Steve Horton has years of experience writing for and about comics. He co-created the manga Strongarm with Dave Ahn for Image Comics, one of the biggest mainstream comics publishers in North America. He also co-created the long-running webmanga Grounded Angel with Vivi Erlanita at the invitation-only webcomics collective www.graphicsmash.com. Steve also publishes downloadable PDF comic books as Smashout Comics (www.smashout.net) on the free e-book site Wowio (www.wowio.com). Yang's first recorded manga was created when he was 8 years old. He was one of the winners of Rising Stars of Manga Vol. 5 (Modus Vivendi; publisher: TokyoPop) - and has had the privilege of drawing part of TokyoPop's Star Trek: the Manga. His recent work includes his own manga (Dyoz; Publisher: TokyoPop), which is now being created as an online comic. Yang is also a traditional storyboard artist for commercials, music videos, and TV shows.
I: The Building Blocks of Manga I. Line Art II. Shading & Textures: Basics III. Shading & Textures: Advanced IV. Speed Lines V. Blurring VI. Backgrounds VII. Technology VIII. Sound Effects and Lettering II: Center Section: Manga Short Story The Other Side of the Tracks III: The Storytelling of Manga: Putting it All Together I. Panel Layout II. Shadows and Mood III. Setting the Scene IV. Writing Conventions: The Three Acts & Rising Action VI: Formats & Sizes VII: Now that it's Done: Pitching & Selling
