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Action! Cartooning Paperback - 2004

by Ben Caldwell

Written and illustrated by a former Marvel Comics' artist with brilliant hand-done images throughout, this graphic handbook to cartooning focuses on superheroes and their atmospheric world filled with speed and movement.


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The best book on a hot new subject! This jam-packed how-to by a former Marvel Comics cartoonist offers everything a budding artist needs. Written and illustrated by a former Marvel Comics' artist with brilliant hand-done images throughout, this graphic handbook of cartooning is without equal. Its simply larger, better illustrated, and more in depth than any similar title on the market. In elaborate detail, it focuses on superheroes and their atmospheric world filled with speed and movement. Every aspect of creating cartoons is taught: the supplies, developing mood, and the techniques that endow characters with personality. See how to draw a variety of faces (female, heroic, cute, gaunt), and give the appearance of age. From the skeleton to the torso, to the arms, hands, and legs, follow every stroke that goes into producing bodies of all shapes and sizes. Finally, theres instruction on sending those figures into running, jumping, punching, kicking action in a fully realized scene. With advice so thorough, any amateur can become a pro.

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  • Title Action! Cartooning
  • Author Ben Caldwell
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Illustrated.
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Union Square & Co., New York, New York
  • Date 2004-03-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780806987392 / 0806987391
  • Weight 0.96 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.3 in (27.69 x 21.59 x 0.76 cm)
  • Ages 08 to UP years
  • Grade levels 3 - UP
  • Reading level 1010
  • Library of Congress subjects Cartooning - Technique
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003068618
  • Dewey Decimal Code 741.5

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 07/01/2004, Page 80

About the author

Ben Caldwell has created action figures based on characters from The Lord of the Rings, Spiderman, and the X-Men movies. He is currently redesigning the look of the popular Wonder Woman character for DC Comics.
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