When I began cartooning, I couldn’t draw at all.
I was a writer who could add stick figures to funny lines.
But I learned how to draw. Even though I was mostly old.
So take a look around and then just start drawing and writing!
Do It and Do It As Much As You Can
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How to Get Started
12 Best Comics Drawing Books for Beginners
BookAuthority identifies and rates the best books in the world, based on recommendations by thought leaders and experts. Find the best comic drawing books to get started with cartooning.
Comic Book Poses
Practice makes perfect, so follow this step-by-step tutorial on how to draw your characters perfectly. Learn how to draw the planes of the face, head angles, and expressions.
Comics for Beginners
This beginner course helps newbies get started with cartooning. In 10 video tutorials, writer and artist Palle Schmidt takes you through the basics of making comics, from script to finished page.
How to Draw Comics
Free, easy to follow, step-by-step drawing tutorials for you to gain the knowledge you need to improve your comic art skill-set. Learn to draw everything, from body parts to facial expressions.
How to Draw Comics
Through this tutorial, you’ll learn how to draw comics, from the conceptual stages all the way to the finished product. Plus, you’ll learn what materials you’ll need every step of the way.
How to Draw Comics When You Can’t Actually Draw
So, you want to learn how to become a cartoonist, but you can’t draw. Like at all. Psst, you can still draw comics. Learn how to draw comics when you can’t actually draw. This stuff works.
How to Get Your Comic Published
How to Publish a Comic Strip
You’ve got the material, all you need now is to be published. So, how do you do that? This step-by-step guide answers your questions on how to get published or self-publish your art.
Learn About the Industry!
The Cartoon Museum
Enjoy this cartoon and comic art museum, which highlights the value of cartoons to culture and society. If you find yourself in London, check out their exhibitions, events, and workshops.
The Daily Cartoonist
The source for industry news for the professional cartoonist. Explore news about comic strips and panels, editorial cartooning, magazine cartoons, movies and animation, and more.
New York Comic Con
New York Comic Con is your event. Where you can feel unafraid to geek out.
Washington Post | Licensing & Syndication
Explore Washington Post syndicated comics, including the American favorites, plus the new, the edgy and fresh. Check out Barney & Clyde, Candorville, Fort Knox, Reply All, and more.
Study Cartooning
The Center for Cartoon Studies
Two-year course of study that centers on the creation and dissemination of comics, graphic novels, and other manifestations of the visual narrative. Apply! You never know…
The Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art
High-quality and challenging education in Cartooning and Graphic Art. This education will prepare you for the rewarding and exciting careers and opportunities ahead of you.
Join the Cartoon Community
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
High-quality and challenging education in Cartooning and Graphic Art. This education will prepare you for the rewarding and exciting careers and opportunities ahead of you.
National Cartoonists Society
The world’s largest and most prestigious organization of over 500 professional cartoonists, working in comic books, editorial, animation, webcomics, and other branches of the profession.
Cartooning apps
Animation Desk
Provides versatile tools for creating frame animations, storyboarding, and sketching. Also contains subscription options. (4.4 stars, 1M+ downloads)
Anime Maker
Upload your work and share it with your friends. Draw your own character and animate it frame by frame, like a flipbook. (3.7 stars, Downloads: 1M+)
Cartoon Animation Creator
2D animation app that helps users learn how to sketch, make animations, and create storyboards. (4.5 stars, Downloads: 500+)
Comics and Cartoon Maker
Helps to turn photos into comics and cartoons. Create convincing comics with the speech balloon function. (4.4 star, Downloads: 10M+)
Sketchbook
Sketch and paint on your device with the feel and freedom of drawing on proper paper. Improve the look of your sketches. (4.0 stars, Downloads: 50M+)
Got Questions? Send Them to Me!
Otherwise, draw all you can! And write. Write, write and rewrite. That’s my
best advice to anyone who wants to learn to draw and write cartoons.
But when you take my advice, remember I’m a home grown cartoonist – no training, no official skills, no resume.
I really just know one way that worked for me.
Learn what you can from what I did.
And enjoy!! It’s fun!!