Adventures in Cartooning: How to Turn Your Doodles Into Comics

by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, Alexis Frederick-Frost, James Sturm (Illustrator)

Overview

In this action-packed cartooning adventure, kids will have as much fun making comics as reading them!

Once upon a time . . . a princess tried to make a comic. And with the help of a magical cartooning elf, she learned how – well enough to draw her way out of an encounter with a dangerous dragon, near-death by drowning, and into her very own adventure! Like the princess, young readers will discover that they already have the drawing and writing skills it takes to make a comic – they just need a little know-how. And Adventures in Cartooning supplies just that.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781596433694
Publisher:	First Second
Publication date:	03/31/2009
Series:	Adventures in Cartooning , #1
Pages:	112
Sales rank:	511,053
Product dimensions:	9.90(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	6 - 10 Years

About the Author

James Sturm is the author of award-winning graphic novels for children and adults, including James Sturm's America, Market Day, The Golem's Mighty Swing and Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow. He is the founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies. He lives in White River Junction, Vermont.

Andrew Arnold and Alexis Frederick-Frost are graduates of the Center for Cartoon Studies. Arnold lives in New York and works in publishing. Frederick-Frost lives outside of Boston and works at a library.

Editorial Reviews

"As an examination of the medium, [Adventures in Cartooning is] a supremely worthy spiritual legacy to Scott McCloud's seminal Understanding Comics (1993). As a straight-up graphic adventure, it may be the best of the year.” —Booklist, starred review

“Each tutorial panel contains clever and inventive touches that illustrate the capabilities of the format... This is a volume for kids who love comics, who enjoy an adventure filled with action and humor, are natural-born artists, or who aspire to become comic-book creators. A surefire hit.” —School Library Journal, starred review

“Though seemingly simplistic, this multilayered composition is an excellent teaching tool to whet the appetites of aspiring young doodlers and even offers a pleasant twist in an otherwise apparently straightforward plot. ... Entertaining and surprisingly edifying.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Even seasoned comics readers may more fully appreciate the work of their favorite creators after reading this book.” —Shelf Awareness

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