Webcomics Book

by Stuart Robertson on November 26th, 2005 | Uncategorized

Last year Steven Withrow asked me to contribute to a book he was putting together on webcomics. I was flattered to be asked, and wrote what I thought would be good advice for someone getting started with using a computer to publish their comics. At the time I thought the book would probably be small press or self-published, and after a few months I forgot about it entirely.

A few weeks ago I was at Chapters, our local bookstore, and saw a really nice book called… Webcomics : Tools and Techniques for Digital Cartooning... by Steven Withrow and John Barber! It wasn’t a small press book after all—it was a high quality, full-colour coffee table book. But what impressed me the most was the the number of talented cartoonists who had also contributed advice and artwork. Some like Nate Piekos, Joey Manley and Amy Ganter I knew quite well. Others like Shaenon Garrity and Joe Zabel I knew of, but hadn’t really read much of their work. As I flipped through the pages I realized it wasn’t just a book that I’d pick up because I’d contributed to it—it was actually the sort of book I’d want to have on my shelf next to my copy of Understanding Comics.

Webcomics: Tools and Techniques for Digital Cartooning

I spent some time reading through my copy today, and it makes me want to pick up my sketchbook and pencils again.

3 Comments

  1. Design Meme » Top 10 Webcomic Resources on December 3, 2005 at 12:11 am

    [...] Adding to the the section on tools and workspaces I wrote for the Webcomics book, here is my list of the top 10 webcomic resources. [...]

  2. Current Events | Design Meme on December 14, 2005 at 9:50 pm

    [...] My brother Kevin Robertson has also started posting comics. He’s added them to his blog and they’re about whatever happens to be going on in current events. The first two involve Cronulla and the Sydney Race Riots riots and Brokeback Mountain — so it’s probably safe to say he’s going to cover a lot of different things. I lent him my copy of Webcomics : Tools and Techniques for Digital Cartooning a couple of weeks ago and have been giving him some tips on running his blog, so it’s great to see his stuff online so soon. [...]

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