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BOOKS

  • Block, Herbert. Herblock: A Cartoonist's Life. New York: Random House. 1993.
    This memoir of editorial cartoonist Herblock was written as he began his second 50 years at The Washington Post. Includes his lifeand his art, including 250 cartoons from F.D.R. to Clinton.

  • Brooks, Charles, ed. Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year, 1996 edition.Gretna, La.: Pelican Publishing Co., 1996.

  • Caswell, Lucy Shelton, ed. INKS: Cartoon and Comic Art Studies Centennial Edition. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1995.
    This is a special edition of Inks: Cartoon and Comic Art Studies, a journal published tri-annually.

  • Gautier, . Drawing and Cartooning: 1,001 Caricatures. New York: The Berkley Publishing Group. 1995.
    From photographs to caricatures, over and over students are given practice to develop the techniques and skill of exaggeration. Go from this book to photographs of members of the students' families and the student body.

  • Glasbergen, Randy. Getting Started Drawing and Selling Cartoons. Cincinnati, Ohio: North Light Books,1993.

  • _____. How to Be a Successful Cartoonist. Cincinnati, Ohio: North Light Books,1996.

  • Hall, Robin. The Cartoonist's Workbook. New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. 1997.
    Hall provides 112 pages of helpful techniques and step-by-step skill-building practices using his "keyhole" drawing method.

  • McKenzie, Alan. How to Draw and Sell Comic Strips ... for Newspapers and Comic Books. Cincinnati, Ohio: North Light Books, 1987.

  • Staake, Bob. The Complete Book of Caricature. Cincinnati, Ohio: North Light Books, 1991.

  • _____. The Complete Book of Humorous Art. Cincinnati, Ohio: North Light Books, 1996.
    Suggests how to create clever and funny pictures for magazines, ads, posters, books, greeting cards and packaging. In this frank and witty guide, 20 of today's top humorous illustrators talk about their work, including techniques and tools and getting started in the business.


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