Yale University Press Cartooning: Philosophy and Practice

If you came here from Lynda Barry and are expecting the same from Brunetti, well you'll be disappointed. This slim little book is more of a syllabus than Barry's Syllabus book. Brunetti is funny and self deprecating in the intro before he gets into the instructions. The volume is slim on images, even though it's a comics drawing book. There are some illustrations but the book is mainly about letting the READER explore the instructions.There are a lot of gold ideas in this book, a lot of info to mine from your own mind. The best how to books let you explore your versions.I really dig this book, even if it is 180 degree different from Barry's book.

Mr. Brunetti has what may be one of the most direct approaches to cartooning I have ever read. I find myself doing the exercises and then suddenly seeing changes in my work. I am strictly a recreational cartoonist in it for my own kicks and i think this is a very helpful book. Most pros will know this stuff already but he verbalizes the internal process very well indeed. Worth tracking down a copy of this book.

Su apariencia y tamaño hacen que parezca una obrita sin importancia, pero en realidad este libro es un ejemplo de cómo se puede aportar (o decir) mucho con poco. De hecho, su brevedad ayuda a la recomendable "relectura" (ya que este manual esta lleno de perlas que se pueden pasar por alto en una primera lectura)

Habe es gekauft, da Lynda Barry sich in ihren Büchern auf dieses bezieht. Hilft auf jeden Fall dabei, Lyndas Beschreibungen der Übungen zu vertiefen und zu verstehen. Schade, dass ich nun keine kreativen Schreibkurse mehr lehre, sonst würde ich die Übungen sehr gern ausprobieren...

Truly a philosophy - on cartooning as a practice and comics as a medium. Also, a 15-week workshop course that, if followed properly, reaps dividends. He teaches you the ins and outs of many of the devices you can use to tell a story with words and pictures. You will learn by doing, and you will be encouraged to communicate in your own voice, free of artifice and (unintentional) parody.As an aside: Brunetti has a been-there-done-that, slightly sardonic tone, but it's his voice and it all comes from the best of all possible places. Mixed with this cynical master's voice is a humility in approaching his subject, which is very powerful. He really has been there and done that, y'know...