Sho Card Cartoonist, The HC (1929) comic books 1929
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Published 1929 by Bart Publications.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
1st printing. by various creators. Although titled Sho Card Cartoonist on the cover, inside the authors consistently refer to cartoonists as "Show" Card Cartoonists. The book is intended as a how-to guide on the subject of creating cartoons in advertisement. The book begins with a strong emphasis on the importance of pictures to communicate ideas, and from there the various authors cover every facet involved in creating show card cartoons for advertising, from initial steps to layout. Profusely illustrated with great examples of period advertisement cartoons throughout, including a theatrical ad for a Lon Chaney movie. Printed without a title page. The table of contents credits several writers (Tom Foley, Henry E. Dahlgren, James F. Trott, Ross F. George, F W Browning, Richard T. LaPray, C L Bartholomew, and Jack Date). Hardcover, 5" x 7 1/2", b&w, 114 pages.
