick Robertson (Wolverine, Conan and Deadpool); Brian Haberlin (Witchblade and Spawn); Rodney Ramos (Batman and Wolverine); Chris Eliopoulos (X-men and, John Cerilli Marvel Digital Comics). This title also includes unprecedented interviews with Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada and comics legend Stan Lee.