cartoons and caricatures

Presents tips and techniques for drawing cartoons, including faces, animals, backgrounds, and styles. Gives step-by-step instructions for turning stick figures into characters, selecting tools, and finding inspiration.

On cover: How to create and sell cartoons, with a survey of the most successful artists in the field.

Explores newspaper comic strip art from the 1890's to the present.

Charlie tries to undo the last wish made on a charge card from International Wish, a corporation which has taken over fairy godmothers and wishing wells, but the company has gone out of business.

Comic book fan Ron Rooney tries to trick a fellow collector into selling him his copy of Larry the Lizard issue number one because Ron believes that it will become rare and valuable in the future.

Nancy, Ned, and George attend the show of a magician named Dan, in which he makes his assistant disappear, and Nancy investigates when the girl fails to reappear.

Presents an illustrated guide to drawing many of the Manga characters including chibi-style monsters, cat-girls, and more.

A well-known cartoonist explains how to draw cartoons and comic strips, how to make up jokes, and where to have one's work displayed.

A weird web site provides Kilgore Junior High students and best friends Matt and Craz the opportunity to make their cartoons become real, which has some unexpected and dire consequences.

A collection of "Far Side" cartoons offering a humorous look at the human condition.