Adventures in Cartooning: Create a World

by James Sturm, Alexis Frederick-Frost, Andrew Arnold

In this long-awaited third volume in Adventure in Cartooning series, you’ll find everything you need to dream up and draw fantastical worlds for your character to inhabit!

The Knight is back and ready for another cartooning adventure with Edward the Horse! As every adventurer knows, you can’t have an epic journey without an epic new world to explore. They could fly to a floating metropolis or swim through an underwater empire, trek across a frozen tundra or climb to the top of a majestic mountain―the possibilities are endless! But before they do, they’ll need to draw it first. Luckily for them, the Magical Cartooning Elf is ready to help, with brand-new tips and tricks that will turn simple drawings into boundless worlds.

Genres: Childrens

112 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2023

About the author

James Sturm is the author of several award-winning graphic novels for children and adults, including James Sturm’s America, Market Day, The Golem’s Mighty Swing and Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow. He is also the founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies and the National Association for Comics Art Educators. He created Adventures in Cartooning with collaborators Alexis Frederic-Frost and Andrew Arnold. Sturm, his wife, and two daughters live in White River Junction, Vermont.

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Reviews

[Elizabeth Mellen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thanks to Netgalley and First Second Books for the ARC of this!

I think this is the best of the series! It kept up the cute illustrations and playful dialogue, as well as having an adorably heart-warming storyline. Great for kid who are working on their drawing and storytelling.

[Nic · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute, and I bet some budding artists will find it useful!

My full review can be found on No Flying No Tights.

[Villain E · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one actually lives up to the title "Adeventures in Cartooning". The cover alone has more cartooning information than most of the books in the series.

The little knight wants to explore world building. The horse just wants to draw candy. They have a fight and the horse leaves. Then the cartooning elf shows up and starts explaining about things like foreground, middleground and background. The knight uses the techniques to try to create the most awesome world possible to attract the horse back.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Instructional and entertaining heart-warming story of friendship while learning how to create your own cartoons! This one focuses on using your imagination and basic shapes to make different backgrounds.

[themommalibrarian · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was every bit as good as the first. It’s informative, creative, and so funny! My kids loved it too! Thank you @netgalley and @firstsecondbooks for a chance to read an early copy of this book.