The human machine -- Muscles activate movement -- Draftsmanship -- The head -- All living things want to survive -- The language of posture and gesture -- Human emotion -- Aggressive physical action -- Taking pictures -- Physical communication -- Using the expressive capacity of the human body -- Posture and power -- Anatomy, staging and the total composition -- Anatomy and stereotype -- Physiognomy -- Acting -- In practice -- Schools offering courses in comics creation.

In this work, Eisner reveals his techniques and theories about movement, body mechanics, facial expressions, and posture: the key components and, generally, the most challenging aspects of effective graphic storytelling.