Let’s say that you’re 10 years old, interested in cartooning, and way too impatient for the internet to be invented. Well, let’s say I was.
Somehow my mother found out about this little booklet that you could get. I’m not sure if it cost anything or if you simply had to request one. Either way, I think it was just a non-profit pamphlet that was very well made and generous to kids like me (or like I was…well, maybe like I am).
It was probably an old publication even when I was ten. Note that Mel Lazarus looks like Rudolph Valentino. I know, the pages are a bit yellowed, but it has to say something about the reverence that I held (and hold) for these cartoonists that it’s survived for 30 years without getting demolished.
It’s also worth noting that the advice contained within is still good despite the fact that the game has changed so much.
If I’m doing this right, you can click on an image to make it bigger. If I’m not doing this right, you can squint at the lovely illegibly squeezed images.
Uh, oh. I'm busted for reproducing this.
I think it's interesting to see what Peanuts comics they chose as examples. This is definitely the era I was into as a kid.
This was cool, thanks for posting it. It reminds me a bit of the pamphlet I got in the mail in the early 70s when I clipped and sent out that coupon that said I could “Cartoon for $” that appeared in every comic book and magazine of the period.
I’ve never seen that. I’ve seen various mail order art school kits from the good ol’ days, but I don’t think I’ve seen that.