By joining circles, ovals, rectangles, cylinders, and other common shapes, even the budding artist can easily create 30 different characters a fireman, a drummer, a mailman, a cowboy, an astronaut, a roller-skating girl, a boy on a swing, and more. Simple directions, step-by-step illustrations, and blank practice pages make it even easier. You can color the pictures when you are done it's a fun-filled way to teach art to young children or a beginner that enjoys drawing.
About the Author
Barbara Soloff Levy has created over two dozen "How to Draw" guides for Dover, plus many other activity books. Since retiring from her job as an elementary school art teacher, she devotes much of her time thinking up new ideas for this popular series.
Timed perfectly with Marvel's 75th Anniversary, DK's bestselling Marvel Encyclopedia is now fully revised, extended, and updated.
Bring the Marvel Universe home with this all-inclusive encyclopedia detailing little-known facts and information about the iconic Marvel characters. This essential tome has been fully updated with 32 additional pages.
Created in full collaboration with Marvel Comics, the revised pages of Marvel Encyclopedia now feature new entries on the latest characters and teams, updated facts on existing ones including their latest looks and story lines, and expanded entries on major superheroes such as Spider-Man, Thor, and The Avengers. Special double-page features have also been added highlighting recent major crossover events in the Marvel Universe, such as Fear Itself, and the new Marvel Now series.
This book wouldn't be complete without the newly commissioned cover art by well-known Marvel artist Mike Deodato Jr..
Review
"This fully updated edition, the first in more than five years, profiles over 1,200 Marvel characters and includes entries on the many teams, superheroes, and storylines." - Wired's blog, Geekdad
"A must for comic book nerds" - The Denver Post
"An awesome addition to your Marvel library" - Agents of Geek
"This book contains every entry imaginable with just enough detail to enlighten but not overwhelm." - Wired's Geek Dad blog
"This coffee table volume is incredibly beautiful and presented in ways that online searching can't quite match." - PopMatters
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