<DIV><DIV>A new course of material to accompany First Second's widely acclaimed 2008 comics textbook. <P></P><B>In their hotly anticipated follow-up to </B>2008's comics textbook <I>Drawing Words & Writing Pictures</I>, School of Visual Arts cartooning professors Matt Madden and Jessica Abel bring their expertise to bear on the “second semester” of a course of study for the budding cartoonist. <P></P>Covering advanced topics such as story composition, coloring, and file formatting, <I>Mastering Comics </I>is a vital companion to the introductory content of the first volume.</DIV></DIV>