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Title: Drawing Cartoons (First Steps Series) by Mark Heath ISBN: 0891348263 Publisher: North Light Books Pub. Date: February, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.99

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5

Rating: 5
Summary: Something for everyone from beginner to pro
Comment: This book is the first one I read this year (back on Jan 1!). I've since re-read it a few times and continue to find it enjoyable and impressive.

For me, Chapter Four alone is worth the price of admission. Page 79 is priceless, truly inspiring -- and I have to agree with it: after about 35 years of serious drawing, I still learn new things about cartooning all the time, it never stops. [And more than a couple of those new things are ones I learned out of this book.]

What Mark Heath has achieved here is not easy: a fresh approach to the basics that can help raw newbies and wizened amateurs alike. I never felt like "this is stuff I've already read a million times" -- Mark sidesteps the usual intro material and approaches it from a new slant or adds new insights to it.

If you're new, this is a great intro to cartooning that allows you lots of room to find your own style while homing in on solid quality work. If you're an old hand, this book will still show you a few new wrinkles, and re-awaken your love for the artform all over again. What more can you ask?

Rating: 5
Summary: Think Like a Cartoonist
Comment: This is a great book for beginning cartoonists. Mark Heath's "Drawing Cartoons" is the first "how to draw" book to help me learn how to "think like a cartoonist." Most drawing books I've seen in the past give the reader step-by-step line drawings to copy. While this approach often results in a flashy finished-product for the reader, the beginning cartoonist is left without the "tools" for creating drawings from scratch, on his or her own. Mark's emphasis, in contrast, is on arming the beginning artist with the means to create his or her own cartoons from the ground up. For example, he advises, "cartoons don't perfect detail, but rather, suggest detail." Advice like this helps the budding cartoonist think like a professional. In addition, Mark's warm and witty sense of humor make for a enjoyable first, second, and third-time "reads." I really like it!

Rating: 5
Summary: The Best "How-To" Cartooning Book Yet!
Comment: As a professional advertising cartoonist and part-time teacher of cartoon and caricature art, I read Mr Heath's book in one sitting, and I have re-read sections many times. I share it with my students who find much in it to add to their art, while I am constantly entertained and enlightened by Mr Heath's thoughtful and witty approach to a deceptively simple, yet complex and personal art form. His hand-rendered text and accompanying art make this book the best "how-to" cartoon book I have ever seen, utilizing a unique approach that preserves the reader's intelligence and personal drawing style. "Drawing Cartoons" will be a thought-provoking addition to any beginner, teacher, artist or cartoonist's library.

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