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32 reviews
Chip Kidd, Paul Dini

Titan Books Ltd, 1998

A great book for a great animated series
Who best to write a book about this justifiably award-winning animated series than one of the series writer/producers--Paul Dini (who wrote one of my favorite episodes--"Heart of Ice")? And with graphic designer Chip Kidd involved, you have a book that looks great on the coffee table. The best word I can use to describe this book is "thorough." It contains superlative art in full color, ...

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36 reviews

Underwood Books, 2003

The Fantasy Master
When people think of fantasy artwork, they might think first of those Conan and Edgar Rice Burroughs paperback covers, or a berserker warrior on horseback, corpses of foes beneath him and dripping weapon above him. People think of Frazetta first, whether or not they know it's him they're thinking of. He's also done recognizable work for Mad magazine, Little Annie Fanny for Playboy, posters for ...

Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Animals

41 reviews
Ed Emberley

Demco Media, 1994

Simple and sweet way to teach children to draw
Recently I bought Ed Emberley's Drawing Book of Animals for my five year old daughter who loves art, but wanted more formal training. This book is *perfect*! Everything about it is tailored for children who can draw some shapes and it progresses from simple animals to the lovely, elaborate dragon at the end. My daughter is learning how to draw better shapes (and animals) without getting ...

Prehistory of the Far Side

40 reviews
Gary Larson

Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd, 1990

Essential book for "Far Side" fans
So you've got the massive two-volume "Complete Far Side" and figure you're all set, Gary Larson-wise. If so, you're a few cows short of a herd, because you need this book to round out your collection. It's not just a collection of his comics. The book has a discussion of how his career as a cartoonist got started and has examples of his previous effort, a one-newspaper comic in the same style ...

Akiane: Her Life, Her Art, Her Poetry

56 reviews
Akiane Kramarik

Thomas Nelson, 2006

Amazing story, amazing God!
Very inspirational and faith building book. Akiane has not chosen this path, she's only following where God leads her. There are always going to be nay sayers about anything, specially in this world of instant information. I choose to believe that she is what she says she is, and does what she says she does, because with God anything is possible.

CALVIN AND HOBBES

36 reviews
BILL WATTERSON

Andrews & McMeel, 1992

The beginning of a wonderful adventure...
Forgive me if my review runs a bit on the sappy side, but I grew up with Calvin and Hobbes, and I sometimes think they are among the best friends I've ever had. Bill Watterson's comic is gentle, sincere, and magical. At its core it is an examination of what it means to be human, and the value of friendship. Watterson's philosophy of the comic strip was that it should be based around characters ...

The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury

36 reviews
Bill Watterson

Time Warner Paperbacks, 1991

A walk through someone else's imagination
Calvin is a beam of light, a dinosaur, Spaceman Spiff, a pollster on the election of new parents, a robotic explorer from Jupiter (in search of chocoloate) -- well lots of things. He's all the best and all the worst a boy about five can be, and that covers a lot of ground. If the others around him never quite see things Calvin's way, that's really not his problem. Hobbes will always ...

Sin City : That Yellow Bastard

32 reviews
Frank Miller

Dark Horse Comics, 1997

If you like it Raw, this is the book for you
Frank Miller doesn't pull many punches when he writes. I use the word raw to describe his writing because honestly, there is no more appropriate word if you ask me. His characters exist and breathe unapologizingly in the world of Basin City and That Yellow Bastard is way at the top of the best Sin City books for a reason. You have a hero that doesn't have an ounce of quit in him and who's pushed ...

The Sandman: Brief Lives (Sandman)

38 reviews
Neil Gaiman

Titan Books Ltd, 1994

Change Makes The Sandman Impossibly Better
I thought Season of Mists was my favorite The Sandman volume until I read Brief Lives. Brief Lives absolutely has it all--drama, action, comedy, romance, and philosophical ponderings. It focuses upon Morpheus rather directly--unlike other volumes where sometimes he exists within the stories only peripherally--as he helps his sister Delirium track down their brother known as Destruction. ...

Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection

73 reviews
Bill Watterson

Andrews McMeel Pub, 1992

The Perfect Way To Enjoy Calvin And Hobbes
I suppose this could apply to any Calvin and Hobbes collection (not just Attack of the Deranged..., but let me share my favorite way to read Calvin and Hobbes. If possible, I like to pick a rainy Saturday or Sunday. I'm usually already bored and wandering around the cold house. I catch sight of a Calvin and Hobbes book and read a few pages, but my fingers are cold and I can't concentrate. ...

SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS GOES "BOINK"

28 reviews
Bill Watterson

Scholastic Inc, 1991

Hysterical and bittersweet
When you get right down to it, is there anything better than Calvin & Hobbes? In this compilation or any of the others, you get lessons in quantum physics, nostalgic looks at the agony of grade school, observations in human nature, and a bit of the "thing under the bed" style horror. All this and you'll laugh yourself to the point of wetting your pants. The Calvin & Hobbes strips are hysterical. ...

SOMETHING UNDER THE BED IS DROOLING: A CALVIN AND HOBBES COLLECTION

21 reviews
BILL WATTERSON (ILLUSTRATOR)

TIME WARNER PAPERBACKS, 1991

Calvin and Hobbes at their best
Well, I must admit I have had this book since I was in 8th grade when my best friend at the time gave it to me. I still crack up when I'm going through the pages upon pages of strange situations that Calvin and his stuffed friend find themselves in. Definately a must for any C&H fan and really funny. Buy it.

Henry Yan's Figure Drawing Techniques and Tips

25 reviews
Henry Yan

Aardvark Global Publition, 2006

An Inspirational Figure Drawing Book
I agree with all of the preceding rave reviews for this book. I would also like to add one other perspective. As a teacher of life drawing at the college level and a grad student at the Academy of Art University, I find in Henry Yan's book the inspirational material to push my work and my teaching to a higher level. Plenty of books have been published describing and prescribing the technical ...

WEIRDOS FROM ANOTHER PLANET: A CALVIN AND HOBBES COLLECTION

21 reviews
BILL WATTERSON (ILLUSTRATOR)

TIME WARNER PAPERBACKS, 1991

One of my favorites
I love all Calvin and Hobbes books, but this collection has a few of my favorites that never cease to make me laugh out loud, including: "The Disembodied Hand That Strangled People" (I snicker just writing it) The trip to Mars ("We're going in the wagon?" "Of course! What did YOU want to do? Flap your arms?" "I guess I hadn't thought about that part." "Obviously."

Keys to Drawing (Draw Books)

30 reviews
Bert Dodson

A & C Black Publishers Ltd, 1990

It's the best!
The book is well organized, and presents material in a conprehensive, easily understood manner. The illustrations are useful, and not intimidating. The subjects of the drawing exercises are interesting and varied. The author seems to work right along with the student in this book, and anticipates some of the problems that arise in drawing. The author's remarks are encouraging for individuals ...

Domu: A Child's Dream

21 reviews
Katsuhiro Otomo

Dark Horse Comics, 1995

Better than Akira
I read Domu the first time in the middle of the night, and after a third of the book I had to put it down because it scared me so much. The characters felt so real and that made the horrible events all the more horrible; the teenager sitting by himself in the middle of the night, struggling with his homework.. The kids playing or bullying each other.. everything felt so real. I immeadiately liked ...

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22 reviews

Candlewick, 2004

inspiring
this was a cute book about a little boy who loves to draw, and he draws quite a bit. one day his brother looks at his drawings and says that it doesn't look like what he was trying to draw. the boy looks at it again and agrees with his brother and he gets mad. i forget if he keeps drawing or not, but at one point he crumples up his 'last drawing' in frustration and swears to never draw again. his ...

Wonder Woman : The Complete History: The Life and Times of the Amazon Princess

21 reviews
Les; Kidd, Chip Daniels

Chronicle Books LLC, 2000

Excellent and enlightening
Wonder Woman: The Complete History is a delightful book for fans of the character, even if you only know her from the old TV show. The background of her creation by a clinical psychologist was very enlightening. The illustrations throughout are excellent and all in all, it's terrific book, exceptionally well written by Les Daniels.

Leonardo Da Vinci: The Complete Paintings and Drawings

26 reviews
Frank Zollner, Johannes Nathan

Taschen, 2003

awesome
this book is a daily source of admiration, exposed on our table and we change the page practically every day to have a new work of wonder to admire every day. combined with more and deeper information on leonardo da Vinci the true art becomes clear.

Capturing Soft Realism in Colored Pencil

20 reviews
Ann Kullberg

North Light Books, 2002

Good News for "content" lovers NOT book collectors!
I subscribe to Ann's newsletter, and have purchased just about all her informational material she offers,and the good news is, Ms. Kullbert has plans to self-publish this title later this year or in 2009. That means we won't have to pay the outrageous prices this book is being offered at. We are artists, and "starving" maybe not, however, I prefer to purchase art materials with my extra bucks. ...

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