Guide To Cartooning - Softcover

Bohl, Al

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565541774 ISBN 13: 9781565541771

Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co, 1997

Synopsis

Provides instructions for drawing different styles of cartoons, including political, strips, books, and illustration, and gives advice on how to get a job in the field.

About this title

From the Back Cover

This is the book for anyone who wants to be a successful cartoonist. Easy-to-follow text and hundreds of illustrations teach the reader about
-- the history of cartooning
-- basic drawing skills
-- greeting cards
-- book and magazine illustration
-- humor writing
-- editorial and political cartoons
-- caricature
-- animation
-- comic strips
-- comic books

The author also gives tips on how to find a job in the various cartooning markets. An appendix of resources provides a list of recommended reading, instructional videos, helpful organizations, and schools.

Al Bohl is an author and cartoonist. He has designed covers for and written or illustrated nearly fifty books. His illustrated character Xanan is going to be featured in the upcoming live-action film The Fatal Limit. Bohl teaches cartooning as an adjunct professor at Louisiana State University in Shreveport. He is cofounder and president of the Ark-La-Tex Cartoonist Society and lives in Bossier City, Louisiana. This is his first book with Pelican.

Synopsis

Many times, an aptitude for cartooning exists at a young age but isn't encouraged because there's no one around who knows enough about the industry. Al Bohl has lived the cartoonist's life for decades, and he shares all the knowledge he's gained in "Guide to Cartooning". Readers will learn how to draw each type of cartoon and how to find a job in the various cartooning industries. Easy-to-follow text and hundreds of illustrations teach about the history of cartooning, basic drawing, greeting cards, illustration, humour writing, editorial and political cartoons, caricature, animation, comic strips, and comic books. This book can be used as a textbook in the classroom, or it can stand alone as a self-teaching guide. If it is purchased as a textbook, Guide to Cartooning. Teacher's Guide is available, with a grading breakdown, answers to the review questions and tips.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565541774
• ISBN 13: 9781565541771
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176