My God--it's hot in South Florida this time of the year! How the hell did people LIVE here before air conditioning was invented? And how do some of you Europeans do it? Anyway, back to cartooning! Here are the two books I have. (Well, one is coming tomorrow.) http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m224/...

Thanks for such detailed and lengthy replies! Their impacts and meanings aren't lost on me. Yeah, I knew the seemingly simple Bert was probably incredibly complicated, but it's something to shoot for anyway. In addition, I have two books on creating characters and expressions, so perhaps with Bert a...

Thanks, guys. And yeah... I definitely plan to go to 11. (Wish I had done it when they had the reduced price upgrade offer last month.) I figure I would take this slowly, to keep me going and keep me motivated. Basically, I want to invent this ONE character for now...learning the best way to organiz...

Hello, everyone. Back in the day in NYC (80s through 90s), I worked for one of the greatest, funnest ad agencies in the world in old-fashioned print production, being one of the first to move to digital/desktop production. Since moving to South Florida in 1994, life was good workwise for awhile, but...