The Lexicon of Comicana - Paperback
by Mort Walker
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mort Walker, Chris Ware (Foreword by), Brian Walker (Editor)Publish date:9/30/2025Pages:128
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York Review ComicsISBN-13:9781681379562ISBN-10:1681379562UPC:9781681379562Book Category:Comics & Graphic Novels, Art, HumorBook Subcategory:Humorous, Techniques, FormBook Topic:Drawing, Comic Strips & CartoonsSize:10.90 x 8.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCDV2NB8SD
The Lexicon of Comicana
A new edition of Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker's riotous and immensely influential handbook for drawing and reading cartoons--a book that's both a parody of humorless how-to guides and a genuine (and genuinely instructive) ode to the art of making comics. In a cartoon, what do you call the sweat drops shooting off a character's head? Those are "Plewds." What about when you see a character...
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York Review ComicsISBN-13:9781681379562ISBN-10:1681379562UPC:9781681379562Book Category:Comics & Graphic Novels, Art, HumorBook Subcategory:Humorous, Techniques, FormBook Topic:Drawing, Comic Strips & CartoonsSize:10.90 x 8.40 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SCDV2NB8SD
Mort Walker (1923-2018) was the creator of several iconic American comic strips, mostly famously Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois, both of which are still in newspaper syndication today. Chris Ware is the author of the Acme Novelty Library series and several highly regarded graphic novels, among them Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth and Rusty Brown. Brian Walker is the son of Mort Walker...
Publisher: New York Review Comics
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Mort Walker, Chris Ware (Foreword by), Brian Walker (Editor)
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