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Heroes, schmeroes! It’s the bad guys that have all the fun! With Christopher Hart’s Manga Mania How to Draw the Dastardly Characters of Japanese Comics, everyday artists and manga/anime fans can have fun, too, as they capture the worst guys the art form has to offer in all their nefarious glory. Since manga’s inception, its characters have had to battle the powerful forces of evil. Nothing short of world domination would satisfy them! They’ve wreaked havoc on the streets of Tokyo, invaded our skies, and launched torpedoes from the sea. While heroes are burdened with morals and ethics, there is no depth to which diabolical villains won’t sink in order to win! Chapters oozing with evil villains instruct readers on drawing evil heads and evil bodies, evil poses and evil expressions, evil costumes, and more endlessly evil stuff. Chris Hart, the best-selling author of drawing and cartooning books, makes drawing evil fun and leaves out no there are space pirates, mad scientists, mutants, even corporate sharks! But he doesn’t stop with characters and this illustration- and instruction-filled guide shows amateur artists how they can easily capture the intricacies of the villains’ weaponry and hide-outs, and even shows them how to draw a futuristic, maximum security prison that houses the most wicked guys in the galaxy. The book also includes examples of manga and anime art from some of the biggest names in the business. Animators, anime fans, comic book lovers, and serious artists will thrill to the evil art in Christopher Hart’s latest manga tutorial, a companion title to Manga Mania, Anime Mania, and Mecha Mania .
Author
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. I started drawing character designs and storyboards for a small animation studio in while in High School. Cartooning and animation was a magical experience to me. I try to bring that experience, as well as art tips, to my readers. Their enthusiasm also motivates me. Early in my career, my cartoon work got noticed by Watson-Guptill, a premier publisher of art books. They asked me to do a book for them on drawing cartoons. It sold 200,000 copies, which is a healthy number. So we kept going. I discovered that I enjoyed the art of creating books, which has its own special requirements. I also worked as an author for Random House, Quarto and Soho Publishing. In total, I have had 8 million books sold, and have been translated into 20 languages. My book, "The Master Guide to Drawing Anime: How to Draw Original Characters from Simple Templates" has sold over half a million copies to date and is still very actively in print. An earlier book of mine, "Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics:" reached the number one art book in the country, according to Bookscan. I've also been a cover story on the industry trade magazine, "Publisher's Weekly." And if you've read this far into my Bio, then I'm more impressed with you than you are with me! Thank you so very much for letting me offer some inspiration to you in your art adventures. Christopher Hart
