Those of you kind enough to stop by (thank you!) may have noticed a new tab floating in the navigation that mysteriously appeared last week. If you have been too afraid to visit it is merely a collection of cartooning notes and "how to's" by famous comic book and animation artists. Each one has been featured by my favorite blog Seven Golden Camels by Mark Kennedy. Feel free to peruse and enjoy the library as I'll be adding more pieces as I stumble into them.

The library currently contains the wisdom of the following artist's/books:

Carson Von Osten - Comic Strip Artist's Kit Famous Artist's Course - Composition Famous Artist's Course - Distribution of Space Glen Keane - Notes Illusion of Life - Natural Forms Marbury Hill Brown - Curves Mark Kennedy - Appeal Mark Kennedy - Attracting the Eye Mark Kennedy - Twins & Tilts Preston Blair - Rhythm Rowland Wilson - Layout & Light Rowland Wilson - Painting Willard Mullins - Character Exaggeration Wally Wood's 22 Panels

If you happen to have any ideas or suggestions for other essential cartooning resources please shoot them my way. Kennedy's blog has inspired me to pick up the torch he started, but explore it with much less class and subtlety. While his obsessions seem to revolve around rhythm and line of motion, mine are closer to comic design, character design, comic pacing, and staying motivated. I hope you'll spread the word if you dig what you find.

As a matter of fact, I think I hear my next post coming...

-Josh