This is the ultimate look into comic book creator Mike Allred's scrapbooks, sketchbooks, and secret files! Allred provides commentary throughout this visual bonanza revealing all the big breaks, influences, inspirations, turning points, friendships, collaborations, toys, merchandise, breakthroughs, setbacks and successes, all to show how a career is made and sustained. Each of the book's 64 pages is jam-packed with visual milestones. Allred shares techniques and tools he uses, as well as how he works with his wife and colorist Laura Allred in a tour of their homes and studios. It's unlikely that any publication has ever provided this amount of detail and insight into the career of an artist.