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| Jim Daly charcoal drawing | 7/3/2009 |
Q: I have a 24x18 charcoal drawing of an old man w/ glasses has a cigar and mustash and a cigar. ...
A: Linda -- I'm not familiar with any 1940s cartoonists named Daly. However, I did find a website ...
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| Publishing my comic strip | 7/11/2008 |
Q: Good Afternoon: I was wondering if you could guide me in finding an agent for my comic strip. I ...
A: Mary -- Congratulations on actually putting your comic strip together! Many, many aspiring strip ...
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| hey! | 3/30/2008 |
Q: . my name is princy, I wanted to ask you a few questions about manga. I am hoping you will know some ...
A: Princy -- Pretty much all you want to know is covered here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga ...
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| Comic Books | 1/31/2008 |
Q: Hey Bob. I am currently in my sophomore year of high school and I'm very interested in becoming a ...
A: Mike -- There's a lot of good advice for aspiring comic book and comic strip artists on the Web. ...
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| Type Of Picture? | 11/25/2007 |
Q: Firstly let me say that i know nothing about art and so my vocabulary in this area is limeted, so if ...
A: Marty -- I think I understand your question. Check out this website: ...
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| setting a price | 10/11/2007 |
Q: I am an illustrator and a book publisher asks artists to give "desired financial terms." They want ...
A: Jim -- My expertise is more on the history and technical aspects of cartooning. I'm not a ...
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| Technical Drawing | 9/14/2007 |
Q: What is Technical Drawing?
A: Jennifer -- Technical drawing is the skill of creating precise drawings of objects (such as ...
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| ames tool | 7/22/2007 |
Q: We just went to a museum show on Joe Kubert. They showed a video of him explaining various ...
A: Allan -- The correct name for the gadget is an "Ames guide" or "Ames lettering guide." As you ...
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| Manga schools in America? | 6/4/2007 |
Q: Mr. Buethe, I would like to know, if there is a manga school in America now or will there be ...
A: Chris -- I don't konw of any schools specifically geared towards manga, but there are a few schools ...
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| pop art | 6/2/2007 |
Q: I am looking to turn a picture into the "pop art" style from Andy Warhol. Any suggestions or ...
A: Heidi -- The effect you're talking about is called "solarization." Most any graphics software ...
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| Sorry Marvel | 5/4/2007 |
Q: Can I find a job in America drawing comics that is just as good as going to Japan for the same ...
A: Amarick -- There are several American publishers of manga-style comics. Here are the websites of ...
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| Yellow Kid | 4/6/2007 |
Q: I have a Yellow Kid Scrip Card that my husband found behind a mantle that he was dismantling. The ...
A: Michele -- I don't know anything about bubblegum cards, but I see on e-Bay that a set of 5 cards ...
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| C.Twelvetrees sketch | 3/25/2007 |
Q: I have a sketch done by C. Twelvetrees. It looks like the Mad Magazine guy (the guy on the cover of ...
A: Karen -- Charles H. Twelvetrees (1888-1948) was an American postcard illustrator, and drew a comic ...
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| Color Theory | 3/23/2007 |
Q: I am having a really hard time finding these answers. Will you please help me? thank you so much! ...
A: Casey -- Sounds suspiciously like a homework assignment to me. :) So forgive me, but instead of ...
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| Drawing Instruction Online | 11/2/2006 |
Q: I'm a "yet-to-be discovered" music video director. I would like to teach myself how to draw basics ...
A: Rico -- There's nothing better than a drawing class to help you learn, but geography and finances ...
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| Manga | 10/26/2006 |
Q: First of all sorry for my spelling mistakes I'm not so good in English. I wanted to ask. Is there ...
A: Giedrius -- Yes. Papercutz is the name of an American company that produces manga-style comics. It ...
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| Ben Gump cartoon character | 8/21/2006 |
Q: I'm interested in the saying "richer than Ben Gump." All I found on the internet was a reference to ...
A: Beecher -- I have to admit, I've never heard that expression before. I like it, though, and I'll be ...
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| Tips and suggestions | 7/15/2006 |
Q: How can i find some free tips from the net which can help my drawing? please give a suggestion
A: Tasbeer -- Here are a few pretty good places to get you started: ...
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| Graphic Novel database? | 3/4/2006 |
Q: I'm looking for a well-established online database of graphic novels and/or comic books that ...
A: Paul -- The Grand Comic Book Database at http://www.comics.org has a cover gallery, story titles, ...
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| info | 12/15/2005 |
Q: I was at a wedding dress shop picking out my gown when this lady came up to me and asked me how old ...
A: Sheena! Welcome to a fun and fascinating field. "Cartooning" covers a lot of ground... comic ...
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| mickey mouse | 12/13/2005 |
Q: how old mickey mouse
A: Kari -- You just reminded me of an old story about actor Cary Grant. A newspaper reporter was ...
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| By definition, am I considered an artist? | 11/3/2005 |
Q: I was hoping you would be able to answer a question for me. I draw myself, but I take pieces from ...
A: Hmmm... that's a tough call. "Swiping," or using other artists' work as reference, is a ...
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| general cartooning tips | 10/14/2005 |
Q: Can you give me some tips for cartooning? Also, while in class, I often find myself doodling. What ...
A: Chris, and welcome to the wonderful world of cartooning! I'll try to give you a few tips here, but ...
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| Comic book publication | 6/1/2005 |
Q: I have just begun collecting Little Lulu comics. I just discovered that I have 2 copies of the same ...
A: Janet -- My first thought was that maybe one of your comics was a higher-priced Canadian or UK ...
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| multimedia | 5/14/2005 |
Q: pls explain the advance technology in multiedia,and design technique of cartooon
A: Radha -- I'm sorry I took so long to reply. I've been having problems with my internet connection, ...
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| animation | 4/27/2005 |
Q: What I had in mind more than anything else was to be able to find a computer program that could ...
A: Eric -- That's exactly what animated GIFs are: multiple images stored in a single GIF file that ...
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| animation | 4/26/2005 |
Q: How are you? I am absolutely new to computer animation but I am very much interested in making my ...
A: Eric -- GIFs are ideal for what you have in mind. The code for cycling through images is built into ...
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| origin of ink drawing | 1/30/2005 |
Q: I have an ink drawing-14"X18" signed by Harry Boyle. The drawing shows four females(all with ...
A: Dave -- I have no information on any cartoonist named Harry Boyle. However, Harry Boyle was the ...
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| caricature? | 12/21/2004 |
Q: Ive been dabbling in the sketching/drawing hooby for a while now but have yet to do any serious ...
A: Mike -- The king of Mad Magazine caricaturists is Mort Drucker. A Google search on his name will ...
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| picture | 10/25/2004 |
Q: Followup To Question - Hi Bob, OK, here it is again. Thanks. http://tinypic.com/e2iax Jean -- ...
A: Jean -- Still no luck in identifying the artist, but most of the folks I've shown it to seem to ...
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| identity of drawing | 10/25/2004 |
Q: Sorry if I am bothering you. Just checking to see if you recieved the html to view the picture I ...
A: Jean -- Yes, I did get the picture. Thank you very much. The picture looks kind of familiar to me, ...
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| picture | 10/24/2004 |
Q: OK, here it is again. Thanks. http://tinypic.com/e2iax Jean --
A: Jean -- Two people I've shown the picture to have said that it looks like a contemporary artist ...
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| picture | 10/22/2004 |
Q: Just wanted to make sure that you recieved the email of the picture I wanted you to identify. ...
A: Jean -- Not yet. You need to send me the URL first. When you upload an image to tinypic.com, after ...
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| identity of drawing | 10/21/2004 |
Q: I wasn't sure who to ask this question and now that I am in this site, I don't think I can attach a ...
A: Jean -- Much to my astonishment, my fellow cartoon connoisseur Norman Ghast not only recognized the ...
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| Flash Movie | 8/29/2004 |
Q: I have a great idea for a flash movie series, but there is one problem, im terrible at drawing. Do ...
A: Try http://cartoonists.meetup.com If there's an active group in your area, you might be able to ...
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| Rowland Emett Drawing | 6/23/2004 |
Q: I have an orginal sketch of "The featherstone kite open basket weave Mark two Gentleman's Flying ...
A: Rhu -- I'm afraid I'm not at all familiar with Rowland Emett, and not the best source for original ...
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| drawings | 5/15/2004 |
Q: I would like to know if you know something about the famous makeup artist: Harry Thomas? Im asking ...
A: Rene -- Sorry, but I've never heard of Harry Thomas. Most of the reference material I have is ...
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| mystery Inside cover illustration | 5/12/2004 |
Q: Not about comic books, but I couldn't find a general American llustration expert, so I'm hoping you ...
A: Michael -- Sorry... I sent an answer to your question a couple of days ago, but I just received a ...
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| Chablon | 4/26/2004 |
Q: I am looking for the English word for an instrument used in graphic or calligraphy,similar to a ...
A: Jesse -- I know the tool you're talking about. It's usually called a "lettering template" or ...
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| SMILE, DARN YA, SMILE cartoon of yesteryear | 3/5/2004 |
Q: This inquiry might not apply to your area of expertise, but I thought I'd take a chance asking you. ...
A: Jerry -- I know the feeling. I've never seen "Smile, Darn Ya, Smile," but there are a number of ...
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| Combine multi animation image together | 3/3/2004 |
Q: The image that create is using 3D Studio and Flash MX. Actually, I have create 2 gif. 1 is ...
A: Gan -- If I understand you correctly, you have a still image of a girl sitting, and an animated ...
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| Combine multi animation image together | 3/3/2004 |
Q: Good Day! My situation is I have a few layers of image. Some of them is static, and some is ...
A: Gan -- What you want is to learn how to create an Animated GIF file. This is a graphic image file ...
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| Voive overs | 2/10/2004 |
Q: my name is Joanne, I'm 23 and I am currently doing a musical theatre coure that will be ending in ...
A: Joanne. I'm afraid that my expertise is more along the lines of flat cartooning... comic strips, ...
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| Drawing | 9/23/2003 |
Q: Good day, My name is Dillon and I am working on a project for my Information Technology class. I ...
A: Happy to be of help, Dillon! · What would help someone get started? Most cartoonists I know, ...
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| Illustrating | 8/11/2003 |
Q: I'm still at school and would love to know whether there are any jobs out there where I could ...
A: Hannah! I'm not a professional artist myself (I'm a computer programmer/analyst in my day job), but ...
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| Cartooning Supply | 4/4/2003 |
Q: I am searching for appropriate shading techniques for my cartoon strip. In my past I have used ...
A: Andrew -- Just about any digital paint or photomanipulation software will work fine for coloring a ...
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