How to draw comic book heroes and villains
Christopher Hart
Covers how to create your own original comic book characters, draw fight scenes, design special powers, and invent imaginary creatures, with a section on how the comic business works.
Read Time: ~5.3 hr
Phantom thief Jeanne
by story and art by Arina Tanemura (2014)
About this book
High school student Maron Kusakabe has a secret: she's Phantom Thief Jeanne. She sneaks into private art collections to steal paintings in which demons reside. Jeanne's task is to seal the demons before they can devour human hearts. So far she's been able to evade the police on her midnight outings, but now another thief has come onto the scene--Phantom Thief Sinbad--and he's trying to take the paintings before she does!.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CorePhantom thief Jeanne Lead Character
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