I have always been interested in comics but here at where I live, majority of people just divide comics into two: either you go for Japanese style or do any of the Superhero titles. I liked drawing comics when I was a kid, but that kind of division put me off quite a lot. It's understandable in a sense, because this is a third-world country where comics are relatively "new" compared to other countries such as Japan, Korea, China, etc. It's not that I hate the dominant platform of Japanese manga and Marvel-DC titles, but I felt that I could not place myself at any of these two worlds. I am not very good at putting this into words? I love reading them, but I can't picture myself creating them.

After I entered university, I discovered a lot of independent and web-published comics, and that helped me in growing my interest in making my own stuff. I realized that there is so much more than just the widely marketed titles, or the giant names. So I went to do more readings, offline and online... but it never occurred to me to keep track of what I actually have read until I bumped into the same thing twice. ^^;

So-- this 'masterpost' is created for my own use. Even though the medium of comics is highly related to general drawing and writing knowledge, I am trying to keep the items listed here as specific as possible. I'll also edit this post as I go.


BOOKS

Will Eisner's:

• Comics and Sequential Art 
• Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative
• Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative

Scott McCloud's:

• Understanding Comics
• Reinventing Comics
• Making Comics

ARTICLES:

COMIC DRAWING AND PANELING

• I want to make cartoons & comics but I have no idea where to start! by Sarah McIntyre
• Student notes from SCAD's Sequential Art Class
• Wallace Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work
• Acting in Comics
• 10 Rules for Drawing Comics from Various Artists (I love how it's compiled altogether, allowing us to learn from many instead of just one person)
• Temple of Seven Golden Camels (ultimate resource for storyboarding-- but we know how close storyboarding and comic making is)
• Giant resource of Comic Tools (or drawing tools in general, they don't care whether it's traditional or digital platform, which is great!)

COMIC WRITING

• Kelly Sue DeConnick's Tips for Writing (includes tips on how to read comics critically + how to analyze and write for artists)
• Graphic Novel Script Format by Tim Stout
• Don't Do This to Us, Writers! (a discussion of what comic writers shouldn't do from the artist's point of view)

MARKETING, PITCHING AND PUBLISHING

• Paul Allor's Self-Publishing 101

Should you have any other recommendations, or anything you'd like to add to the list, feel free to leave a comment! :)