Draw 50 Famous Cartoons: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Your Favorite Classic Cartoon Characters

A barrel of laughs is what aspiring cartoonists of all ages will have while they learn to draw their favorite characters from the funny pages.

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Published in the United States by Watson-Guptill Publications, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House Inc., New York, in 2012 WATSON-GUPTILL and the WG and Horse designs are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc.

Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Doubleday, a division of Random House Inc., New York, in 1979.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

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OTHER BOOKS IN THIS SERIES

• Draw 50 Airplanes, Aircraft, and Spacecraft

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• Draw 50 Buildings and Other Structures

• Draw 50 Cars, Trucks, and Motorcycles

• Draw 50 Cats

• Draw 50 Creepy Crawlies

• Draw 50 Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals

• Draw 50 Dogs

• Draw 50 Endangered Animals

• Draw 50 Famous Cartoons

• Draw 50 Flowers, Trees, and Other Plants

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It may seem strange to ask you to be extra careful when you are drawing what seem to

be the easiest rst steps, but this is most important because a careless mistake at thebeginning may spoil the whole picture at the end As you sketch out each step, watch thespaces between the lines, as well as the lines, and see that they are the same After eachstep, you may want to lighten your work by pressing it with a kneaded eraser (available

at art supply stores)

When you have nished, you may want to redo the nal step in India ink with a nebrush or pen When the ink is dry, use the kneaded eraser to clean o the pencil lines.The eraser will not affect the India ink

Here are some suggestions: In the rst steps, even when all seems quite correct, youmight do well to hold your work up to a mirror Sometimes the mirror shows that you’vetwisted the drawing o to one side without being aware of it At rst you may nd it

di cult to draw the di erent shapes, or just to make the pencil go where you want it to.Don’t be discouraged The more you practice, the more you will develop control Theonly equipment you’ll need will be a medium or soft pencil, paper, the kneaded eraserand, if you wish, pen or brush and India ink—or a felt-tipped pen—for the final step.The rst steps in this book are shown darker than necessary so that they can be clearlyseen (Keep your work very light.)

Remember, there are many other ways and methods to draw cartoons This book showsjust one method Why don’t you seek out other ways—from teachers, from libraries and,most importantly … from inside yourself?

LEE J AMES

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To the Parent or Teacher

“David can draw Popeye better than any of the other kids!” Such peer acclaim andencouragement generate incentive Contemporary methods of art instruction (freedom

of expression, experimentation, self-evaluation of competence and growth) provide avigorous, fresh-air approach for which we must all be grateful

New ideas need not, however, totally exclude the old One such is the “follow me, by-step” approach In my young learning days this method was so common, andfrequently so exclusive, that the student became nothing more than a pantographicextension of the teacher In those days it was excessively overworked

step-This does not mean, however, that the young hand is never to be guided Rather, specificguiding is fundamental Step-by-step guiding that produces satisfactory results isvaluable even when the means of accomplishment are not fully understood by thestudent

The novice with a musical instrument is frequently taught to play simple melodies asquickly as possible, well before he learns the most elemental scratchings at the surface

of music theory The resultant self-satisfaction, pride in accomplishment, can be asigni cant means of providing motivation And all from mimicking an instructor’s “Do

as I do.”

Mimicry is a prerequisite for developing creativity We learn the use of our tools bymimicry Then we can use those tools for creativity To this end I would o er thebudding artist the opportunity to memorize or mimic (rote-like, if you wish) the making

of cartoons—cartoons he has been anxious to be able to draw

The use of this book should be available to anyone who wants to try another way of

drawing Perhaps, with his friends’ encouragement, “David can draw Popeye better …,”

he will be persuaded to continue, to experiment, and nally to create his own cartoonstyle

LEE J AMES

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POPEYE

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BLONDIE

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DAGWOOD

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ARCHIE

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VERONICA

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JUGHEAD

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TINTIN

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“Drawings by Herge © by Casterman Publishers American edition by Atlantic Monthly, Little Brown”

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HI and LOIS

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HÄGAR THE HORRIBLE

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THE LITTLE KING

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THE KATZENJAMMER KIDS

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ALFRED E NEUMAN

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BEETLE BAILEY

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FRED FLINTSTONE

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WILMA FLINTSTONE

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BARNEY RUBBLE

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DINO

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DICK TRACY

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(Reprinted by permission of the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate.)

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MAGILLA GORILLA

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YOGI BEAR

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BOO BOO

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THE PHANTOM

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FELIX THE CAT

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LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE

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SANDY

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QUINCY

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KRAZY KAT and IGNATZ MOUSE

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SNUFFY SMITH

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JIGGS

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FLASH GORDON

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MING THE MERCILESS

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BROOM-HILDA

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CATFISH

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HUCKLEBERRY HOUND

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SNAGGLEPUSS

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MUTT and JEFF

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MR LOCKHORN

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MRS LOCKHORN

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AGATHA CRUMM

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BROTHER JUNIPER

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ANDY CAPP

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GRAPE APE

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HOKEY WOLF

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DING A LING

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BABY PUSS

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SCOOBY DOO

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HENRY

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LYLE THE LION

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MOON MULLINS

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HAPPY HOOLIGAN

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Lee J Ames began his career at the Walt Disney Studios, working on films that included Fantasia and Pinocchio He taught at the

School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, and at Dowling College on Long Island, New York An avid worker, Ames directed his own advertising agency, illustrated for several magazines, and illustrated approximately 150 books that range from picture books to postgraduate texts He resided in Dix Hills, Long Island, with his wife, Jocelyn, until his death in June 2011.

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DRAW 50 FAMOUS CARTOONS

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With this proven, step-by-step method, Lee J Ames has taught millions how to draw everything from amphibians to automobiles Now it’s your turn! Pick up the pencil, get out some paper, and learn how to draw everything under the sun with the Draw 50 series.

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