Shonen manga means boys’ comics—those comics read primarily by boys. This type of manga is more action- and hero-oriented than shoujo, the girls’ manga. Shonen Art Studio
demonstrates the myriad ways that shonen manga characters and background scenes can be personalized, adapted, and customized, and reveals the secrets of manga storytelling, pacing, and panel
and page composition. The accompanying CD includes gutsy contemporary heroes, cute
girls, supporting casts, backgrounds, page layouts, speech balloons, tones, speed lines, fonts, and eff ects—everything a budding mangaka could ever need to create his own, professional looking
shonen comics.
