Duane Barnhart's Cartooning Basics: Creating the Characters

A new, funny, how-to-cartoon book filled with great lessons. Duane Barnhart has expanded his cartooning career from national magazine cartoons, newspaper syndication, and book illustration to include the classroom as an artist-in-residence. He now brings his successful cartooning lessons to everyone in Duane Barnhart's Cartooning Basics. The book carries many endorsements from teachers, parents, professional cartoonists, and most importantly, KIDS. Charles M. Schulz, Creator of Peanuts, wrote the foreword, and initial response indicates the book will become a standard reference in cartooning and teaching.

Duane Barnhart's cartoons have been published in The Saturday Evening Post, MPLS-ST. PAUL Magazine and many other regional and nation magazines. During the 1980's, Barnhart drew a nationally syndicated cartoon strip called Can You Solve The Mystery?. His editorial cartoons and illustrations have won awards on both local and national levels. Barnhart has illustrated many children's books, and has drawn thousands of advertising and promotional cartoons for scores of businesses and publishers. Currently, Barnhart spends much of his time teaching his successful cartooning techniques to thousands of students in schools, colleges, and art centers throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin as an artist-in-residence. Barnhart has been chosen to be a Roster Artist for both the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Duluth, Minnesota, Depot Outreach Program. In addition to his teaching, Barnhart currently draws cartoon features for magazines and does illustration for books and advertising when time allows. Barnhart lives with his family in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.