Your Career in the Comics by Lee Nordling

Your Career in the Comics by Lee Nordling

Young artists around the world dream of being the next Bill Watterson, Charles M. Schulz, or Mort Walker. Now, in>Your Career in Comics, they'll learn how cartoon syndication really words--from the artists and professionals themselves.

Nordling, a cartoonist, children's book, and comic-book writer, has interviewed dozens of artists and syndicate executives for>Your Career in the Comics, and provides readers with both a broad-based view of the art form and the nitty-gritty on fashioning a funny, salable comic strip or panel.

Detailed information on the business of being a professional cartoonist, tips on what beginners should avoid, and how a newspaper chooses a comic strip are all explored in this fact-filled book.

Firsthand insights from Charles M. Schulz, Bill Watterson, Mort Walker, Lynn Johnston, Bil Keane, Cathy Guisewite, Mell Lazarus, Jeff MacNelly, and others make>Your Career in the Comics a must-have for all admirerers of the medium. It's an invaluable tool for anyone who is interested in working in comic strips--or who simply wants to know more about how cartooning works.

Young artists around the world dream of being the next Bill Watterson, Charles M. Schulz, or Mort Walker. Now, in>Your Career in Comics, they'll learn how cartoon syndication really words--from the artists and professionals themselves.

Nordling, a cartoonist, children's book, and comic-book writer, has interviewed dozens of artists and syndicate executives for>Your Career in the Comics, and provides readers with both a broad-based view of the art form and the nitty-gritty on fashioning a funny, salable comic strip or panel.

Detailed information on the business of being a professional cartoonist, tips on what beginners should avoid, and how a newspaper chooses a comic strip are all explored in this fact-filled book.

Firsthand insights from Charles M. Schulz, Bill Watterson, Mort Walker, Lynn Johnston, Bil Keane, Cathy Guisewite, Mell Lazarus, Jeff MacNelly, and others make>Your Career in the Comics a must-have for all admirerers of the medium. It's an invaluable tool for anyone who is interested in working in comic strips--or who simply wants to know more about how cartooning works.

Nordling, Lee: - Two-time Eisner nominee Lee Nordling is an award-winning writer, editor, and creative director who has worked on staff at Disney Publishing, DC Comics, and Nickelodeon Magazine. His book The Bramble won the 2013 Moonbeam Gold Medal for Picture Books (ages 4-8), and BirdCatDog, an Eisner Award nominee, was chosen by Kirkus Reviews as one of the best children's books of 2014, and won the Moonbeam Spirit Award for Imagination. The third book in his Three-Story Book series, SheHeWe, was a 2016 Eisner Award nominee. His current Game for Adventure series--beginning with Andrew the Seeker, and Belinda the Unbeatable, the latter garnering two starred reviews from Booklist and Kirkus--concludes in Spring 2018 with Chavo the Invisible. He lives in Sacramento, California with his wife, Cheri, and numerous pets that earn their kibble by offering inspiration.

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ISBN 13	9780836207484
ISBN 10	0836207483
Title	Your Career in the Comics
Author	Lee Nordling
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Andrews McMeel Publishing
Year published	1995-10-01
Number of pages	278
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