Books for manga panels or storyboard?

General Question

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:

  1. 'Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen' by Steven D. Katz

  2. 'Film Directing Cinematic Motion: A workshop for Staging Scenes' by Steven D. Katz

  3. 'Directing the Story' by Francis Glebas

  4. '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

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