How Comics Were Made Launches Tomorrow
Hello!
For a couple of years now, I’ve been telling you about a book idea that’s gone through a few forms. This coalesced into How Comics Were Made, a visually rich history of newspaper cartooning from the 1890s to the present, in print and on screen. After nearly a year of planning, How Comics Were Made goes live on Kickstarter tomorrow, 27 February, at 9 am PST.
You can go to the pre-launch page at Kickstarter right now to get notified as soon as the project launches or sign up for the low-volume announcement list.
I would be grateful in every way if you would let people know who might have a cartooning bent. This book will feature so many pieces of original art, artifacts, and other graphical elements that have never before appeared in print.
You can download a preview chapter right now if you’d like to get a sense of what the book will be about and look like. I’ve also broken the chapter out into images on this webpage.
I’ve also planned a series of livestream events on YouTube that you can click through to get a reminder about (you can watch later, too):
Tuesday, 27 February 9:30 am PST: Tune in to ask questions about comics history and the book, as I show printing artifacts and other material.
Wednesday, 28 February 12:30 pm PST: I talk with Benjamin Clark, curator of the Charles M Schulz Museum, about working with an artist’s life work and telling stories about cartooning and cartoonists through objects.
Tuesday, 5 March 10 am PST: Georgia Dunn, “Breaking Cat News,” got into syndication with her strip just a few years ago. We talk about her watercolor approach to her work, the challenges of mixing digital and analog, and the landscape of syndication.
Thanks for any interest you may have!
—Glenn