Guide to Cartooning

By Al Bohl

Book Overview

"So chockablock with information that any teen interested in cartooning will come away with a multitude of tips and tricks . . . Black-and-white sketches bring Bohl's lessons to life."
--Booklist

Who doesn't know a teenager who loves to draw cartoons? How many high-school notebooks in this country are covered with doodles? Many times, an aptitude for cartooning exists at a young age but is not encouraged because there is no one around who knows enough about the industry.

Now anyone, of any age, who wants to be a cartoonist has a friend in the business. Al Bohl has lived the cartoonist's life for decades, and he shares all the knowledge he has gained in Guide to Cartooning.

Readers will learn how to draw each type of cartoon and how to find a job in the various cartooning industries. Easy-to-follow text and hundreds of illustrations teach basic drawing, greeting cards, illustration, humor writing, editorial and political cartoons, caricature, animation, comic strips, and comic books, as well as the history of cartooning. A resource appendix lists further suggested reading, how-to videos, art supply stores, art schools, and cartooning organizations.

Guide to Cartooning can be used as a textbook in the high-school or college classroom, or it can stand alone as a self-teaching guide. If it is purchased as a textbook, Guide to Cartooning: Teacher's Guide is available, with a grading breakdown, answers to the review questions, and tips.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Al Bohl is a successful cartoonist and writer who also teaches cartooning classes for the Continuing Education Department of Louisiana State University at Shreveport. Although this is his first book for Pelican, he has designed book covers for, written, and/or illustrated nearly fifty books throughout his career. Cofounder and president of the Ark-La-Tex Cartoonist Society, he lives in Bossier City, Louisiana.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1565541774
• ISBN13: 9781565541771
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.5" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

A Fun and Informative Guide to Cartooning

I have been an artist for some years now, but I am always looking for intersting and fun ideas. Al Bohl's book offers great advice and lots of hands on activities for the skilled and not so skilled. I have never been very adept at characatures or portrait drawing and his book has helped me move past many roadblocks. It us fun, and filled with good advice and humor - absolutely essential for me. He offers advice on cartooning as a career as well. I loved it.