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Comic books in 'Federal Schools INC.'

  • Issue #2
    Commercial Design (1939) 2

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    Commercial Design are instructional manuals designed to help you develop your artistic talent. These manuals were produced by the Federal Schools Inc. Each booklet, titled Divisions, teaches a different course in illustrating and designing for advertising purposes. Division 2, compiled and edited by Joseph Almars, includes drawing with pen and ink and painting in wash. 28 pages, B&W, 8.25-in. x 13.25-in.

  • Issue #5
    Commercial Design (1939) 5

    Commercial Design are instructional manuals designed to help you develop your artistic talent. These manuals were produced by the Federal Schools Inc. Each booklet, titled Divisions, teaches a different course in illustrating and designing for advertising purposes. Division 5, compiled and edited by Joseph Almars, includes composing an advertising illustration and drawings to be submitted for criticism. 26 pages, B&W, 8.25-in. x 13.25-in.

  • Issue #2
    Modern Illustrating Including Cartooning (1935) 2

    Modern Illustrating Including Cartooning (1935) are instructional manuals designed to help you develop your artistic talent. These manuals were produced by the Federal Schools Inc. Each booklet, titled Divisions, teaches a different course in illustrating and cartooning. Division 2 includes human head construction, head and neck and their relation to the body, facial expression, perspective in freehand sketching, drawing the horse, working on originality in cartooning, a symposium on pen handling, and portrait silhouettes. 80 pages, B&W, 8.25-in. x 11-in.

  • Issue #4
    Modern Illustrating Including Cartooning (1935) 4

    Modern Illustrating Including Cartooning (1935) are instructional manuals designed to help you develop your artistic talent. These manuals were produced by the Federal Schools Inc. Each booklet, titled Divisions, teaches a different course in illustrating and cartooning. Division 4 includes how to make a cartoon tell a story, a pen rendering for clothed figures, construction of drapery, theory of composition, simple application of composition, mechanics of perspective, animals in action, and how to design newspaper headings. 80 pages, B&W, 8.25-in. x 11-in.

  • Issue #6
    Modern Illustrating Including Cartooning (1935) 6

    Modern Illustrating Including Cartooning (1935) are instructional manuals designed to help you develop your artistic talent. These manuals were produced by the Federal Schools Inc. Each booklet, titled Divisions, teaches a different course in illustrating and cartooning. Division 6 includes portrayal of the pretty girl, caricature of women, proportions of the female figure, the female figure in illustration, feminine drapery, women in cartoons, advanced pen lettering, newspaper layout, and an article titled "Why I buy $1,000 Paintings." 64 pages, B&W, 8.25-in. x 11-in.