Whitaker, Steve.  The Encyclopedia of Cartooning Techniques: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to Traditional and Contemporary Techniques.  NY: Sterling Publishing, 2002.  176pp.  ISBN 0-8069-9298-0 (paper). 

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Foreword ... 6

Getting Started ... 8

• Tools and Equipment ... 10

Techniques ... 22

• Animals ... 24
• Backgrounds ... 32
• Body Languge ... 38
• Brush Drawing ... 40
• Caricature ... 42
• Clothing ... 46
• Color ... 50
• Corrections ... 56
• Devices ... 58
• Expressive Drawing ... 60
• Faces ... 62
• Feet ... 66
• Figures ... 68
• Focus ... 72
• Foreshortening ... 74
• Hands ... 76
• Hatching ... 80
• Inspiration ... 83
• Lettering ... 84
• Light and Shade ... 86
• Line and Wash ... 88
• Line Qualities ... 90
• Movement ... 92
• Observation ... 96
• Perspective ... 98
• Presentation & Publication ... 102
• Stereotypes ... 108
• Stippling ... 110
• Strips ... 112
• Viewpoint ... 122
  

Themes ... 124

• Humor ... 126
• Satire and Comment ... 134
• Caricature ... 146
• Strips ... 152
• Cartoon Illustration ... 166
  

Index ... 172
Credits ... 176

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