Reviews
"A simple yet sophisticated guide . . . inculcate[s] a sense of cartoons as an essentially literary form."-- Wall Street Journal "A simple yet sophisticated guide . . . [with] a warm sense of humor."-- Wall Street Journal "[Brunetti] comes across as that one, quirky, transformative teacher who brings a subject to life . . . enormously empowering. . . . More than any other instructional book, Brunetti's has the potential to create cartoonists."--Bill Kartalopoulos, Publishers Weekly "Brunetti has given the cartooning world something very similar to what Strunk & White gave to prose with their Elements of Style. . . . Keep it right next to your desk where you can find it at a moment's notice."--Tim O'Neil, PopMatters.com "Brunetti has given the cartooning world something very similar to what Strunk & White gave to prose with their Elements of Style . . . . keep it right next to your desk where you can find it at a moment's notice."--Tim O'Neil, PopMatters.com "A definitive new guide to crafting comics."--Jenna Marotta, Chicago magazine "[ Cartooning ] is full of Brunetti's brand of self-effacing, wry perspectives on life and art, and it's also a complete starter's guide to creating comics. . . . I am not a cartoonist, nor an aspiring cartoonist, but I found several chapters in Cartooning applicable to anyone who lives a creative life."--Jason Foumberg, Newcity Art "Not everyone can be Charles Schulz or Ivan Brunetti, but if you give your time and best efforts to the program laid out in Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice , you might be more of yourself."--Bob Duggan, Big Think "The goal of this book is to fuse elements of both writing and drawing into another form altogether: cartooning. We will use pictures as words and words as pictures. If you follow the advice presented herein, you will begin to see the world through the eyes of a cartoonist."--from the Introduction "This is the best book ever written, as far as I'm concerned. . . . It's the best book I've ever read on cartooning, and it's so generous. It's like, anybody can do this. The book is so good."--Lynda Barry, cartoonist, "The goal of this book is to fuse elements of both writing and drawing into another form altogether: cartooning. We will use pictures as words and words as pictures. If you follow the advice presented herein, you will begin to see the world through the eyes of a cartoonist."--from the Introduction "This is the best book ever written, as far as I'm concerned. . . . It's the best book I've ever read on cartooning, and it's so generous. It's like, anybody can do this. The book is so good."--Lynda Barry, cartoonist, "Brunetti has given the cartooning world something very similar to what Strunk & White gave to prose with their Elements of Style . . . . keep it right next to your desk where you can find it at a moment''s notice."--Tim O''Neil, PopMatters.com, "Not everyone can be Charles Schulz or Ivan Brunetti, but if you give your time and best efforts to the program laid out in Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice , you might be more of yourself."-Bob Duggan, Big Think, "A simple yet sophisticated guide . . . inculcate[s] a sense of cartoons as an essentially literary form."-- Wall Street Journal "A simple yet sophisticated guide . . . [with] a warm sense of humor."-- Wall Street Journal "[Brunetti] comes across as that one, quirky, transformative teacher who brings a subject to life . . . enormously empowering. . . . More than any other instructional book, Brunetti's has the potential to create cartoonists."--Bill Kartalopoulos, Publishers Weekly "Brunetti has given the cartooning world something very similar to what Strunk & White gave to prose with their Elements of Style. . . . Keep it right next to your desk where you can find it at a moment's notice."--Tim O'Neil, PopMatters.com "Brunetti has given the cartooning world something very similar to what Strunk & White gave to prose with their Elements of Style . . . . keep it right next to your desk where you can find it at a moment's notice."--Tim O'Neil, PopMatters.com "A definitive new guide to crafting comics."--Jenna Marotta, Chicago magazine "[ Cartooning ] is full of Brunetti's brand of self-effacing, wry perspectives on life and art, and it's also a complete starter's guide to creating comics. . . . I am not a cartoonist, nor an aspiring cartoonist, but I found several chapters in Cartooning applicable to anyone who lives a creative life."--Jason Foumberg, Newcity Art "Not everyone can be Charles Schulz or Ivan Brunetti, but if you give your time and best efforts to the program laid out in Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice , you might be more of yourself."--Bob Duggan, Big Think Winner of the 2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award in the Best Academic/Scholarly work category "The goal of this book is to fuse elements of both writing and drawing into another form altogether: cartooning. We will use pictures as words and words as pictures. If you follow the advice presented herein, you will begin to see the world through the eyes of a cartoonist."--from the Introduction "This is the best book ever written, as far as I'm concerned. . . . It's the best book I've ever read on cartooning, and it's so generous. It's like, anybody can do this. The book is so good."--Lynda Barry, cartoonist, "Brunetti has given the cartooning world something very similar to what Strunk & White gave to prose with their Elements of Style . . . . keep it right next to your desk where you can find it at a moment's notice."-Tim O'Neil, PopMatters.com, "Brunetti has given the cartooning world something very similar to what Strunk & White gave to prose with their Elements of Style . . . . keep it right next to your desk where you can find it at a moment's notice."--Tim O'Neil, PopMatters.com, "This is the best book ever written, as far as I'm concerned. . . . It's the best book I've ever read on cartooning, and it's so generous. It's like, anybody can do this. The book is so good."--Lynda Barry, cartoonist, "Not everyone can be Charles Schulz or Ivan Brunetti, but if you give your time and best efforts to the program laid out in Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice , you might be more of yourself."--Bob Duggan, Big Think, "A simple yet sophisticated guide . . . inculcate[s] a sense of cartoons as an essentially literary form."-- Wall Street Journal, "A simple yet sophisticated guide . . . inculcate[s] a sense of cartoons as an essentially literary form."- Wall Street Journal, "This is the best book ever written, as far as I'm concerned. . . . It's the best book I've ever read on cartooning, and it's so generous. It's like, anybody can do this. The book is so good."-Lynda Barry, cartoonist, "This is the best book ever written, as far as I''m concerned. . . . It''s the best book I''ve ever read on cartooning, and it''s so generous. It''s like, anybody can do this. The book is so good."--Lynda Barry, cartoonist
