Draftsmen Podcast
Marshall sits with Stan to chat about the wonderful world of cartooning. They spend time defining what a cartoon is, looking at some of the history and cultural differences behind cartoons and spend time looking at work from some famous cartoon artists. You’ll also hear some of the skills an artist would need to hone in order to be a good cartoonist.
Books and Resources
(some contain affiliate links)
Mad's Al Jaffee Spews out Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions
Sergio Aragones’ Mad Marginals
The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine
Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman
The Big Purple Book by P.D. Eastman
Roadrunner and Coyote (Looney Tunes)
Nu Pogodi (Well, Just You Wait!) (Russian cartoon)
Der Struwwelpeter (Shock-headed Peter)
Advanced Animation by Preston Blair (out of print)
100 Tuesday Tips by Gris and Norm
How to Think When You Draw with Lorenzo
The Silver Way by Stephen Silver
Cartooning the Head and Figure by Jack Hamm
Humorous Illustration by Nick Meglin
Cartooning, the Art and the Business by Mort Gerberg
The Naked Cartoonist by Bob Mankoff
How About Never, Is Never Good For You? By Bob Mankoff
The Cartoonist's Workbook by Robin Hall
The Lexicon of Comicana by Mort Walker
How to Think When You Write with Robin
Referenced Artists:
Winsor McCay
Jay Ward
Don Martin
Sergio Aragones “I Killed Marty Feldman” comic
Edward Gorey
Thoti Haxha
Cesar Santos
Terryl Whitlatch
Sandro Cleuzo
Heinrich Kley
T.S. Sullivant
Harrison Cady
Eugene Zimmerman
Max Grecke
David Garrido
Sanford Greene
Jean Giraud (AKA Moebius)
Harvey Kurtzman
Bill Elder
Matt Groening
Bill Plympton
