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A look inside the cartoonist's sketchbook

Ever wanted to peek inside an artist's sketchbook? Five cartoonists reveal all
  • Trail Rutu Modan Sketchbook : Illustrators sketchbooks

    Rutu Modan: a look inside the cartoonist's sketchbook – in pictures

    Born in Israel, Rutu Modan published her first long-form comic, Exit Wounds, about a young Israeli man searching for his missing father, in 2007. Here's how she works

  • Trail Anders Nilsen Sketchbooks: Illustrators sketchbooks

    Anders Nilsen: a look inside the cartoonist's sketchbook – in pictures

    When his girlfriend died, cartoonist Anders Nilsen poured his grief into drawing

  • Trail Chris Ware - Sketchbooks: Illustrators sketchbooks

    Chris Ware: a look inside the cartoonist's sketchbook – in pictures

    Best known for the award-winning Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth, 45-year-old Chris Ware lives in Chicago, where he continues to wrestle with his long-term themes of 'self-doubt, family and home'

  • Trail Kate Beaton Sketchbook: Illustrators sketchbooks

    Kate Beaton: a look inside the cartoonist's sketchbook – in pictures

    Canadian Kate Beaton, 29, publishes the webcomic Hark! A Vagrant, which sends up historical and literary characters. Her story Ooh Mister Darcy became an internet meme

  • Trail Jeffrey Brown Sketchbooks: Illustrators sketchbooks

    Jeffrey Brown: a look inside the cartoonist's sketchbook – in pictures

    The author of 15 books, including Clumsy and Darth Vader And Son, American Jeffrey Brown's work details everything from losing his virginity to fatherhood