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READY!
AIM!
DRAW!
Take an official cartooning lesson from the demented folks behind The Simpsons, and pick up oodles of insider tips on how to draw cartoons like a pro.
PLUS!
Find out the secrets of Marge's mile-high hair...Homer's donut-driven physique...Bart's spiky noggin...and much more!
Customer Reviews:
Drawin' the Simpsons.......2001-06-26
This is just great! I'm sure every Simpsons fan has wondered if they could draw America's favorite family, and I'm sure plenty of you have got it down-packed. But if you just can't draw Bart's head, or Marge's body, I strongly suggest you buy this book (and afterwords, if you STILL can't draw them right, trace, hee hee). The book teaches you how to draw Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie's anatomy, and the best thing about the book is if you look at a picture of another character (for example, Apu), you can use Homer's anatomy (not making him so fat, mind you) and draw Apu from there. It's a great guide, so if you're a Simpsons fan and love to draw...buy it. Buy it now!
This is one of the best cartooning books ever.......2001-05-19
I am an illustrator, animator, AND I work at Fox. My copy of this book has gotten so much use over the 7-odd years I've had this, it should be falling apart. This is why this is such a great book:
1) IT'EASY AND IT'S FUN. Many "how-to" aniimation and cartooning books purportedly cater to children, yet the drawing level is way beyond most entry-level artists; the Simpsons, by Groening's own admission started out as lame doodles. Everything is made up of circles and squiggles - perfect!
2) IT'S WELL ORGANIZED AND VERSATILE. There are many poses and expressions to try drawing, which set you into the whole "vocabulary" of the Simpsons.
3) IT'S FUNNY, AND REALLY EDUCATIONAL. Tips like "Bend those elbows!" and "Marge's hair hides two bowling balls," not only get a laugh, but really give you an insight on how to contruct a solid animated figure.
I refer to this book all the time, even for my own drawings. For the money, this has been one of the most useful pieces of reference I have. Get it for your favorite starving artist, or doodling kid.
Wanna draw the Simpsons? Get this book!.......2001-03-24
Let's start this review with some reality. If you read the buying info carefully you will note the book is only 36 pages! So you are not going to get a college course in all of the Simpsons methods!...This book only gives you info on the Simpsons core family...Bart,Lisa,Maggie,Marge and (My Fav) Homer! Just learning to draw his stubby fat fingers is a riot! And yes,....you do learn secrets! You learn the secrets to the scale and balance of these characters....that Marge's hair is about 2 bowling balls high, bart's hair has 9 points, Lisa's hair has 8 points, you learn how many eyelashes each character has and how to place them, how the eyeballs should be placed on the head in comparison to the nose, how each characters hands and feet details should be drawn..... True, it is only 36 pages but it does give you all you need to start drawing the Simpsons family. What did I not like about this book? I really wanted tips on Mr. Burns, Moe, Smithers, Krusty.. Who is this book for? This book might be for a beginner but I doubt it. Want to learn how to draw? Look elsewhere. Someone with some skill or ability who wants to learn how to draw the Simpsons? Yes! On the side for extra cash do you street sketch, air brush at the local mall, do cartoons, do charicatures? Well, then get this book and use it to expand your portfolio. Are you just a kid (8 yrs to 88yrs old) who loves the Simpsons and wants to be able to look cool with your friends by drawing them?Get this book, live your life, be happy and have fun!
Kick-start your cartooning practice.......2001-01-09
Okay, what is the deal with these silly complaints that this book doesn't reveal any "secrets." What secrets? If anyone believes he or she will be able to instantly draw cartoons well after simply reading this or any other book, they need to get in touch with reality. The bottom line is: the secret of doing ANYTHING well -- and that includes cartooning -- is to PRACTICE. A LOT. That said, this is a great little book. It's written with a generous dose of humor, and it tells you exactly how to draw the Simpsons in certain poses. In other words, it's a good basic cartooning book if you are interested in drawing these specific characters and are willing to do the practice necessary to learn to draw them well. Once you're familiar with the construction of those little yellow bodies, then you can start making them do what you want them to do. (PRACTICE, remember?) If you have talent and imagination, it may also help get you started on drawing your own characters. No magic, no secrets, just a good book on how to draw the Simpsons.
My Review..........2000-09-09
OK. I do not understand what some of the people hear have posted. They say they were lied to and it was supposed to unlock the secrets of how to draw The Simpsons?
All it says on the book is "Study basic construction methods!", "Discover the techniques of bulgy-eyed characterization!", "Uncover the mysteries of Simpsonian anatomy!" and "Learn the secrets of the overbite!".
Could someone please tell me where it says it unlocks the secrets of the Simpsons? No you can not. What is to know? They are just circles and squares that have been down sized.
I people get so worked up over a drawing book, what is next?
The book is a good tool for kids and adults alike. It shows many different facial features and different scenes so you would be emersed for hours.
A Good Choice.
Have A NiCE LiFE!
Ryan
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Cartooning With the Simpsons
Manufacturer: Scholastic
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ASIN: 0590512994 |
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Take an official cartooning lesson from the demented folks behind the Simpsons, and pick up oodles of insider tips on how to draw cartoons like a pro !
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The Birth of Marilyn: The Lost Photographs of Norma Jean
Joseph Jasgur , and
Jeannie Sakol
Manufacturer: St Martins Pr
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Binding: Hardcover
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ASIN: 0312067704 |
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rare norma jeane.......2001-07-13
This book contains modeling and cheese cake photos by the famous hollywood joseph jasgur. The photos were taken just before norma jeane changed her name to marilyn monroe and signed her first movie contract. Many of the photos are black and white but tehre is also a few color photos. The photos were taken on 4 different occassions in the city and at zuma beach. Accompaning the photos is a biography by jeannie sakol, which also includes famous quotes by marilyn and rememberances of her by friends family coworkers and fellow celebrities. also interwoven in to the biography is a interview with Mr. Jasgur about his memories of meeting and working with norma jeane. a few of the photos were published before but never in this quality and together after being forgotten for over 15 years. NO MARILYN FAN SHOULD BE WITHOUT THIS BOOK.
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Before Marilyn..........2003-10-26
This book beautifully reveals the photography that began the legend of Marilyn Monroe. It's Marilyn's story while Norma Jean was fading into Jean Norman, the name she used briefly while working for her first modeling agency. Joseph Jasgur's touching recollection of his friendship with Marilyn is included in the book. I recently met Joe Jasgur and his respect for Marilyn is very apparent even all these years later. His book is a jewel as is Mr. Jasgur.
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Shootin' MAD
Manufacturer: Warner Books
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
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ASIN: 0446304301 |
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Humor, MAD Magazine, Satire
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Shootin' Mad
Sergio Aragones
Manufacturer: Warner Books Inc (Mm)
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0446359939 |
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Shootin' Mad
Manufacturer: Warner Books
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ASIN: 0446351318 |
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A humorous look at Snobs and Social Climbing from a member of a very, Old Money Family.
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Breaking Into Society
Manufacturer: Harper & Brothers
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ASIN: B000FI4JC2 |
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Midwestern fables and morals.
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Breaking into Society
George Ade
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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ASIN: 0766197891 |
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1907. After graduating from the newly built Purdue University, Ade wrote for some newspapers in Lafayette before moving to Chicago where he found work at The Morning News, which later became the Chicago Record. He began publishing his own work in 1896, and kept writing for the rest of his life. He was well known as a humorist and for his tongue-in-cheek style of writing. Contents: The Sorrows of the Unemployed and the Danger of Changing from Bill to Harold; Sorrowful Bill and the Sour Grapes and Sympathetic Sep; What the College Incubator Did for One Modest Lambkin; The Subordinate Who Saw a Great Light; Rugged Hiram and Hiram's Giddy Wife; The Lecture Tickets That Were Bought but Never Used; The Escape of Arthur and the Salvation of Herbert; The Up-to-Date Atlas Who Carried the World on His Shoulders; Hazel's Two Husbands and What Became of Them; The Galley Slave Who Was Just About To but Never Did; The Willing Collegian Who Was Hunting for a Foothold; The Town Lover or How the Lady-Killer Blew Up in the Stretch; The Attempt to Spruce Up the Family and Give It a Standing; The Unhappy Financier and the Discontented Rube; The Thoughtful Wife Who Tried to Give Henry a Restful Vacation; The Coming-Out Girl and a Few of Her Keen Guesses; The Soft Thing, and Some of the Things That Were Done to Him; The Cub Lover, the Superior Dad, and the Lady Who Told the Truth; The Honest Effort to Go the Distance and Then the Melancholy Fluke; The Unsympathetic Parent Who Turned Down Three Different Varieties; The Ninety-Pound Knight-Errant and His Lady Fair; and The Fearsome Feud Between the First Families. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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Breaking into Society
George Ade
Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Binding: Hardcover
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- The Father of all Music Festivals Speaks
- Best Jazz Book Ever
- From the "cat houses" of Storyville, to Newport society,
- Jazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
- A Jazzy Trip Down Memory Lane
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Myself Among Others: A Memoir
George Wein , and
Nate Chinen
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ASIN: 0306813521
Release Date: 2004-04-13 |
Book Description
No one has had a better seat in the house than George Wein. The legendary impresario has known the most celebrated figures of music in general and jazz in particular--from Duke Ellington to Ella Fitzgerald to Miles Davis to Frank Sinatra. As a founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, the Newport Folk Festival, and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Wein has brought a dazzling spectrum of musicians to millions of fans, forever changing the musical landscape. In this highly praised memoir, Wein looks back on his life and career, describing his unforgettable relationships--sometimes smooth, sometimes tempestuous--with the great musicians he has known. From what really happened when Charlie Mingus visited the White House...to how Miles Davis and the ensemble that would eventually record the greatest jazz album of all time--Kind of Blue--came together at Wein's Storyville nightclub...to the day at Newport when Bob Dylan first "went electric," here are the personalities and forces that have shaped the past half-century of popular music.
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The Father of all Music Festivals Speaks.......2004-08-29
George Wein has blessed music lovers by utilizing his God-given business acumen to influence the way live music is presented. He has blessed us again with this warm and well written memoir that contains a wealth of anecdotes regarding a who's who in American music in the later haalf of the 20th century. George Wein started out as a jazz pianist but his exposure to so many legendary jazz performers brought him to the realization that his talent for the business side of music may have exceeded his actual musical ability. He devoted himself to promoting jazz performances and performers ultimately becoming the driving force behind the famed Newport Jazz Festival. Along the way he has countless stories to share regarding the great legends of jazz with whom he became acquainted. Branching out to promote folk music festivals and having some intersting experiences with the newly emerging Rock culture , George adapted his approach and enjoyed some additional successes. The book includes characters such as Ellington, Basie, Armstrong, Monk, Coltrane, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, etc, etc.
This is a very entertaining book for music lovers of all stripes but will have special significance for the jazz lover since George Wein is clearly a jazz lover and speaks the language. A great book.
Best Jazz Book Ever.......2004-03-15
I just finished reading "Myself Among Others" by George Wein. This is the best book on Jazz I ever read. Politics, craziness, love, trust, friendship, race relations... are all inside by a major insider.
I even learned things I did not want to know about my idols. That is a must read book for anyone who has any warm corner in his heart for the "classical music of America."
From the "cat houses" of Storyville, to Newport society,.......2003-09-20
George Wein's wonderful memoir, "Myself Among Others", might just as well have been titled, "Payback Time". Although he chided Alberta Hunter for using the expression, as she mounted the stage, after many years in obscurity, followed by renewed stardom in the eighties, I can't help feeling that George is muttering that phrase to himself, as he rollcalls those sometime irresponsible, sometime neurotic, sometime drug addicted children the world knows as "jazz artists".
George knows the territory very well. As a teenage fan, very competent pianist and singer , jazz night club entreprenuer, and promoter of the "daddy" of the outdoor music festivals, "The Newport Jazz Festival", and oh yes, lecturer at Harvard, in his custom designed jazz course, dare anyone tell George anything about jazz, and the wonderful lunatics that people the jazz world?
Here is what it's like to do business with artists worshipped the world over, like Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Chet Baker, Count Basie, Stan Getz, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus. Space precludes naming them all. In addition to dealing with these "darlings", were the torrential rains at outdoor perfomances, political opposition from irrate townspeople, and the piece de resistance of booking concerts, other promoters dissapearing with George's money.
Maybe the presence of a natural built in Prozac machine kept George sane through this craziness, but I have another theory. His passion for the music. When you are hearing a Louis Armstrong, or a Charlie Parker and you truly "get it", there is something that goes beyond mere entertainment, or an expert improvisor. I can't even find adequate words to describe it, but when these men improvise on a popular song, it becomes like a classic solution to a philosophic, or mathematical theorum. It's hard to state the "problem" to be solved, but the true jazz fan knows that Louis, and Bird, and the other masters, came up with incredibly beautiful solutions night after night, year after year.
If you love jazz, and the artists, this book is a must.
Jazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......2003-07-17
Without question, the best book on Jazz I have read. Mr. Wein's story by itself is fantastic. His life is interesting and his writing excellent. Additionally, he dicusses numerous musicians and offers personal observations which bring them to life. He recommends Lp's, CD's, songs and sets. What more could you ask for?
A Jazzy Trip Down Memory Lane.......2003-05-21
I'm only up to page 128 in this wonderful book but am already completely enthralled. As Nat Hentoff said, "He has known more musicians-some very well indeed-than any writer on jazz, and he certainly knows the business end." To read personal accounts of his relationships and experiences with almost every jazz legend I've ever heard of (and some from before my time as well) is mesmerizing. And George Wein's personal life outside of jazz is not exactly "chopped liver" either!! The book is written with a wealth of knowledge, intelligence, insight, warmth, humor and humility. The only criticism I have is that the book is only a little over 500 pages!!
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Ruth Gordon Tells All!.......2007-03-09
Ever had someone you do not know sit next to you and start talking? Far from being bored, you want them to go on and on. That's what happens here. In her many years in theatre, Ruth Gordon knew a tremendous number of people and is only too happy tell, well, pretty much every thing she knows of them. Indeed one senses that an unkind editor dropped two thirds of what she'd written and that's too bad. On no subject is she either a bore or boring. She is direct about her successes and her failures but it's more about those whom she knew that holds us. Many of the names, Jeanne Eagles, Herbert Bayard Swope, Maude Adams are names that might not now be quickly familiar. No matter. Once you've read what Miss Gordon has to say, they'll be your new acquaintances. Whether you like them or not is of no importance to her, she didn't like some of them either but had the intelligence to know that didn't make them less interesting. This is less a memoir than a monologue. Too bad it ends. The lady has much more to say.
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Myself Among Others
Ruth Gordon
Manufacturer: New York: Atheneum, 1971
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NVFNL2 |
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Myself Among Others
Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Educational Publishers
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0673473821 |
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Ethnography is much more than a collection of research techniques. The paradigm wars in educational research have pushed qualitative methods to become increasingly focused on technique and theory. The essays in this volume speak against these trends by examining ethnography as a way of understanding particularities. Examining the ethnographic enterprise itself, Particularities demonstrates the power of ethnography through discrete studies of education and race.
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Double Scotch & Wry
Manufacturer: BBC Books
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