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Jessica Abel is the author and co-author of books on comics, storytelling, and creative work, including Out on the Wire, La Perdida, and the Drawing Words & Writing Pictures series. As Seen In The Austin Chronicle AV Club Los Angeles Times Entertainment Weekly The Chicago Reader Book Riot Mental Floss The New York Times Book Review The Forward The Globe and Mail Time Magazine Transom in print non-fiction Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life Go from overwhelmed, anxious, and stuck, to consistent, clear, and in control of your creative life. “Abel delivers a motivating productivity guide for people who have trouble finishing creative projects.” – Publisher’s Weekly learn more in print non-fiction…
Growing Gills: How to Find Creative Focus When You’re Drowning in Your Daily Life
Go from overwhelmed, anxious, and stuck, to consistent, clear, and in control of your creative life.
Out on the Wire: the Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio
Discover how the best of the best in radio and podcasting make their magic. Ira Glass, Alex Blumberg, and more.
Trish Trash: Rollergirl of Mars
Trish “Trash” Nupindju is a talented young hoverderby player on Mars. She wants desperately to go pro but her family is going broke faster than her escape velocity.
La Perdida
Carla heads to Mexico City with a backpack, a few hundred dollars, and a head full of preconceptions. A story about finding yourself by getting lost.
Drawing Words & Writing Pictures
The alchemical art of combining words and pictures to make comics: go in with nothing, and come out with a finished comic in just 15 chapters.
Mastering Comics: Drawing Words & Writing Pictures continued
Mastering Comics goes deeper and wider, introducing everything from webcomics to color, and helps the developing artist get from spark to finished work.