So, You Wanna Be a Comic Book Artist?
by Philip Amara, et al

Gr. 5-8. The breezy, conversational approach and cartoon-style artwork will draw aspiring comic-book artists to this appealing paperback. Fully illustrated with line drawings and reproductions of comics in many styles, chapters introduce topics such as studio supplies, illustration tips, character creation, telling stories through pictures, layout, zines, publicity, portfolios, and comics-related jobs.

Digital Prepress for Comic Books :
The Definitive Desktop Production Guide
by Kevin Tinsley, et al

An extraordinarily knowledgeable guide for getting your cartoon pages off of the drawing board and onto a computer disk

The Dc Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics
by Klaus Janson

The DC Comics Guide to Pencilling Comics" by Klaus Janson introduces wannabee comic book artists and fans of the art form to a more detailed appreciation of what goes into drawing pages for "Batman" than they will have picked up through osmosis or imitation to date.

Understanding Comics
by Scott McCloud

A comic book about comic books. McCloud, in an incredibly accessible style, explains the details of how comics work: how they're composed, read and understood. More than just a book about comics, this gets to the heart of how we deal with visual languages in general. "The potential of comics is limitless and exciting!" writes McCloud. This should be required reading for every school teacher. Pulitzer Prize-winner Art Spiegelman says, "The most intelligent comics I've seen in a long time."

Drawing Dynamic Comics
by Andy Smith

A fresh, up-to-date approach to creating comics shows artists of all ages and talent levels how to build basic figures into stylized characters, set them in action, and add the backgrounds needed to complete the visual storytelling process.