{"product_id":"9781579122362","title":"Naked Cartoonist: A New Way to Enhance Your Creativity","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnly people like that buy books like this...or write them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo says Robert Mankoff—and he should know. As cartoon editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, and one of its most gifted contributors, he spends his life pursuing that elusive thing called creativity, and inspring it in others. If you've ever wondered where great ideas come from, or yearned to channel your creative energies, or just wanted some pointers on how to get those artisitic juices flowing—this book was written for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with some help from his well-known cartoonist friends, Mankoff takes you on an entertaining words-and-pictures journey through the art, craft, and zen of cartooning, along the way providing lots of personal anecdotes about his development as an artist, and about life at the world's most urbane magazine. But you don't have to be an aspiring cartoonist to appreciate \u003ci\u003eThe Naked Cartoonist\u003c\/i\u003e. Mankoff's wisdom, and his practical yet whimsical approach to the creative process, are designed to benefit anyone who has ever stared at a blank piece of paper or canvas and dreamed of transforming it into something truly original (and maybe even commercial).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's so funny? Mankoff knows best. He also knows how you can find your own personal voice and mesage, how you can learn from the masters of the past, how you can transform a current event into a comic tour-de-force...even how you can incorporate telling lies and taking naps into your daily work routine—and justify it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Dog \u0026 Leventhal Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034708984048,"sku":"9781579122362","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781579122362_p0.jpg?v=1763800049","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781579122362","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}