Deep thinking about comics

Scott McCloud on Understanding Comics from Jared Hester on Vimeo.


Daniel Clowes
Marjane Satrapi
Art Spiegelman

...for more history....

Timeline (with slideshow) of children's books

All the way back... a written history of the idea of books for children.

Jesse Willcox Smith "Water Babies" 1916

Gabrielle Bell

Gabs Goes to the Dentist, Part 2 (Gabrielle Bell)

More here.

Lilli Carré

Lilli Carré's moving drawings: More here

Anne Emond

More here.

cut cut paste

Cut Paper Post
Digital Illustration Post

Elsa Mora:

Book Review Illustrations

Heads of State, New York Times Book Review: For a review of Kockroach, a Kafka-esque tale of a transmorphing hoodlum.

Check out these online book reviews, some of which have accompanying original illustrations:
Washington Post
New Yorker
New York Times
Here are some process blogs from illustrators who have been assigned book review illustrations:
Gerard Dubois
Penelope Dullaghan: Here and here.
Rachell Sumpter
Edel Rodriguez (his Drawger blog frequently shows his process)
Gary Taxali
Michael Sloan