The Landon School of Illustrating and Cartooning.

Landon, Charles N.

Published by Cleveland: Charles N. Landon, no date (circa 1920).

About this Item

Tan printed wrappers with cartoon attached to front cover. 5 by 6 1/2 inches. 16pp. Illustrated. Scarce promotional booklet for this early mail order correspondence course for cartoonists. The Landon School of Illustrating and Cartooning was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1909 by Charles Nelson Landon, who was an illustrator for the Cleveland press, art director for the Newspaper Enterprise Association, and an art director for Cosmopolitan magazine. The school provided mail-order correspondence courses in drawing for publication, focusing heavily upon the caricature style popular in the 1910s that included exaggerated action, heavily textured images, and clean lines. Among those who took Landon's courses were cartoonists Ethel Hays, Milton Caniff, Chic Young, Roy Crane, and Carl Barks. The school closed in 1937 upon the death of Landon. This booklet discusses the program of instruction and the cost of tuition and materials ($25.00 total) with tips on how to sell and promote one's work. It contains illustrations by Landon himself. Also included with this booklet is various Landon school material including seven loose cartoons by Landon, an information blank, a folded example of the school's lessons, a test plate to fill out and a folding reprint of an article from The Week in Cleveland promoting the school. All materials are in very good condition with light wear. The booklet itself is in very nice condition with minor wear. One section of pages has come loose but is present.

Seller Inventory # 11246

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Landon School of Illustrating and Cartooning.
• Publisher: Cleveland: Charles N. Landon, no date (circa 1920).
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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  • Art