The Lexicon of Comicana
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (617 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 059508902X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 108 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has won many world-wide awards and founded the International Museum of Cartoon Art and serves as chairman. Mort Walker is the creator of the comic strips "Beetle Bailey" and "Hi and Lois," with several hundred books in print including anthologies, childrens books, instruction and non-fiction.
Written as a satire on the comic devices cartoonists use, the book quickly became a textbook for art students. Walker researched cartoons around the world to collect this international set of cartoon symbols. The names he invented for them now appear in dictionaries.
Scott Slemmons said The Visual Language of Comics. This was published way back in 1980 by Mort Walker, creator of the “Beetle Bailey” comic strip, as his own personal glossary of cartoon symbology.It’s not a particularly serious book at all. It’s filled with cartoons and jokes, some of them really overwhelmingly silly. It’s definitely not as scholarly and exhaustive . My Kind of Thing Lovers of comics, this if for you.. Funny, informative view into the world of drawing comics Trelligan I've always liked Mr. Walker's sense of humor, and I know of no better example than this book. As far as I know, he invented lots of these terms but I've run across them often enough that I looked for this book.
. He has won many world-wide awards and founded the International Museum of Cartoon Art and serves as chairman. About the Author Mort Walker is the creator of the comic strips "Beetle Bailey" and "Hi and Lois," with several hundred books in print including anthologies, childrens books, instruction and non-fiction