Drawing the New Adventure Cartoons

One of today’s most popular trends in cartooning is the eye-catching teen adventure style—the type found in such major animated TV shows as Kim Possible. It’s fresh and new, decidedly humorous, and even relatively easy to draw. With this fun collection, bestselling author Chris Hart gives kids a chance to create their own. These cool stories feature ordinary teens thrust into thrilling situations—teens with dual identities, who live as regular students by day and become secret spies on weekends. The art straddles the line between comic book and cartoony; offers strong male and female heroes; and showcases a colorful cast of sinister villains and entertaining sidekicks. These exuberant characters will encourage readers to replicate every drawing in the book—as will Chris’s trademark friendly, personal, and thorough coverage of art principles.

Chris Hart is a star in the drawing-book world. His mega-selling Manga Mania: How to Draw Japanese Comics quickly became the #1 selling art book in the country, with sales topping 165,000 copies. It also won the prestigious New Jersey Library Association’s Garden State Teen Book Award in the category of nonfiction for grades 6-12. Drawing Cutting Edge Comics, has sold more than 90,000 copies. His recent Manhwa Mania, was chosen by the ALA as one of its “Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Readers” for 2006, ages 12-18. Hart’s work has been featured in such publications as American Artist, Publishers Weekly, Newtype, Mad Magazine, Highlights for Children, Crayola Kids, Ranger Rick, and Boy’s Life, as well as on television and the web.