Spider-Man creator Lee sets out to teach everything he knows about drawing and comic book characters. The book focuses primarily on action-adventure comics, but touches upon other genres and styles, such as romance, humor, horror, and the widely influential manga style.

Describes techniques and methods for drawing realistic looking wild animals with graphite pencil, discussing tools and materials; covering such topics as value, perspective, anatomy, textures, and composition; and including step-by-step instructions for rendering a number of animals.

Explains how characters in Japanese comics, or manga, are drawn, covering action poses, bad boys, genres, fantasy, sexy women, robots, and other related components.

Teaches artists how to bring their wildest ideas to life. It outlines the steps of drawing, inking, and coloring rat warriors, eagle guards, and lizard men, as well as a craggy mountain background scene.

Contains illustrated, step-by-step instructions for drawing wicked tyrants, including an ice queen, goblin shaman, and ogre lord, as well as a background scene, and features tips on inking and coloring, and drawing special effects.

This book introduces fundamentals of drawing using colored pencil to new artists -- particularly those with real interest in skill development. Included is an emphasis on helping students find their "inner" artist.