World Famous Comics: Cartoon Success Secrets: A Tribute To 30 Years Of Cartoonist Profiles
Cartoon Success Secrets: A Tribute To 30 Years Of Cartoonist Profiles
By: Jud Hurd Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Average Rating: Binding: Hardcover Label: Andrews McMeel Publishing Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 368 Publication Date: May 01, 2004 Release Date: April 23, 2004
Author Jud Hurd caught the cartooning bug more than three quarters of a century ago, and at age 90 he"s still not cured. Now, in Cartoon Success Secrets, the 35-year veteran editor of the cartooning industry"s leading insider magazine, CARTOONIST PROfiles, shares the colorful stories and sage advice of his cartoonist colleagues. Through his personal encounters with virtually every cartoonist legend of the last four decades, Hurd amassed countless insights from the world"s best cartoonists on how they rose to the top of their field. Now, for the first time ever, he shares his early conversations with such famous cartoonists as Walt Disney, Rube Goldberg, H. T. Webster, George McManus, Frederick Opper, and countless others who succeeded in selling their creations to major syndicates and attaining their cartooning aspirations. Their words will inspire all who have dreamed of becoming a famous cartoonist.Many books have profiled cartooning legends, but never before has a book compiled detailed advice from these creators on how they achieved their success. Cartoon Success Secrets is sure to fascinate cartoon enthusiasts the world over, from fledgling cartoonists looking to break into the industry to fans of the funny pages wanting to know how their favorite artists made it big.
Good overview, but Jud Hurd everywhere The book is definitely interesting, if you want a collection of interviews with a lot of cartoonists from the past decades and to learn more about them, their life and success. Unfortunately, while this is quite interesting and gives a condensed overview, there are some things that I did not like that much: - Jud Hurd, Jud Hurd and Jud Hurd everywhere. The author seems to be very proud of his life and contacts, and appears on virtually all the pictures (I exaggerate) and prints all "thank you" letters from famous people that he ever got. You get the feeling it's more a book about him than anybody else. - quite some typos in the book - and several strips are printed twice in the book (even on the same page). Better editing would have been nice.
Overall, I really recommend the book, but be aware to filter mentally Jud Hurd's ever-presence to a reasonable level. That's why I give it 4 stars.
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