
The subject matter is wide-ranging, with short, readable chapters on comic history tools (starting with the computer and scanner - Stan and co. I admit, Stan’s good humor and enthusiasm is infectious, and aspiring artists need a good deal of that “you can do it!” encouragement. Stan Lee’s How to Draw Comics is being pitched as a long-overdue update to the 1978 How to Draw Comics the Marvel Way, only without the use of the publisher’s name. Those who dream of working for Marvel will find the copious art a treat. The majority of art is by a younger generation, though, and I suspect a number of them are repped by artists’ agent Campiti.


But his name is still a big draw, and his presence (even if it’s unclear how much is by him and how much by contributing writer and artists’ agent David Campiti) allows for the inclusion of work by “superstar artists Jack Kirby, John Romita Sr., Neal Adams”, and more. First thought when seeing the cover of this how-to-make-superheroes book: Someone seems to be confused about just what Stan Lee was known for.
