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How to Make Awesome Comics (a Phoenix Comic book, from bestselling comics creator Neill Cameron)

By Neill Cameron
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What's better than reading comics? Drawing your own! Join comics superstar Neill Cameron (Donut Squad) on an interactive and fun masterclass. Come up with ideas, create characters, and learn how to draw pretty much everything! Perfect for aspiring comic creators! A new and improved edition of... Read More
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What's better than reading comics? Drawing your own!

Join comics superstar Neill Cameron (Donut Squad) on an interactive and fun masterclass. Come up with ideas, create characters, and learn how to draw pretty much everything! Perfect for aspiring comic creators!

A new and improved edition of the original 2014 book.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781788451475

Publisher: David Fickling Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 08 October 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: DFB Phoenix

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 186.0mm

Height: 240.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 128

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About the Author

Neill Cameron is a comics creator and writer whose work features regularly in the much-loved comic The Phoenix. As well as the bestselling Donut Squad series, Neill is also the creator of the award-winning Mega Robo Bros series and How to Make Awesome Comics. He is also the author/illustrator of the popular middle-grade Freddy series.
When Neill isn't drawing and writing, he is often out and about at festivals, bookshops and running comic workshops - events which are hugely popular with all his many fans.

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