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These are less about individual artists, more about art styles, subjects and genres. I will post more, but here we begin with what\u2019s on my shelf.<\/p>\n

(You can hover over some book covers for additional info.)<\/div>\n
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Images<\/h3>\n

Favorite pictures of all kinds.<\/p>\n

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Media, Method, etc.<\/h3>\n

Books about art, including the technical side. I have many more under my RECOMMENDATIONS menu.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"Keys to Art<\/strong>
\nJohn Canaday<\/em>
\nI learned a lot from John Canaday about art. Opinionated, but informative and never boring.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"Techniques of the World\u2019s Great Painters<\/strong>
\nWaldemar Januszczak<\/em>
\nIf you\u2019re a painter and you care about technical information, this is a motherlode. Full of information and \u201ccallouts\u201d.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"The Artists Handbook of Materials & Technique<\/strong>
\nRalph Mayer<\/em>
\nEverything About Art Supplies in One Book<\/div>\n
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Comics & Cartoons<\/h4>\n

I love cartoons. I love comics.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"I Shall Destroy all the Civilized Planets<\/strong>
\nFletcher Hanks (Author, Artist), Paul Karasik (Editor)<\/em>
\nUnbelievably funny comics from the 1930\u2019s. So extraordinarily bad as to be great. Inspiring!<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation<\/strong>
\nFletcher Hanks (Author, Artist), Paul Karasik (Editor)<\/em>
\nIf you like these comics, tell me. I think they are astonishingly funny without intending to be. First published almost a century ago, they are some of the best camp I know.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"Turn Loose Our Death Rays And Kill Them All!: The Complete Works Of Fletcher Hanks<\/strong>
\nFletcher Hanks (Author, Artist), Paul Karasik (Editor)<\/em>
\nThis combines the previous two books, with extras.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"The Comics Before 1945<\/strong>
\nBrian Walker<\/em>
\nTrue to the name. Historical collection smartly chosen.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"The Comics Since 1945<\/strong>
\nBrian Walker<\/em>
\nGood overview to start with, but there is so much that can\u2019t fit in a book!<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"100 Years of Comic Strips<\/strong>
\nBil Dale Crain, James Vance<\/em>
\nRemember that it\u2019s Strips, not Books. But what remarkable and varied work in a century!<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"Masters of American Comics<\/strong>
\nMultiple Authors<\/em>
\nMust-have if you care about the subject. It was accompanied by a two-part show in LA that I wish you could have seen.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"The Smithsonian Collection of Newspaper Comics<\/strong>
\nBill Blackbeard, Martin Williams, John Canaday<\/em>
\nI bought three copies because it is a dense collection worth sharing around.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"The International Book of Comics<\/strong>
\nDenis Gifford<\/em>
\nAnother collection worth having if you love comic art.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"How to Read Nancy<\/strong>
\nPaul Karasik<\/em>
\nHaven\u2019t read it yet but hung out in it and was very impressed. We\u2019ll use it in a cartooning class.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"Cartooning: Philosophy & Practice<\/strong>
\nIvan Brunetti<\/em>
\nThoughtful ideas, very good exercises. This is the book that includes The Eight-Minute Draw challenge.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"The Naked Cartoonist<\/strong>
\nBob Mankoff<\/em>
\nPractical, mind-bending, humbling, inspiring, and funny. Great book on creativity. Highly recommended for all who create any thing.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"New Yorker Encyclopedia of Cartoons<\/strong>
\nArranged by subject, not by decade. Weighs less than a thousand pounds, but not much less.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"New Yorker Complete Cartoons<\/strong>
\nThe Book is not complete… it would be too big; but the CD’s with it are. CD\u2019s\u2026. hahaha.<\/div>\n
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Creativity<\/h4>\n

I love to learn about how people do their best work.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"Writing the Natural Way<\/strong>
\nGabriele Lusser Rico<\/em>
\nThe most practical creativity book I know. Highest recommendation.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"The Naked Cartoonist<\/strong>
\nBob Mankoff<\/em>
\nPractical, mind-bending, humbling, inspiring, and funny. Great book on creativity. Highly recommended for all who create any thing.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"How to Be More Creative<\/strong>
\nDavid D. Edwards<\/em>
\nOne of the least impressive books on creativity you\u2019ll ever find, and one of the best. I hope to use it as a core text in a course.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"The Courage to Create<\/strong>
\nRollo May<\/em>
\nRollo May – a kindly man who encouraged creativity. In my twenties, his writing and lectures helped me feel good about pursuing creativity as a life profession.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"Creativity, Road to Self Discovery<\/strong>
\nErwin Cyan<\/em>
\nI read this at 20, learned a bit about stages in the creative process, and more about the fact that scientists were studying creativity.<\/div>\n
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Pen & Ink<\/h4>\n

One of my two favorite media.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"Rendering in Pen & Ink<\/strong>
\nArthur Guptill & Susan Meyer<\/em>
\nThe Best Book on Pen & Ink Technique. Susan Meyer updated it very well.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"Ink Drawing Techniques<\/strong>
\nHenry C Pitz<\/em>
\nMediocre Examples, Great Advice<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"Treasury of American Pen & Ink Illustration<\/strong>
\nFridolf Johnson<\/em>
\nClassic Collection of Notables<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"Dynamic Black & White<\/strong>
\nLeslie Cabarga<\/em>
\nDiverse Collection of 20th Century Line Art. Excellent choices!<\/div>\n
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Watercolor<\/h4>\n

The other of my two favorite media.<\/p>\n

<\/a>\"\"Complete Guide to Watercolor<\/strong>
\nRay Smith<\/em>
\nAbout the history as well as the how-to.<\/div>\n
<\/a>\"\"All About Watercolor<\/strong>
\nParramon<\/em>
\nTrue to its name. Good handbook.<\/div>\n

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