For budding cartoonists, I recommend Duane Barnhart's Cartooning Basics: Creating the Characters by Duane Barnhart and Angie Barnhart. This useful guide with over 500 illustrations is an entertaining and humorous book filled with easy to follow suggestions that ensure that even beginners — young and old — can produce successful cartoons. Duane is a professional cartoonist who has been published in the Saturday Evening Post, his own syndicated comic strip, and many childrens' books. This book is based on Duane's teaching cartooning in schools and art centers as an artist in residence. Charles M.Schulz, Creator of Peanuts, wrote the foreword, and initial response indicates the book will become a standard reference in cartooning and teaching. Phone orders: 1-888-771-DRAW (3729). E-mail.
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