Makayla is full of ideas for stories. She can happily escape to them during her day, day dreaming up more and more ideas.
Howard loves to draw, so much so he gets in trouble in class. He hopes the teacher won’t tell his dad, because he thinks comics are a waste of time and doesn’t even like Howard reading them.
Lynda is an excellent artist, not that any of her classmates know, as she never shows anyone. In her eyes they aren’t good enough.
Art loves to create. Baking, science experiments, music and more. When he sees the flyer for a new Cartoonist Club in school, he’s keen to try creating something new.
Ms Fatima is the school librarian and with her love of comics, The Cartoonists Club becomes a favourite part of each student’s week. She guides them in working together, developing and combining their skills and also helping spark new friendships. These in turn help the students themselves with anxieties inside and outside the club.
Soon they are producing their own printed comics and are keen to join a local Comic Convention. Will anyone believe that they too are real cartoonists?
Raina Telgemeier has a huge following with her Smile series of graphic novels/comics, and The Cartoonists Club is also sure to be a big hit. Not only for her fans around the world, this graphic novel shares all the things young artists and writers need to know about developing your own comics.
There is a lot to learn, but readers will learn along with the characters how to develop their skills right up to and including printing and selling their comics.
Woven into the story are reasons why graphic novels/comics are just as good for the imagination as full text novels. Author Scott McCleod has several books about this topic to his name.
Perfect for any budding cartoonists or illustrators.
Author/Illustrators – Raina Telgemeier & Scott McCloud
Age – 7+
Graphic Novel
(2025, Scholastic, School, Graphic Novel, Cartoonist, Drawing, Creatives, Creativity, School Club, Friendship, Comics, Comic Convention, Story, Skills, How to draw a comic)