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By Cartoon Art Museum

The Cartoon Art Museum’s mission is to ignite imaginations and foster the next generation of visual storytellers by celebrating the history of cartoon art, its role in society, and its universal appeal.
The books included in this list are recommended by our educational staff and the creators we work with.
If you are in San Francisco and would like to learn more about cartooning you can join one of our upcoming workshops at cartoonart.org.

Comics and Sequential Art: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist
Will Eisner
$23.95 $22.27

Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist
Will Eisner
$24.95 $23.20

Expressive Anatomy for Comics and Narrative: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist
Will Eisner
$24.95 $23.20

Drawing Words & Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond
Matt Madden and Jessica Abel
$45.99 $42.77

Mastering Comics: Drawing Words & Writing Pictures Continued: A Definitive Course in Comics Narrative
Jessica Abel and Matt Madden
$50.00

Let's Make Comics!: An Activity Book to Create, Write, and Draw Your Own Cartoons
Jess Smart Smiley
$12.99 $12.08

Whatcha Mean, What's a Zine?: The Art of Making Zines and Mini Comics
Esther Watson and Mark Todd
$14.99 $13.94