Scott McCloud
2) The Sculptor
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"David Smith is giving his life for his art--literally. Thanks to a deal with Death, the young sculptor gets his childhood wish: to sculpt anything he can imagine with his bare hands. But now that he only has 200 days to live, deciding what to create is harder than he thought, and discovering the love of his life at the 11th hour isn't making it any easier! This is a story of desire taken to the edge of reason and beyond; of the frantic, clumsy dance...
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Zachary T. Paleozogt--Zot!--is a superhero living on an alternate, utopian Earth circa 1965, a world of robot butlers, flying cars, and zany villains. Jenny Weaver is a high school student living on an imperfect world of disappointment and broken promises--our Earth. Stepping across the portals to each other's worlds, their lives will never be the same.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Presents instructions for aspiring cartoonists on the art form's key techniques, sharing concise and accessible guidelines on such principles as capturing the human condition through words and images in a minimalist style.
5) River of ink
Author
Publisher
Life Drawn by Humanoids
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"With grace, poetry, clarity, and expert knowledge, artist Etienne Appert brings us a book about the very origins of the art of illustration--what it means and why it exists. 'Why do you draw?' A simple question by a young boy moves the author to travel with him down the River of Ink, which flows from the present day back to the very first illustration drawn by a human. Along the way, they visit legendary artists of the past and encounter personal...