- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: Watson-Guptill; illustrated edition edition (April 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0823013812
- ISBN-13: 978-0823013814
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 1.1 x 27.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 621 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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#458,072 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #55 in Books > Teens > Manga > By Creator > Hart, Christopher
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From Library Journal
Hart, a regular contributor to Mad Magazine and a comedy screenwriter, has produced a manual with equal emphasis on the art of cartooning and the art of comedy. He has the requisite chapters on how to draw funny characters, but he comes into his own when he analyses pacing and rhythm, set-up and punch lines, and the differences between dramatic and comedic scenes. Certain words, he maintains, are ordinary and certain ones funny (e.g., fat is ordinary, bloated is funny, four is ordinary, five is funny?as are all odd numbers). This and Robin Hall's The Cartoonist's Workbook: Drawing, Writing Gags, Selling (LJ 11/15/97) are the two best such books available.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 7^-12. Several recent books have dealt with cartooning, among them Al Bohl's overview Guide to Cartooning , which explores the art form's history as well as its practice. Hart, who keeps his eye on commercial potential, narrows his focus to one aspect of cartooning--creating single and multipanel comic strips. He begins with some helpful cartoon-art how-tos, but it's the subtleties about joke writing, pacing, framing, and dialogue he includes that make his book stand out. The graphics, many in color, are teamed closely with small blocks of text and captions to get the message across. Hart's swaggering wit occasionally gets in the way, but usually not long enough to stop the flow of information. To be sure, Hart makes it seem easier than it is, but teenage art students who would like to see their work in the Sunday funnies would do well to start here. Tips on becoming a professional cartoonist and some helpful resources round out the text. Point interested teens to Scott McCloud's excellent adult book Understanding Comics (1993) for an even deeper view. Stephanie Zvirin
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5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain: How to Come Up with Jokes for Cartoons and Comic Strips (Paperback)
Very helpful book on the basics of creating comics. I needed a book that would take me from square one and show me the ropes. This did all that and more. I would definitely recommend this book!
2.0 out of 5 stars
Bleh,
By Comicstripper (Washington DC) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain: How to Come Up with Jokes for Cartoons and Comic Strips (Paperback)
I wanted this book to be good. I really did. It had what I was looking for, info on the most important aspect of cartooning: the writing.But, unless you intend to create cliche, unoriginal cartoons, this book is not for you. Because that's all it does. It explains in detail the most common cartoon character stereotypes and how you should use them. it tells you what is normally done and tells you to do the same. cartooning is not about following paths that have already been followed. i enjoyed The Naked Cartoonist by Robert Mankoff, cartoon editor for the New Yorker. It explains the creative process in general.Here's my advice: don't listen to advice from cartoonists who aren't even successful themselves. they clearly don't know what they're talking about.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book but not what I was looking for.,
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This review is from: Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain: How to Come Up with Jokes for Cartoons and Comic Strips (Paperback)
Well this book has it all. How to draw and come up with characters, how to layout out for comic panals. What and What not to do writing strips and doing the comic layout, etc. I'de say you have it all here. I was just hoping it would give more on writing scripts, but I guess there realy is no help guid it's just skill.
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