Books for manga panels or storyboard?
Hi, I'm a beginner artist. My purpose for drawing is making my own manga or comics.
However, there are tons of books about 'Figure Drawing', or 'Anatomy Drawing' like Andrew Loomis's books, but I have no idea about making storyboards or manga panels.
I mean, in my manga's 1st page, how much panels do I need? Or Should I draw character's front face or side face? I want to learn this, but when I google 'How to draw manga' books, most of them are teach drawing cute anime faces.
I searched 'Storyboard books', and I found some:
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'Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen' by Steven D. Katz
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'Film Directing Cinematic Motion: A workshop for Staging Scenes' by Steven D. Katz
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'Directing the Story' by Francis Glebas
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'How to Draw' by Scott Robertson with Thomas Bertling
However, those books are mostly for films, and I already have 'How to Draw' by Scott Robertson but it's about perspective.
Any books teach you how to make panels for mangas? Thank you.
Posted Nov 5, 2025, 11:52 PM UTC