L'adolescente Paul è a Taiwan per due settimane, ospite del fratello Theo che ha trovato un lavoro e una fidanzata ed è innamorato del paese. Il ragazzo non è entusiasta della vacanza, impostagli dal padre nel tentativo di staccarlo dai videogiochi e suscitare in lui un minimo di entusiasmo. Quando il fratello va via per un giorno, Paul esce di casa per la prima volta al solo scopo di acquistare una nuova edizione del Nintendo in un negozio di elettronica. Ma il suo telefono cade in una pozzanghera e lo lascia senza la possibilità di contattare nessuno, senza GPS e senza alcuna speranza di ritrovare la via di casa. Completamente smarrito, Paul girovaga senza criterio per le stradine strette e tortuose della città finché non incontra Peijing, una coetanea taiwanese che parla molto bene inglese e che si mostra estremamente gentile con lui. Grazie alla ragazza, e alle persone che gli farà conoscere, Paul trascorrerà una giornata che lo cambierà profondamente, nella quale scoprirà la bellezza di Taiwan e ritroverà la voglia di mettersi alla prova e superare limiti e paure. 'Lost in Taiwan' è una storia di formazione fresca e leggera che ci ricorda come uscire dalla comfort zone sia a volte la miglior cosa che ci possa capitare. Età di lettura: da 12 anni.

Megan e Cass sono cresciute insieme. Ogni anno, le loro famiglie andavano in vacanza nel Michigan, dove le ragazze si rilassavano in riva al lago e disegnavano, dagli scarabocchi da bambine ai ritratti della loro adolescenza. Dopo il trasferimento a New York per la separazione dei genitori, Cass invita Megan a passare l'estate con lei a Brooklin. Megan accetta con gioia, ma la Cass che troverà non è la stessa di quand'erano bambine: è un'artista ribelle, uno spirito libero, senza regole, perfettamente integrata nella grande città. Le ragazze iniziano a collaborare su un dipinto che sarà presentato in una mostra in una prestigiosa galleria locale. Ma quando un segreto viene alla luce e una di loro supera il limite la loro amicizia riuscirà a sopravvivere?

L'iperrealismo è la raffigurazione estremamente precisa delle cose che ci circondano. Con pochi semplici strumenti - carta, acquerelli, matite, pennelli, gouache - Mark Crilley ci mostrerà come disegnare in modo più realista della realtà. I suoi 30 progetti di riproduzione iperrealistica ci insegneranno a trattare gli aspetti pittorici fondamentali: ombreggiatura, colore, punti luce, superfici trasparenti in vetro o plastica, composizioni di materiali diversi. Alla fine, il risultato sarà sorprendente: accostando l'oggetto vero alla sua riproduzione, le forme dipinte rifletteranno quelle reali come in uno specchio!

An instructional art book in narrative graphic novel form that uses the tale of one aspiring young artist and his reluctant mentor to impart easy-to-follow lessons on the fundamentals of drawing.

With over 10 million views and growing, Mark Crilley's YouTube drawing instruction videos have an enormous worldwide legion of fans and have been featured on sites such as Yahoo News and Reddit. In addition, Crilley is an accomplished graphic novelist. Now for the first time, he pairs both strengths resulting in a one-of-a-kind art instruction experience. Through the story of aspiring, overeager young artist-in-the-making David and his helpful, but often flustered mentor, Becky, readers gain a grounding in the basics of drawing and rendering, along with a helping of laughs and poignant entertainment. Each lesson builds off the previous, with sidebars at the end of each chapter that direct readers to tackle some of the very same drawing exercises that David has just completed. The sequential art format provides the perfect vehicle for these step-by-step lessons, and the Pixar-esque approach to the surrounding characters and story ensures an enjoyable experience that readers will want to revisit again and again.

A captivating, step-by-step guide that teaches artists to draw and paint exact duplicates of common objects, rendered in the trompe l'oeil, hyperrealistic style of artist Mark Crilley's popular YouTube video series.

Are You Up to the Challenge?

With just watercolors, colored pencils, and white gouache, artist Mark Crilley takes you step-by-step through his process for producing stunning, hyperrealistic recreations of everyday items. Based on Crilley’s mega-popular “Realism Challenge” YouTube videos,The Realism Challenge contains thirty lessons demonstrating how to render mirror-like duplicates in the trompe l’oeil tradition of everything from shells, leaves, and candy bars to your very own still life arrangements. Each lesson builds off the previous one, as you’ll master essential artistic techniques like creating drop shadows, adding highlights, and building from light to dark. Learn the secrets of one of hyperrealism’s biggest stars. Come take . . .The Realism Challenge!

Everything has changed for Brody since teenaged ghost Talia entered his life. Now trained in the supernatural arts, strong in mind and body, and with Talia's murder solved, Brody has mere hours to stop her killer from making his ex-girlfriend Nicole the next victim. Everything Brody has worked for has been building up to this day. But first, he'll have to pull his greatest feat yet--convincing a furious Talia to help him escape from jail! Even if he manages that, the race is on save Nicole before her criminal boyfriend or the police find him!

Brody gets a pivotal lead in his search for the Penny Murderer and his quest to save his ex-girlfriend's life! But to follow it, Brody has to break ties with his ghostly guide Talia, just when he needs her most!

* From multiple Eisner nominee Mark Crilley (Akiko, Miki Falls)!

* Brody's quest races toward its climax!

* Bargain-priced 96-page digest!

Manga is still a hot category, and recent manga instruction titles, especially Mastering Manga with Mark Crilley, are best-sellers. Crilley has a large following, with nearly 1 million followers on YouTube, as well as huge followings on his own website and online forum, making him far and away the most popular 'how-to-draw-manga' guy around, and arguably the best known on the Internet as a whole

30+ step-by-step demos and mini-demos give great drawing instruction for a wide range of subjects not covered in the first book, including poses and perspective, along with activities that give fast results with traditional media such as basic pencils and pens.

After his physical and supernatural training with samurai ghost Kagemura, Brody is ready to continue his investigation of a series of murders, even as he learns more about how the ghost girl Talia died and why she started him on his quest.

Brody's fight training, under the tutelage of samurai ghost Kagemura, has toughened his body and honed his senses so finely that Brody can not only communicate with ghosts, but envision how and when someone dies. However, his new skills aren't quite powerful enough to uncover the whereabouts of the mysterious Penny Murderer.

It's THE book on manga from YouTube's most popular art instruction Guru!

There's more to manga than big, shiny eyes and funky hair. In these action-packed pages, graphic novelist Mark Crilley shows you step-by-step how to achieve an authentic manga style?from drawing faces and figures to laying out awesome, high-drama spreads. You'll learn how a few basic lines will help you place facial features in their proper locations and simple tricks for getting body proportions right. Plus, you'll find inspiration for infusing your work with expression, attitude and action.

This is the book fans have been requesting for years, packed with expert tips on everything from hairstyles and clothing to word bubbles and sound effects, delivered in the same friendly, easy-to-follow style that has made Mark Crilley one of the '25 Most Subscribed to Gurus on YouTube.' Take this opportunity to turn the characters and stories in your head into professional-quality art on the page!

Packed with everything you need to make your first (or your best-ever) manga stories!

• 30 step-by-step demonstrations showing how to draw faces and figures for a variety of ages and body types
• Inspirational galleries featuring 101 eyes, 50 ways to draw hands, 40 hairstyles, 12 common expressions, 30 classic poses and more!
• Tutorials to create a variety of realistic settings
• Advanced lessons on backgrounds, inking, sequencing and layout options

Brody knew that being mixed up with Talia, a dead girl turned ghost, was going to change his life forever. He just didn't realize it was going to involve going head to head with one of the most vicious gangs in the whole city. But here he is, giving himself over to the bizarre training methods of Kagemura, an ancient samurai ghost, to transform himself from a flabby slacker to a peak-condition fighter capable of bringing the city's most dangerous criminals to their knees.

Don't miss the second installment of Brody's Ghost, Dark Horse's exciting saga from thirteen-time Eisner nominee Mark Crilley.

When Brody comes face to face with a ghost, she tells him he is a ghost seer and she needs his help catching a killer.

Can love survive?

It's winter, and a bitter chill of desperation has settled over Miki and Hiro. Far from home, the young couple treks through the frozen north, with Akuzu's powerful agents hot on their trail. Miki knows they are determined to tear her and Hiro apart.

But she has different plans.

With the help of an unlikely ally, Miki and Hiro endure a daring journey, battling freezing conditions and frightening forces just to be together. Miki is certain they can make it, hoping that love really does conquer all.

Is their secret safe?

It's autumn, and Miki Yoshida's life is finally settling into a routine. She and Hiro are spending all their time together, and Miki couldn't be happier.

There's just one problem.

Hiro's breaking all the rules to be with Miki, and the more time they spend together?and the more they fall for each other?the more there is at stake. With jealous Reika on the prowl, Miki knows they can't hide forever.

Has Miki fallen too hard?

It's summer, and Miki Yoshida is learning all about love. Her senior year has blossomed with promise ever since she gained Hiro Sakurai's confidence. Now, she's resolved to keep his trust as he reveals more about his secret mission and warns:

'Don't get involved.'

But Miki fears his work might do more harm than good, and she takes control—with disastrous results. How can trying to make things right turn out so dangerously wrong?

It's spring—a time for new beginnings. This is Miki Yoshida's final year of high school, and she's determined to make this the best year yet. Miki is in control . . .

. . . until Hiro Sakurai shows up.

The tall, handsome new student is hiding something, and Miki wants to know what. As she breaks down Hiro's defenses, she is unnerved by how much she cares about him. Too bad he is the one guy who can't care for her back. But Miki is falling for Hiro, and nothing's going to stop her from getting close to him—not even his dangerous secret.

When fourth grader Akiko finds a spacecraft hovering outside her window one night, she begins the adventure of a lifetime. She is whisked off to the planet Smoo to lead a team searching for the King of Smoo’s kidnapped son. Akiko the head of a rescue mission? She’s afraid to be on the school’s safety patrol! So begins the adventures of Akiko, wherein she meets her team — Spuckler Boach, Gax, Poog, and Mr. Beeba — and sets off on a journey across Smoo to find a prince and become a leader.

Akiko and her extraterrestrial crew–Spuckler Boach, Mr. Beeba, Gax, and Poog–are back! Unfortunately, they're also lost. If they're to complete their mission to save the kidnapped Prince Froptoppit, their only hope is to find the mysterious Queen Pwip of the Sprubly Islands, who may be able to help them. First, however, Akiko and the gang will have to survive a skugbit storm, make their way out of the belly of a giant sea snake, and sail the Moonguzzit Sea to safety. Just another day in the life of our intergalactic heroes!