"Art Panels, Bam! Speech Bubbles, Pow!: Writing Your Own Graphic Novel" by Trisha Speed Shaskan is a creative guide for aspiring graphic novelists. It encourages readers to combine visual art and storytelling by breaking down the elements of graphic novels—such as plot, character development, and dialogue. With engaging exercises and tips, the book provides a structured approach to crafting original stories, designing characters, and formatting panels and speech bubbles. Ultimately, it inspires young writers to unleash their creativity and bring their unique narratives to life through the dynamic medium of graphic novels. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is part of a book series called Writers Toolbox .

This book is aimed at children at US 2nd grade-4th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 7-9 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2010 by Picture Window Books .

Stephen Shaskan holds a BFA in Illustration from Rhode Island School of Design. Since graduating, and moving to Minnesota, he has done freelance illustrations for advertising agencies, and poster designs for local bands, theatre companies/productions and area events. Born in 1974 in Nantes, France, Gerald grew up in nine different cities around the land of cheese. He graduated from the National School of Applied Art (also called Olivier de Serres) in 1998. Gerald's creativity blossomed at a web design company, an event studio, a video-games studio, and then several animations studios. Aside from illustration, Gerald has many other interests, including managing the French Comics Artists association "Rendez-Vous" (which published its first book at Akileos publishing in 2009), or co-leading with the Japanese Artist Daisuke Tsutsumi the artistic and charity project "Sketchtravel," a real sketchbook shared by 70 illustrators from all around the world. When Trisha Speed Shaskan was a girl, she wanted to become a superhero. Her mother gave her a Wonder Woman costume. Her dad crafted her a tiara and bracelets out of metal to match. Trisha imagined she could fight evil, fly an invisible airplane, and get anyone to tell the truth. While she didn't grow up to be Wonder Woman, she still uses her imagination to write stories and to teach creative writing. Trisha has taught creative writing to children and adults for thirteen years. She has published 26 books for children, and more are forthcoming. She has an MFA in creative writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. Trisha currently lives in Minneapolis with her husband, Stephen, and their cat, Eartha, named after Eartha Kitt, famous for her role as Catwoman.