Adventures in Cartooning
How to Turn Your Doodles Into Comics
$43.59
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2009
Summary
In this action-packed cartooning adventure, you will have as much fun making comics as reading them!Once upon a time… a princess tried to make a comic. And with the help of a magical cartooning elf, she learned how - well enough to draw her way out of an encounter with a dangerous dragon, near-death by drowning, and into her very own adventure! Like the princess, young readers will discover that they already have the drawing and writing skills it takes to make a comic - they just need a littl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781596433694 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1596433698 |
| Author: | James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, Alexis Frederick-Frost |
| Publisher: | Roaring Brook Press |
| Imprint: | First Second |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2009 |
| Weight: | 348g |
| Dimensions: | 193mm x 257mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Adventures in Cartooning |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“As an examination of the medium, [Adventures in Cartooning is] a supremely worthy spiritual legacy to Scott McCloud’s seminal Understanding Comics (1993). As a straight-up graphic adventure, it may be the best of the year.” –Booklist, starred review“Each tutorial panel contains clever and inventive touches that illustrate the capabilities of the format… This is a volume for kids who love comics, who enjoy an adventure filled with action and humor, are natural-born artists, or who aspire to become comic-book creators. A surefire hit.” –School Library Journal, starred review
“Though seemingly simplistic, this multilayered composition is an excellent teaching tool to whet the appetites of aspiring young doodlers and even offers a pleasant twist in an otherwise apparently straightforward plot. … Entertaining and surprisingly edifying.” –Kirkus Reviews
“Even seasoned comics readers may more fully appreciate the work of their favorite creators after reading this book.” –Shelf Awareness
About The Author
James Sturm
The three-headed cartooning monster who created this book is: Eisner Award-winning James Sturm, who also founded the Center for Cartoon Studies, and two of his former students, Alexis Frederick-Frost and Andrew Arnold. The three-headed cartooning monster lives in Vermont and New York.
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