Not yet read.

Watch the lines

swoop like birds,
then look you in the eyes.

The world is filled with too many books to hold onto! And now that I have found someone with similiar taste, how could I not trade?

So onwards to our noble deaths! (actual manga title! ;) )

This book is part of a trade in the grand name of Fun! :D

The box arrived safely on this bitterly-cold day, just ahead of yet another snowstorm; many thanks! While I doubt I'll be inspired to draw manga myself, I do look forward to some how-to information, in a more basic form than was included in the fascinating-but-not-for-novices Bakuman series!

Later: Lots of good information here, including a look at the use of screen tone and other background effects, the kinds of things that enhance the images but that often aren't noticed. I'll be more aware of them in future.

The interviews with the artists were good, too, including the inspirations that got them into the profession and with tips for wannabe mangaka.

[Update: edited to add a link to a How to Draw Manga column from the Manga Connoisseur, with reviews of several different draw-manga books - though not this one! Has some entertaining points to make about genre and style and assumptions.]

I left this book on one of the ornamental flowerbeds near the Main Street bridge at around 2 or so, after a lovely brunch at the Peddler's Daughter pub. Hope the finder enjoys the book!

*** Released as part of the 2015 Keep Them Moving release challenge. ***