{"id":1330,"date":"2007-10-29T18:50:26","date_gmt":"2007-10-29T18:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=1330"},"modified":"2007-10-29T18:53:14","modified_gmt":"2007-10-29T18:53:14","slug":"the-cartoonists-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2007\/10\/29\/the-cartoonists-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cartoonist&#8217;s Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Wondering, WHAT SHALL I GET HIM FOR CHRISTMAS?<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/cartoonists-workshop.jpg\" alt=\"The Cartoonist's Workshop\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By <strong>Steve Marchant<\/strong> (Collins &amp; Brown)<br \/>\nISBN10: 1-84340-146-0 ISBN13: 978-1-84340-146-9<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a huge proportion of the comic buying audience that nurtures the dream of working in the field, either for pay in the majors or for their own satisfaction. There are also a vast number of publications offering varying degrees of tips, hints, advice and training. The <em>Comics Creators Guild<\/em> itself publishes a number of such, and I sincerely wish we published this book too.<\/p>\n<p>Author Marchant, as well as being the very talented cartoonist responsible for the criminally infrequent <em>Stupidface<\/em> comics and stories, has been teaching students of all ages the fundamentals of strip production since the late 1980s, and brings all that knowledge to the readers here in a logical, simple progression that acts as the perfect foundation course into the various necessary skills and techniques.<\/p>\n<p>From the first chapter on Tools, Equipment, Basic Techniques and even Computers, through Face &amp; Figure, Places &amp; Objects, Composition &amp; Storytelling, to Presentation &amp; Publication, the facts and necessities are laid out in a manner that creates anticipation rather than trepidation and are entertainingly illustrated. Each section includes a series of projects for the student to complete. Also included is a gallery from a number of professionals to illustrate certain points and styles.<\/p>\n<p>This is probably the best book on the subject since Will Eisner&#8217;s <strong>Comics and Sequential Art<\/strong> and won the CCG Award for \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Best Comic Related Product\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. If your kids want to get into comics or you harbour the desire yourself, this is where to start from.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a9 Collins &amp; Brown Limited 2004.<br \/>\nWinner: <strong>CCG BEST COMIC RELATED PRODUCT 2004<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wondering, WHAT SHALL I GET HIM FOR CHRISTMAS? By Steve Marchant (Collins &amp; Brown) ISBN10: 1-84340-146-0 ISBN13: 978-1-84340-146-9 There&#8217;s a huge proportion of the comic buying audience that nurtures the dream of working in the field, either for pay in the majors or for their own satisfaction. There are also a vast number of publications &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2007\/10\/29\/the-cartoonists-workshop\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Cartoonist&#8217;s Workshop&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4AFj-ls","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}