Thursday, November 06, 2008
Education: How To Be A Cartoonist In 16 Easy Pages
This post is just the tip of the iceberg... see reason number 8 on our The Top Ten Reasons To Support The A-HAA for links to more great art instruction posts.
Yesterday, Archive Supporter Sherm Cohen stopped by with a contribution for our collection of vintage cartooning courses. It's hard to imagine packing a whole course in cartooning into sixteen 4x6 inch pages, but this pamphlet from WWII attempts to do just that. There's plenty of GI type humor in here... I'm sure the suggestion to sketch the anatomy of the men in the shower was made with tongue firmly planted in cheek! There's a lot of fun drawings in here. Enjoy!
Thanks, Sherm for sharing this with us!
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13 Comments:
thank you guys for posting this it is very helpful
Thanks for sharing this scan with us!
Where do I apply for my carttoning job! ;)
Besides the useful Preston Blair I added this lessons.Many Thanks!
Adding they have a good sense of humor when explaining.
What year? Any imprint information? Thanks!
No year listed, but it would be during WW2. There are other booklets listed in the back for hobbies like Leathercraft and Bookbinding. It says to get copies, see your "Special Services Officer".
WOW! Thanks for posting this! I have already created a bootleg version of it to show my students. Thanks a ton.
Not to start an argument, here, but I prefer the Preston Blair animation book (first edition) to this.
Now, don't get me wrong, I do like this book (especially with its pages on inking and the female cartoon), but the PB book seems easier to get into.
Either way, thanks for putting this up, Steve.
-J. R. Spumkin
WOW that those are awesome Steve! Thank you for scanning posting these. Great short had styles for sketching too!
This is amazing! Thank you.
Well, pretty much everything you need to take a stab at cartooning is already there indeed.
The "Racial Symbols" page is priceless.
Any chance this might've been created by Will Eisner? It kind of looks like something he'd've done.
I am most amused by the advice on page 7 to learn anatomy by sketching naked men in the shower or barracks. I am sure that worked well for everyone who tried it.
Greetings to you.
The most useful illustrations,clear sketches.simply superb for cartoon learners like me.
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