Dynamic Black and White Illustration

Designed and edited by Leslie Cabarga, Softcover, 8.5”x11”, 192 pages, Black Text, Profusely Illustrated

This is the sleeper of the Leslie Cabarga Library and yet it is one of the best books I’ve ever done. All methods of black and white illustration are covered including woodcut, scratchboard, pen, brush, dry brush, litho crayon, and computer art. The criteria for selection of art was that it be black and white-no halftone dots allowed-and that it be bold. Tenniel, for example, didn’t make the cut. The work of this century’s finest illustrators and cartoonists is used to demonstrate each technique. Franklin Booth, Rockwell Kent, John Held, Jr., Edward Penfield, Lester Beall, Lynd Ward, Lucien Bernhard, Will Eisner, Daniel Pelavin, Elwood Smith, Art Spiegelman, and Steve Leialoha, are just a few of the artists whose work is shown in the book. Of course, I threw in my own stuff a few times but not enough to make me seem too conceited. There is some great rarely-seen and some never-seen art in this book. All of it is terrifically inspiring. It’s also practically a How-To book of illustration styles