SHĪcknowledgments This book could not be possible if not for Tad Crawford at Allworth Press. MD To Jules Feiffer and Art Spiegelman, for their incalculable contributions to comics. Lesson Plans 59: The Importance of Teaching Comics Ted StearnĦ0: Portrait of a Comics Artist as a Graphic Designer James SturmĦ1: Experimental Comics in the Classroom Matt Maddenĭedications To brother Kevin Dooley, fellow dark and stormy knight, for treasured comics memories shared. Teaching Comics Interview by Gunnar Swansonĥ5: The Four Tribes of Comics Scott McCloud Interviewĥ6: Dedication, Commitment, Talent Joe Kubert 57: Some “Contemptible” British Students Roger Sabin Interview by Joel Priddy 58: To the Heart of the Medium Will Eisner
Robert Fiore 53: Contradictions of Character Ward Suttonĥ4: What’s Love Got to Do with It? Trina Robbins The Creation of Comics 48: Bring out the Dead! Craig Yoeĥ0: Write Ways: an Unruly Anti-Treatise Dennis O’Neilĥ1: Throwing the Book at Comics Artists Tim KreiderĪ Brief Guide to What You Can Get Away with The Business of Comics 45: Surviving the Convention Circuit Heidi MacDonald Section III: Education Illustrated Dan James Nicholas Blechman David Heatley Rick Meyerowitz
Interview 36: The Power of Old-Fashioned Storytelling Rick Gearyģ7: Career Tips for Control Freaks Ho Che Andersonģ8: The Education of an Educational Comics Artist Leonard Rifas 39: Mini-Comics: Comics’ Secret Lifeblood Tom SpurgeonĤ0: Fort Thunder: a Comics’ Art Collective Dan NadelĤ1: The European Comic Book Industry: a Guided Tour Bart BeatyĤ2: Manga in America, Manga in Japan Bill RandallĤ3: That Old Time Religion Elwood Smith InterviewĤ4: Representational Art to the Forefront Robert Williams Interview 35: Out of the Inkwell Kim Deitch Interview 34: Memoir of a Revolution Marjane Satrapi Interview 33: A Novel Graphic Art Spiegelman Interview 32: Acme Graphic Novelties Chris Ware Graphic Novels Interview 31: Revelations of a Pluralist Chip Kidd Interview 27: Arranging Sights and Ideas Gary PanterĢ8: Learning from the Master David SandlinĢ9: The Birth of Leviathan Peter Blegvad Interviewģ0: What’s the “Big Idea”? Mark Newgarden Interview 25: The Whole-Brained Approach David MackĪlternative Comics 26: The Education of an Editor Monte Beauchamp Interview 24: The Need to Do Something Different Dave McKean Interview 23: Learning to Get “Real” Bill Sienkiewicz Interview 22: Illuminating the Darkness Barron Storey Interview 21: The First Rule: There Are No Rules Jim Steranko Kids’ and Teens’ Comics 17: Katy Keene: Forgotten Comic Icon Teal Triggsġ9: A Passion for Top Cat Barbara McClintockĪction/Adventure Comics 20: Superhero Artists of the Twenty-first Century: Origins Arlen Schumer Interview 16: Sylvia, My Role Model Nicole Hollander Interview 15: Zippy, My Alter Ego Bill Griffith Interview 14: Gut Feelings and Waves of Intuition Mark Alan Stamaty Interview 12: My New Distribution Technique is Unstoppable David Rees Political Comics 10: Learning from the Political Cartoon Paul Buhle Interview 08: The Obligation to Be Honest Tony AuthĠ9: Caricature: Biting the Face that Feeds You Steve Brodner Harvey 06: In Praise of Offensive Cartoons Paul KrassnerĮditorial Cartoons 07: Stop Them Damned Pictures Ben Sargent Magazine Cartoons 04: Cartoons at The New Yorker Bob MankoffĠ5: Wednesday “Look Day” and the Freelance NC1320.E29 2005 741.5'071-dc22 2005005865 Printed in CanadaĬontents 01: Dedications Acknowledgments Introduction 02: The Most Popular Course in Art School Steven Heller Foreword 03: What’s So Funny about Comics (and Understanding)? Michael Dooley Section I: The Comics Field
Dooley, Michael (Michael Patrick), 1948– II. Caricatures and cartoons-United States-History- 20th century. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The education of a comics artist: visual narrative in cartoons, graphic novels, and beyond / edited by Michael Dooley and Steven Heller. 10 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010Ĭover and interior design by James Victore Page composition/typography by SR Desktop Services, Ridge, NY Published by Allworth Press An imprint of Allworth Communications, Inc. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. Copyright under Berne Copyright Convention, Universal Copyright Convention, and Pan-American Copyright Convention. © 2005 Michael Dooley and Steve Heller All rights reserved. The Education of a Comics Artist: Visual Narrative in Cartoons, Graphic Novels, and BeyondĮdited by Michael Dooley and Steven Heller