Filth & Grammar: The Comic Book Editor's Secret Handbook

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Whether you're interested in an editorial career, want to level up your writing or art game, or just be a more discerning comics reader, FILTH & GRAMMAR: THE COMIC BOOK EDITOR'S SECRET HANDBOOK gives you the insider info you need to:

+ improve your storytelling skills!

+ understand the collaborative roles integral to making comics!

+ prepare your portfolio for future assignments!

+ set and maintain schedules for long and short-term goals!

+ nail deadlines!

+ learn when to call a page a finished page!

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160 PAGES! 10 CHAPTERS THAT INCLUDE:

+ 10-14 pages on each stage of making comics!

+ clearly illustrated examples!

+ pet peeves!

+ dos & don’ts!

+ pro tips from industry legends, including NEIL GAIMAN, MARK BUCKINGHAM, PETER MILLIGAN, SIMON BISLEY, CHRIS BACHALO, MICHAEL & LAURA ALLRED, PETER GROSS, MIKE CAREY, DAVID F. WALKER, SANFORD GREENE, JIM RUGG, CECIL CASTELLUCCI, GLYN DILLON, DUNCAN FEGREDO, SEAN PHILLIPS, and more!

+ short comics detailing first encounters and secret histories of working with pop culture provocateurs (see above!)

And the pièce de résistance... a cover by our own PHILIP BOND!