Adventures in cartooning : characters in action!

Format:

Book

Title:

Adventures in cartooning : characters in action!

Other title(s):

Center for Cartoon Studies presents

Author:

Sturm, James, 1965- artist author

ISBN:

9781596437326

9780606323062

Edition:

First edition.

Publication:

New York, New York : First Second, 2013.

Physical Description:

61 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 19 x 26 cm

Series title(s):

Adventures in cartooning Jr.

General Note:

Cover title.

Summary:

The Knight, Edward the chubby horse, and, of course, the Magic Cartooning Elf are back for more fun, but this time they're sharing the stage with a host of new characters. In Adventures in Cartooning: Characters In Action, you'll learn how to create your own kooky characters. And fresh faces are needed -- the famous director Otto Airs is making a movie, and he's invited everyone in the kingdom to audition! It's your chance to dream up boatloads of wacky characters to star in the film. Discover how body language and expression are used to tell a story, dress a wizard to the nines, and choose the perfect rogue robot. After following the heroes on their cartooning adventure, you'll be ready to create characters to star in your own comic book!

Subject(s):

Cartoon characters -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Juvenile literature.

Comic books, strips, etc. -- Technique -- Juvenile literature.

Cartooning -- Technique -- Juvenile literature.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals

Graphic novels

Comics (Graphic works)

Juvenile works

Comic books, strips, etc.

Added Author:

Arnold, Andrew (Artist)

Frederick-Frost, Alexis

Added Corporate Author:

Center for Cartoon Studies,

Holds:

Available:*

Library	Call Number	Status
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Summary

The Knight, Edward the chubby horse, and of course the Magic Cartooning Elf are back for more fun, but this time they're sharing the stage with a host of new characters.

In Adventures in Cartooning: Characters In Action you'll learn how to create your own kooky characters. And fresh faces are needed -- the famous director Otto Airs is making a movie, and he's invited everyone in the kingdom to audition! It's your chance to dream up boatloads of wacky characters to star in the film. Discover how body language and expression are used to tell a story, dress a wizard to the nines, and choose the perfect rogue robot. After following the heroes on their cartooning adventure, you'll be ready to create characters to star in your own comic book!

Author Notes

James Sturm is a cartoonist and educator. His graphic novels include T he Golem's Mighty Swing , Market Day , and Off Season . He most recently worked on Health and Wealth, A Graphic Guide To The US Healthcare System . He is currently working on a graphic novel adaptation of Watership Down with Joe Sutphin. James is also the cofounder of the Center For Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont. He lives and works nearby on a former goat farm.

Alexis Frederick-Frost is co-author and illustrator of the critically acclaimed Adventures in Cartooning series of graphic novels and picture books. A combination how-to book and exciting adventure story, Adventures in Cartooning: how to turn your doodles into comics, was one of Booklist's Top Ten Graphic Novel of 2010 and has encouraged hundreds of young artists to create their own comics. He also wrote and illustrated the monthly comic Kit and Clay for The Phoenix Magazine in the United Kingdom and has contributed to a variety of publications online and in print. A graduate from the inaugural class of the Center for Cartoon Studies, Alexis lives with his wife in Maryland.

Andrew Arnold is an author-illustrator and co-creator of the award-winning Adventures in Cartooning series from First Second Books. He writes and draws from his home in Brooklyn, New York, in the company of his wife and their son. What's the Matter, Marlo? is his debut picture book.

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 2-5-Continuing in their adventures, a knight and her horse, Edward, are thrown into a quest to save the king, only to find that his castle has been taken over by a movie director. Although the book touches on topics such as facial expressions, body language, and proportions, it teaches very little overall and instead, much like other entries in the series, focuses on promoting creativity through zany scenarios and humorous characters. The drawing style is simple and appealing and can be easily mimicked by budding artists. However, it is one thing to show interesting characters, but quite another to teach how to draw them. Children will appreciate the humor, but some will be disappointed by the lack of instruction. Consider purchasing where the original is popular.-Peter Blenski, Greenfield Public Library, WI (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Kirkus Review

This is a Zen sort of art book. It teaches advanced art techniques while hardly talking about drawing at all. If the book had an index, there would be entries for "Boat-a-saurus" and "Clown-a-clops" and "Bandit raccoon" and "Witch, 7 years old." There are more characters on the cover of the book than in some entire novels. The authors write: "the ones we couldn't fit INSIDE the book are here, on the back cover!" There's so much going on in this drawing book that there's barely any room for drawing tips. Most of the drawing lessons appear between pages 48 and 53. The rest of the book is an adventure story with knights and frogs and, for some reason, a movie director. And yet, the drawing tips are remarkably useful. The authors explain in just a few panels how a peanut shape can be turned into every possible character or personality type. It goes without saying that they draw dozens of sample characters. This is, in short, a very silly book. The About the Authors section takes up two whole pages and contains no information about the authors. But it has a cowboy and a robot and a monster with two heads, and for fans of the series, that will be more than enough. Hysterical--and useful. (Nonfiction. 6-12)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.